08/15/2012 14:50 FAX 2024835142

U.S. Department ofTransportatlon Federal Aviation Administration August 3, 2012 OVERNIGHT MAlL Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20591 Attn: Hearing Docket Clerk, AGC-430 Wilbur Wright Building- Suite 2WIOOO FAA

ATTN: 

### HEARING DOCKET 

### CLERK

Re: Tn the**M~:~.tter** ofTimothy Gauna Case No. 2010-GL-70-0109 + OMS

Great Lakes Region Regional Counsel, AGL-7 2300 East Devon Avenue Des Plaines, Illinois 60018 847/294-7109**~001/008**


# RECEIVED AUG ... 62012 

# HEARI.NG DOCKET

Enclosed herein please lind a copy ofa request for hearing and the original and

## oz~c copy ofthe FederalAviation Administration's Complaint in the above-entitled action for filing, together with proofofservice upon the Respondent. The FAA requests that the hearing in this matter be held in the Chicago area, and expects that the hearing 

### will last one day. Please address all conummicalions 

### tor the Federal Aviation Administration 

### to the attention ofKate Barber, Oftlcc oftheRegional Counsel, 2300 East Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018.

Enclosures cc; AGL-700OB/15/2012 14:50 FAX 2ij24935142 FAA + OMS**~** 002/008

US. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 

### OPflCE OF HEARINGS

W ASITINGTON, D.C. In the Matter ofTimothy Gauna 201 0-GL-70-0109 Judge Not Assit:.'Iled COMPL,t\INT 

# RECEIVED AUG- 62012 

# -HEARING oOCKET

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA or Complainant), by counsel, hereby 1lles its Complaint, pursuant to Rule 208 ofthe Rules ofPractice (14 C.F.R. 13.208), and states as 

### follows: I On April 29, 2010, Respondent was advised through a Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty that the FAA proposed to assess a civil penalty in the amount of$4,860. On July 18, 2012, a Final Notice ofProposed Civil Penalty in the ain()Unt of$4,860 was**is~med.** On July 20. 2012, Respondent submitted a written request for a hearing. (( I. 

### On orabout .February 8, 20 I0,you (Mr. TimothyGuana, 2516 Lincoln Street,**Evfllb~On,** IL 60201), offered an und<X::laredandha7..ardous matt..Ti.als shipmeritto UnitedParcel Service store (UPS) lD'lderairwaybill (A WB) 1ZX600670300624218 for airtransportation to Vieques, Puerto Rico. 2. The package was dropped while beingoffloadcd atthe UPS sort centerin Northbrook. Illinois andbeganto leak. Up::>n investigationit WdSdiscoveredthat thepackage comainedundeclared hazardous materials.08/15/2012 14:50. FAX 2024935142 FAA + OMS**~** 003/008

3. The shipmentunderA WB 1 ZX600670300624218 was a 1piece shipment, containing the following regulated materials:

a A Ontl gallon can ofspar ureLhane, properly idcnliliedand classed as UN 1263, Paint, Class 3 PG lll. h. Seven (7) cans ofpnming seal, properly identified and classed as UN 1950, Aerosols non-flammable, 

### Clas$ 2.2.
c. One (I) utility lighter, properlyidenti1ied and classed as UN 1057, Lighter, Class 2.1. 4. Thematerials within the shipmentareclassified as hazardou.-:; materials underSection .\.: 172.101 

### ofthe I

### Iazardou.~ Materials 

### Regulations. 5. There were no markings or

## label~ on the package to indicate that it contained hazardous 

### materials. 6. You offered the above-described hazardous material f()r transportation 

### in. air commerce and it was not properly labeled or marked. 7. You offered the above-described

## hazardOlL~ material for transportation in air commerce without proper shippingpapers. 8. You oHered the above-described hazardous material for transportation in air commerce wlthout a certification that the material is oflcrcd lortransportation in accordance with prescribed regulations.

