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### u.s. Department ofTransportation Southern Region Office ofthe Regional Counsel P.O. Box 20636 

### Atlanta, Georgia 30320 Federal Aviation Administration 

## DEC 1 0 2012
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### CERTIFIED- RETURN R&CETPT 

### REQUESTED Hearing DocketClerk 

### FAA, AGC-430, Suite 2WIOOO Wilbur Wright Building 800 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20591 ..· .: . (404) 305-5200 (404) 305-5223 FAX



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Re: In the Matter ofAerial Crop Protectjon, FAA Case No. 2011S0190332 Enclosed herewith please find a copy ofa request for hearing and the original and one copy of the Complaint in the above-referenced proceeding. The FAA requests that the 

### hearing in this matter be held 

### inthe Miramar, Florida 

### area, and expects that the hearing will lnst one day. Please address all communications tbr the FAA to the undersigned, at: Federal Aviation Administration Office ofthe Regional Counsel. ASO-7 Southern Region 

### P.O. Box 20636 Atlanta, 

### Georgia 30320 

### T,elephone: (404) 305-.5200, facsimile (404) 305-5223. Sincerely,



### Enclosures**··~**

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### PRESTON]. FIELDS, P.A. ATTORNEYS AT lAW IIZll PROSPERITY. FARMS ROAD,**Sun~** C·30I PALM DF.ACH GARDl::NS. FLORll)A 33410 Tl:LEPHON!l, (561) 7!19-99!0 • FA(::SOOLE: (561) 799.0.188



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Via FederalEx:press 

### U.S. Department ofTransportation Federal 

### Aviation Administration Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC·430 

### 600 Jndcpendence 

### Avenue SW Wilbur Wright 

### Building, Suite 2W1 

### 000 Washington, DC 20591 November 

### 26, 20I2

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### Company: FAA Case 

### No.: Our File No.: Aerial 

### Crop Protection, Inc. 2011SOI90332 163-0!2 REQUEST FOR HEARING -t OMS



### NOV 30

Aerial Crop Protection, Inc., a

### Floridacorporation [ "ACP''), 

### by and

### through the

### undersigned attorney, hereby requests a hearing ofail matters addressed in the Final Norice of Proposed Civil 

### Penalrydated November 8, 2012, and 

### signed

### by AndreaMichelle 

### Harper. Esquire. Irequest that the 

### hearing be held in Wc.st

### Palm .Deach, Florida. 'lbe

### Federal AviationAdministration [''F AA'•] alleged

### that ACP 

### violated §J

### 37. I I(a) ofthe 

### federal Aviation Regulations which subjected ACP to 

### a civil penalty not

### to exceed $1,100.00 for each violation pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §4630l(a)-(d).

PJF/tmd 

### Preston J. 

### .Fields, Sr.
cc: Client 

### Andrea Michelle Harper, Esquire

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### u.s. Department ofTransportation Federal Aviation Administration



## NOV 8 20\2. FAA

· Southern Region
· Office of the Regional Counsel.



### CERTIFIED 

### -RETURN RECEIPT 

### REQUESTED & 

### REGUJ:,..AR MAIL Aerial Crop Protection, 

### Inc. 50 Airpon Road Belle Glade, FL 33430 + OMS 141003/008

P.O. Box 20636 Atlanta, Georgia 30320 (404) 305·5200 (404) 305·5223 FAX
2011S0190332

FINAL NOTICE OF PROPOSED CIVIL PENALTY On December 21, 2011, you were advised through a Notice of Proposed 

### Civil Penalty that the FAA proposed to assess a civil penalty inthe amount of$16,575. After considering all the evidence:: in this matter, it appears that: I. On or about August 24, 2011, ,representatives of the federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducted a routine inspection 

### of Aerial Crop Protection, Inc. (ACP) at the Be11e Glade State Municipal Airport (X 10). 2. Representatives observed N2033R, an Air 

### Tractor**AT~504,** perfoml aerial chemical operations over tields on the northern

### borderofX10. 3. At the time ofthe operations in paragraph 2, ACP did not hold a valid agricultural aircraft operator certificate_ 4. At the Lime of the operations in paragraph 2, ACP was infonned that any aerial chemical operati<)ns conducted without a valid agricultural 

### aircraft operator certificate could ben violation ofthe Federal Aviation**Regu~ations.** · 5. On or about September 6, 2011, ACP 

### was again 

### infonned that any aerial chemical operations 

### conducted without a valid 

### agricultural aircraft operator certificate could ben violation oftheFederal Aviation Regulations. 6. Between August 24, 2011 and September 21, 2011, ACP perfonned

### conur1er~ial aerial chemical 

### operations on 

### United States Sugar Corporation's fielus. 7. As a result. ACP violated Section 137.1l(a) 

### of the Federal.Aviation Regulations in 

### that except as provided in paragraphs (c) and (d) ofthis section, no person may01/03/2013 11:35 FAX 2024935142 FAA + OMS 141004/008

conduct agricultural aircraft opcrati<ms without, or in violation of, an agricultural aircraft operator cenificate issued under this part. Under 49 U.S.C. S¢ctions" 4630J(a)-(d), 

### you are subject 

## to 

# acivil penalcy not to exceed $1,100 for each ofthe violations noted. 

### By**r~ason** of the foregoing facts and circumstances, we propose 

### to assess acivil penalty 

### in the 

### arnount of$16,575, Unless you mail or personally deliver, in writing, your request for a hearing In this matter, on or before fifteen (15) days after you receive this Final Notice, we will issue an Order Assessing Civil Penalty and you wiJJ have no further right to a hearing. If you do not submit a written requesT for a hearing, you must 

