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. Departmen t Easter n Regio n 1 Aviatio n Plaz a o f Transportatio n Regiona l Counse l DHP T O F TBAHSffliiiull j Y 1143 4 Telephone : 71 8 553-326 7 O f iGKhi S Federa l Aviatio n Facsimile : 71 8 995-569 9 Administratio n 

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### 201 0 CERTIFIE D MAI L - RETUR N RECEIP T REQUESTE D Federal Aviatio n Administratio n '- ° ' 2 201 0 80 0 Independenc e Avenue , S.W
. HEARIN G DOPK'tr T Washington , D.C
. 2059 1 '•^^^rKt Z I Attn : Hearin g Docke t

Clerk , AGC-43 0 Wilbur Wright Buildin g - Roo m201 4

ATTN : HEARIN G DOCKE T CLER K Re : I n th e Matte r

o f Alco n Bioscience s Privat e Limite di Docke t No
. 2009EA70040 0 n?\O e f\00O l f^ ^ ^ , Enclose dherei n pleas e fin dacop y o f areques t fo r hearin g an dth e original an don e cop y o f th e FAA' s Complain t

i n th e above-entitle dactio n fo r filing , togethe r

wit h proo f o f servic e upo n th e Respondent
. Th e FA A request s that

th e hearin g i n thi s matte r b e hel di n th e Ne w Yor

k area , an dexpect s that th e hearin g wil l las t

Iday(s)
. Pleas e addres s al l communication s fo r th e Federal Aviatio n Administratio n t o th e attentio n o f Mar y Madelin e McCarthy , Offic e o f th e Regional Counsel , 1 Aviatio n Plaz aJamaica , N Y 11434
. Sincerely , Alfre dR
. Johnson , Jr
. Regional Counse l

Mar y M^elin e McCarth y ( S By : Deput

y Regiona l Counse l Enclosure s
cc : AEA-70 0"/<>>/ • Regiona l Counse l for

th e Easter n Regio n Dat e "/"' I "^f ^ Federal Aviatio n Administratio n 1 Aviatio n Plaz a Jamaica , N Y 1143 4 Alco n Bioscience s Privat e Limite d- 2009EA70040 0 Subject
. Fina l Notic e o f

Propose dCivi l Penalty Respons e Attachmen t I n repl y t o your

Final Notic e o f

Propose dCivi l Penalty Alco n Bioscience s Privat e Limite delect s t o procee da s indicate db y it s chec k mar k besid e th e numbere dparagrap h below : 1
. (_ ) Alco n Bioscience s Privat e Limite dhereb y submit s th e amoun t o f th e propose dcivi l penalt y with th e understandin g tha t a n Orde r Assessin g Civi l Penalt

y wil l b e issue di n tha t

amount . 2
. Csi'' ' Alco n Bioscience s ftivate Limite dhereb y request s aforma l hearin g i n accordanc e wit h Sectio n 13.1 6 of

th e Federa l Aviatio n Regulations
.

B y sendin g thi s for mt o th e Federa l Aviatio n Administration , Easter n Region , Alco n Bioscience s Privat e Limite dals o hereb y certifie s tha t acop y o f

thi s for mha s bee n file dwit h th e Hearin g Docke t

Cler k (Hearin g Docket , Federa l Aviatio n Administration , 80 0 Independenc e Avenue , S.W. , Koo m924A , Washington , D C 20591 , Attention : Hearin g Docke t Clerk)
. * * Pleas e not e that

Alco n Bioscience s Privat e Limite dwil l no t b e entitle dt o ahearin g i f i t files thi s for

mwit h th e Federa l Aviatio n Administration
. Eastern Region , WITHOU T havin g filed this for mo r awritte n reques t

for ahearin g wit

h th e HEARIN G DOCKE T CLERK
. ATTORNEY/REPRESENTATIV E Name : AlCO N GJOSCiS'C^^ S ?MJ'M g (JA^ITF n Hrm : i ' c , MAniN^ ^ <"-'-'•'''-•-:--,-f!S , Address : j j i'-jrV /