208/15/2012 14:50 FAX 2024935142 FAA + OMS



### 9. Yott offered the above-described ha7.ardous material 

### for transportation in air 

### commerce without marking the package with the 

### proper shipping 

### name·and identification 

### number.· 10. You offered 

### the above-described**h~ardous** 

### material for transportation in 

### air commerce without the 

### emergency response infom1ation, including the emergency 

### response telephone number. II. You offered the above-described ha:!ardous material for transportation in air co1runcrce without authorized hazardous materia] packaging. lll**~** 004/008

By 

### reason ofthe above. it 

### appea.t·s that Tirnothy 

### Gauna violated the 

### following Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Regulations: a) 49 CFR §

### 171.2(e)) in that 

### you offered a hazardous material for transportation in air commerce that was not properly packed, classed, described, marked, labeled and was not

### in condition for shipment 

### as required by 

### the Hazardous Material Regulations. b) 49 CFR§ 

### Part 172.200(a) in that you 

### otfered a hazardous 

### material for trMspoi1ation 

### and did nol 

### properly describe that material on the 

### shipping paper. c) 49 CFR § 172.204(a), 

### in thal

### you offered a 

### ha:t:ardous _material for transportation and did not properly ccrti{ythat material in accordance with the 

### regulations. d) 49 CFR § 172.301

### (a), in that you offered a**h~ardous** 

### material for transportation in 

### a. non-bulk package and did not

### properly mark that material in accordance with the regulations. 308/15/2012 14:50 FAX 2024935142 FAA -. OMS**~** 005/008

e) 49 CFR § 172.400(a), in that you 

### offered a 

### hazardous material for

### transportation and did not 

### properly label that material in accordance with the regulations; f) 49 

### CFR § 172_600(c)(2), in 

### that you oti0red a 

### hazardous material for transportation and did not provide emergency 

### response infonnation in accordance 

### with the 

### regulations; g) 49 CliR § 173 .1(b), in that you otlcred a 

### hazardous material for transportation when that material was not prepared in accordance with the regulations. h) 49 CFR § 173_24(c)(1), 

### in that you packaged an una·uthorized 

### hazardous material not specified 

### in the relevant sections of 172.101. JV Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §5I

### 23, Respondent is subject to 

### a civil penalty ofat 

### least $250 but not more 

### than $50,000 for 

### each ofthe violations alleged. Under 

### the facts 

### and circumstances ofthis case, 

### a civil penalty of$4,860 is appropriate. Under

### the facts 

### and circumstances ofthis case, 

### acivil penalty of$4,860 is appropriate.

### a/,~.

## ·(\~teBar**~o/**Attorney / Federal Aviation Administration 2300 East Devon A venue, AGL-7B 

### Des Plaines, 

### Hlinois 60018 847/294-7R62 Fax: 847/294-7498

408/15/2012 14:50 FAX 2024835142 FAA + OMS 

### tal 008/008

NOTE: The Rules of Practice for this proteeding are set forth in Part 13, Subpart G, ofthe Federal Aviation Regulations (14 C.F.R. Part 13). The Rules of Practice provide that Respondent must file a written answer to this Complaint, or a written Motion to Dismiss if appropriate, not later than 30 days after the date shown on the Certificate of Service. A general denial is deemed a failure to file an answer (Section 13.209(e)). ·



### CERTIFICATR OF SERVICE 1hereby certify that the foregoing 

### Complaint has sent 

### via Overnight 

### Mail as 1ol1ows: Overnight Mail (Original & One 

### Copy)
Overnight Mail

Lc 

### Federal AviationAdministration 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Wilbur Wright Building, Suite 2WIOOO Washington, D.C. 20591 Attn: Hearing 

### Docket Clerk,**AOC-4~0** Mr.Tirnothy 

### Gauna 25 I 6 Lincoln Street Evanston,lL 60201

Federal Aviation Administrdtion Office ofRegional Cow1sel 2300 East Devon Avenue, AGL-7 

### Des Plaines, Illinois 60018

5