### pay the proposed civil penalty. Your request for a hearing must be senl to the Federal Aviation Administration, 

### 600 Independence Avenue SW,. Wilbur Wright Building, Soitc 2W1000, Washington, DC 20591, Attention; Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 (if delivery is in person 

### or via expedited 

### courier service) or Federal Aviation Administration, 

### 800 Independence Avenue SW, Wilbur Wright Building, Suite 2Wl000, Washington, DC 20591, Attention: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 (if delivery is via U.S. Mail), and a copy must be sent to the undersigned FAA attorney. Your request must be dated and signed, in accordance with section 13.16 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, sent to you with the Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty (14 C.F.R. §13.16). You may pay the proposed penalty by submitting a cenified check or money order payabk to**th~o:** "Federal Aviation Administration" to the undersigned. EDDm

### L. THOMAS REGIONAL COUNSEL

# BY;:::;;~**AN.;r~;:~~~EI~** 

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### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that the foregoing FiJ1al NNice of Proposed Civil 

### Penalty has bc:en mailed by Cenified Mail & RegularMail to: · Aerial Crop Protection, Inc. SO Airport Road Belle Glade, FL 33430 Preston J. Fields, Sr. Preston J. Fields, P.A. Attorneys at Law J1211 Prosperity Farms Road, Suite

### C~30l

# ~·l~~:s;3410 Program Analyst Office ofthe Regional**Counsl~l** 

### NOV 8 ZOI2

... Dated 

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### U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF HEARINGS FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINlSTRA 

### TION, Complainant, ·
vs. FAA Docket

### No. Judge

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### AERIAL CROP PROTECTION ••• • .J
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## .:_./ Respondent. 

### JUDGE NOT 

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### COMPI.AINT The 

### Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), by counsel, hereby files its Complaint, pursuant

### to Rule 208 ofthe 

### Rules ofPractice (14 C.F

### .R. 13.208), ar1d states as follows: 

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On

### November 8, 2012, 

### Respondent, Aerial Crop 

### Pretection was advised through a Final Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty that the FAA proposed to assess a civil penalty in the 

### amount of$16,575. On

### November 30,2012, the 

### Agency Attorney 

### received a wriUen request for a hearing from the Respondent. 

### II. 1. On or aboul August 24, 2011, 

### representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) conducted a routine inspection of

### Aerial Crop Protection, Inc. (ACP) atthe Belle Glade State

### Municipal Airport (Xl0). 2. Representatives observed N2033R, an Air Tractor AT-504, perform aerial 

### chemical operations over 

### fields on the northern border 

### ofXIO. 3. At the time ofthe operations in paragraph 2, ACP did nothold a valid agricultural aircraft operator 

### certificate. 4. At the tin1e ofthe operations 

### in paragraph 2, ACP was informed that any aerial 

### chemical operations conducted without a valid agricultural aircraft operator certificate could benviolation ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations.01/03/2013 11:35**F~X** 2024935142 FAA -+ OMS**~** 007/008



### 5. On or about September 

### 6, 2011, ACP was again informed that any aerial chemical operations conducted without a 

### valid agricultural aircraft operator certificate could be 

### in violation ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations. 6. Between August 24, 2011 and September 21 , 2011, ACP performed commercial aerial chemical operations on United States Sugar Corporation's fields.

Ill.
7. As 

### a result, ACP violated Section 137.11(a) 

### ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations in that except 

### as provided in paragraphs (c) 

### and (d) ofthis section, no person may conduct agricultural aircraft operations without, or in violation of, an 

### agricultural aircraft operator certificate issued underthis part. 8. 

### Under49 

### U.S.C. Sections 46301(a)-(d), you are subject to a civil 

### penalty not to exceed $1,100 for each ofthe violations noted. By reason ofthe foregoing facts and 

### circumstances, Wd 

### propose to 

### assess a civil penalty 

### in the amount of$16,575. 

### 9 Under the facts and circumstances ofthis case, a civil penalty of$16,575 is appropriate. WHEREFORE, the Agency, by counsel respectfully requests that the Administrative Law Judge enter an order that Respondent be assessed a civil penalty in the amount of$16,575. Respectfully submitted this 

# /fY" day ofDecember, 2012.

Attorney Office ofthe Regional C PLEASE NOTE: 

### Pursuantto Title 14 CFR Section 13.209(a), you are requir&l. to file a written answer to this Complaint, or a WJitten Motion to Dismiss if

### appropriate, not later 

### thrui 30 days after the date shown on the Certificate ofService which follows.01/03/2013 11:35 FAX 2024935142 FAA**~** OMS



### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I 

### hereby certifythat 

### a copy 

### ofthe 

### foregoing Complaint has 

### been mailed this 

### date by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, 

### to the following: 

### Hearing DockeL 

### Clerk FAA, AGC·430, Suite 2W1000 

### Wilbur Wright 

### Bullding 800 Independence Avenue, 

### SW · Washington, DC 20591 

### Preston J Fields, Sr. 

### Preston J. Fields, P.A. 1121 

### I Prosperity 

### Fanns Road, Suite C-301 Palm Beach Gardens, 

### .Florida 33410



### Program Analyst Office ofthe Regional 

### CoWISel 

## DEC 1 0 

## 2012 Dated (original+ 1 copy) @008/008