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## HEARIN G DOCKE T I n th e Matte r

o f Alco n Bioscience s Privat e Limite d 2009EA70040 0 Judg e No t Assigne d
COMPLAIN T Th e Federal Aviatio n Administratio n (FAA) , b y counsel , hereb y file s it s Complaint , pursuan t t o Rul e 20 8 o f

th e Rule s o f

Practic e (1 4 C.F.R
. 13.208) , an dstate s a s follows : I Respondent , Alco n Bioscience s Privat e Limited , wa s advise dthroug h aFinal Notic e o f Propose dCivi l Penalt

y that th e FA A propose dt o asses s acivi l penalt y i n th e amount

o f $78,000
. O n Januar

y 22 , 2010 , Responden t

submitte dawritte n deman dfo r ahearing
. I I 1
. O n o r

abou t Ma y 16 , 2009 , Alco n Bioscience s Privat e Limite d(hereinafter "Alcon" ) offere dan undeclare dshipmen t o f hazardou s material s fo r transportatio n i n ai r

commerc e (hereinafter , "th e shipment")
. 2
. Th e above-mentione dshipmen t comprise dthre e (3 ) carton s wit h si x (6 ) meta l cans , eac h containin g 1.0k g o f whit e powde r

package di n aclea

r plasti c bag
. 3
. Th e Federa l Aviatio n Administratio n determine dtha t th e whit e powde r comprisin g th e shipmen t

describe di s asubstanc e name dColchincine
. 4
. Colchincin e i s asubstanc e regulate db y th e Departmen t o f Transportatio n (DOT ) Hazardou s Material s Regulation s (HMR ) 4 9 C.F.R
. § § 171-177) , liste di n th e DO T HM RHazardou s Material s Tabl e (4 9 C.F.R
. §172.101 ) a s "'Alkaloid , solid , n.o.s. , U N 1544 , PGII , Clas s 6.1 , Poisonou s material"
.'•wT^^w^^r^rn^fT^'^lfn ^

5
. Th e shipmen t

wa s transporte dint o th e Unite dState s o n Ai r Indi aFligh t

19 1 fromMumbai , Indi at o Newar k Liberty Internationa l Airport , Newark , NJ , unde r Airwa y Bil l (AWB ) 098-893 0 0326 , o n o r abou t May 17 , 2009
. 6
. A t al l time s mentione dherein , th e Departmen t o f Transportatio n (DOT ) Hazardou s Material s Regulation s (HMR ) (4 9 C.F.R
. §§171-177 ) require d Alcon , a s ahazma t

employer , t o ensur e tha t eac h o f it s hazmat

employee s wa s traine di n accordanc e with th e requirement s o f th e HMR , wa s teste db y appropriat e mean s o n th e trainin g subject s covere din §172.70 4 (4 9 C.F.R.§172.704) , an dwa s preclude dfromperformin g any ftinction subjec t t o th e requirement s o f

th e DO T HM Rwithou t

firs t bein g instructe di n th e requirement s o f

th e HM Rthat

appl y t o tha t

ftinction. 7
. A t al l time s herein , Alco n di dno t ensur e tha t

eac h o f it s hazmat

employee s i s traine di n accordanc e wit h th e requirement s prescribe db y th e applicabl e DO T HMR
. 8
. A t al l time s herein , Alco n di dno t ensur e tha t

eac h o f it s hazma

t employee s ha dbee n provide dgeneral awareness/familiarizatio n trainin g designe dt o provid e familiarit

y wit h th e requirement s o f

th e DO T HMR
. 9
. A t al l time s herein , Alco n di dno t ensure that

th e above-reference dshipment mee t al l applicabl e requirement s o f th e DO T HMR
. 10
. A t al l time s herein , Alco n di dno t ensur e tha t

th e above-reference d shipmen t mee t th e requirement s o f

th e applicabl e international standard s o r regulation s an dthat

i t wa s offere dfo

r transportatio n or

transporte di n conformanc e with thos e applicabl e standard s o r regulations
. 11
. A t al l time s herein , Alco n di dno t describ e th e hazardou s material o n th e associate dshippin g pape r

i n th e manner

require db y th e DO T HMR
. 12
. Alco n di dno t

ensur e that

th e packag e o r

containmen t

devic e in whic h it offere dth e above-reference dhazardou s material s shipmen t wa s labele dwit

h label s specifie dfo

r th e material i n th e §172.10 1 Tabl e an dother applicabl e part s ofth e DO T HMR
. 13
. A t al l time s herein , Alco n di dno t ensur e that

th e associate dshippin g pape r contai n an emergenc y respons e telephon e number , a s prescribe din subpar t G o f DO T HMR
.Il l

