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# AG c43 0 HEAR//VQ Dorirc T Wilbu rWrigh t Buildin g •^^^'wfV C | Roo m 2W100 0 Attention : Hearin g Docke t Clerk , Thi s lette ri s a Writte n Answe rt o eac h o fth e numbere d paragraph s Hearin g containe d i n Hearin g Complaint , date d Jun e 16 , 2011 : 1 . Admi t I I 2 . Deny O n Augus t 6 , 2010 , Sk yKin g di d no t knowingl yoffe rt o Unite d Parce l Servic e (UPS ) a one-piec e consistin g o fa fiberboar d bo xcontainin g hazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . I n a n intervie wwit h th e individua l i n ou rshippin g departmen t wh o package d an d shippe d th e assembly , h e state d tha t h e simpl ydi d no t realiz e th e uni t fel l int o tha t category . No t bein g a n aircraf t technician , h e looke d a t th e uni t a s jus t anothe raircraf t component . Sk yKin g ha d ensure d tha t thi s individua l ha d receive d th e prope rtrainin g t o shi p Hazardou s Materials . Th e Responden t consider s thi s huma n erro ran d no t a willfu l violatio n o fth e Departmen t o f Transportatio n Hazma t regulations . 3 . Admi t Admi t onl yt o th e fac t tha t th e shipmen t wa s assigne d UPS Nex t Da yAi rtrackin g number/airwa y numbe r1Z9VX8594490667 , Den ytha t a hazardou s materia l shipmen t wa s offere d b ySk yKin g fo rtransportation . Considerin g th e definitio n o f"perso n wh o offer s o rofferor " containe d i n 4 9 CFR , Sectio n 171.8 , sinc e Sk yKin g neve rconsidere d th e shipmen t a s hazardou s material . 4 . Admi t 5 . Admi t 6 . Admi t 7 . Admi t8 . Admi t

9 . Admi t 10 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 11 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 12 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 13 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 14 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 15 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 16 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . Il l 17 . Den y 1 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 2 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 3 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 4 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials .5 . Den y

Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 6 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 7 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 8 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 9 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 10 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 11 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 12 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 13 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 14 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 15 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . 16 . Admi t 17 . Den y Sk yKin g di d no t offe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials .18 . Den y

4 9 U.S.C . Sectio n 5123(a ) Penalty - (1 ) a perso n tha t knowingl yviolate s thi s chapte ro ra regulation , order , specia l permit , o rapprova l issue d unde rthi s chapte ri s liabl e t o th e Unite d State s Governmen t fo ra civi l penalt yo fa t leas t $25 0 bu t no t mor e tha n $50,00 0 fo reac h violation . Aperso n act s knowingl ywhe n - (A ) Th e perso n ha s actua l knowledg e o fth e fact s givin g ris e t o th e violation ; o r (B ) Areasonabl e perso n actin g i n th e circumstance s an d exercisin g reasonabl e car e woul d hav e tha t knowledge . Sk yKin g di d no t knowingl yoffe rhazardou s material s fo rtransportatio n b yair . Sk yKin g di d no t recogniz e th e shipmen t a s hazardou s materials . Th e Responden t consider s thi s huma n error , i n tha t th e shippe rdi d no t recogniz e th e apparatu s a s a Fue l Contro l Unit , an d no t a willfu l violatio n o fth e Departmen t o fTransportatio n Hazma t regulations . Th e shippe rwa s no t a n aviatio n mechani can d ha d n o abilit yt o recogniz e th e apparatu s a s hazardou s material/Fue l Contro l Unit . 18 . Den y 4 9 U.S.C . Sectio n 5123(a ) States - Penalty - (1 ) a perso n tha t knowingl yviolate s thi s chapte ro r a regulation , order , specia l permit , o rapprova l issue d unde rthi s chapte ri s liabl e t o th e Unite d State s Governmen t fo ra civi l penalt yo fa t leas t $25 0 bu t no t mor e tha n $50,00 0 fo r eac h violation . Aperso n act s knowingl ywhe n - (A ) Th e perso n ha s actua l knowledg e o fth e fact s givin g ris e t o th e violation ; o r (B ) Areasonabl e perso n actin g i n th e circumstance s an d exercisin g reasonabl e car e woul d hav e tha t knowledge . I n a n intervie wo fth e actua l shippe ri t wa s state d tha t th e shippe rdi d no t recogniz e th e apparatu s a s hazardou s material . Considerin g tha t th e Shippe rha d receive d th e appropriat e trainin g b ya credibl e provide ran d th e shippe rstil l di d no t recogniz e th e apparatu s a s hazardou s materia l i s eviden t t o th e fac t a reasonabl e perso n actin g i n th e circumstance s an d exercisin g reasonabl e car e woul d hav e tha t knowledge . I n addition , th e shippe rcertainl ydi d no t hav e actua l knowledg e o fth e fact s givin g ris e t o th e violation . Notwithstanding , Sk yKin g too k significan t correctiv e actio n t o ensur e w e di d no t repea t thi s mistake . Respectfull ysubmitted . StephenvV . Badge r Sk yKing , Inc. , Representativ e (916 ) 417-443 9 o remai l sbadger@fly-skyking.co m

### CERTIFICAT EO FSERVIC E

I hereb ycertif ytha t o n Octobe rv, 2011 , a cop yth e forgoin g Answe rt o Orde rt o Sho wCaus e FA A Docke t NO . CPIOSOOOOO , DM S FAA02011-067 0 wa s sen t b yUnite d Parce l Servic e (UPS ) courie rto : ORIGINA L & ON E COPY Federa l Aviatio n Administratio n 80 0 Independenc e Avenue , S.W . Washingto n DC 2059 1 Attention : Hearin g Docke t Clerk , AGC-43 0 Wilbu rWrigh t Building—Suit e 2W100 0 ON E COPY Th e Honorabl e Richar d C . Goodwin , Administrativ e Lo wJudg e Offic e o fHearings , M-2 0 U.S . Departmen t o fTransportatio n 120 0 Ne wJerse yAvenue , S.E . Washington , D C 2059 0 Geral d A . Ellis, Complainant' s Counse l Attorney , Offic e o fth e Regiona l Counse l Souther n Region , ASO- 7 Federa l Aviatio n Administratio n P.O . Bo x2063 6 Atlanta , Georgi a 3032 0

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