B y reaso n o f

th e foregoin g fact s an dcircumstances
. Responden t violate dth e followin g section(s ) ofth e Departmen t o f Transportatio n Hazardou s Material s Regulations :
a . Sectio n 171.2(a) , whic h state s tha t eac h perso n wh o perform s aftinction
covere db y thi s subchapter mus t perfor mthat ftinction i n accordanc e wit h thi s subchapter
.
b
. Sectio n 171.22(b) , whic h state s that limitation s o n th e us e o f intemational standard s an dregulations
. A hazardou s material that i s offere dfo

r transportatio n o r

transporte di n accordanc e wit h th e intemational standard s
an dregulation s authorize di n paragrap h (a ) o f thi s section~(l ) I s subjec t t o th e requirement s o f

th e applicabl e intemational standardo r regulatio n an d
mus t b e offere dfo

r transportatio n o r

transporte di n conformanc e wit h th e applicabl e standardo r

regulation ; an d(2 ) Mus t confor mt o al l applicabl e requirement s o f

thi s subpart
.

c . Sectio n 172.200(a) , whic h state s that , excep t a s otherwis e provide din thi s subpart , eac h perso n wh o offer s ahazardou s material fo r transportatio n shal ldescrib e th e hazardou s material o n th e shippin g pape r i n th e manner

require d b y thi s subpart
.
d
. Sectio n 172.201(d) , whic h state s that , excep t a s provide din §172.604(c) , a shippin g pape r

mus t contai n a

n emergenc y respons e telephon e number , a s prescribe di n subpar

t G o f thi s part .

e . Sectio n 172.300(a) , whic h state s that eac h perso n wh o offer s ahazardou s materia l fo

r transportatio n shal l mar

k eac h package , freight

container , an d transport vehicl e containin g th e hazardou s material i n th e manne r require db y thi s subpart
.
f
. Sectio n 172.400(a) , whic h state s that excep t a s specifie di n § 172.400a , eac h perso n wh o offer s fo

r transportatio n o r

transport s ahazardou s material i n an y
o f th e followin g package s o r containmen t

devices , shal l labe l th e packag e o r containmen t

devic e wit

h label s specifie dfo

r th e material i n th e §172.10 1 Tabl e an di n thi s subpart
. (1 ) A non-bul k package ; (2 ) A bul k

packaging , othe r than acarg o tank , portabl e tank , o r tan k car , wit h avolumetri c capacit

y
o f les s tha n 1 8 m 3 (64 0 cubi c feet) , unles s placarde di n accordanc e wit h subpar t Fo f thi s part ; (3 ) A portabl e tank o f les s than 378 5 L (100 0 gallons )capacity , unles s placarde di n accordanc e with subpart Fo f thi s part ; (4 ) A DO T Specificatio n 10 6 o r 11 0 multi-uni t

tank ca r tank , unles s placarde din accordanc e with subpar

t Fo f thi s part ; an d(5 ) A n overpack , freight containe r or uni t loaddevice , o f

les s tha n 1 8 m 3 (64 0 cubi c feet) , whic h contain s apackag e fo

r whic h label s are required , unles s placarde do r marke d i n accordanc e with §172.51 2 o f thi s part .

g . Sectio n 172.604(a) , whic h state s that aperso n wh o offer s ahazardou s materia l fo

r transportatio n mus t

provid e a24-hou r

emergenc y respons e telephon e numbe r

(includin g th e are acod e o r intemationa l acces s code ) fo r
us e i n th e even t

o f a n emergenc y involvin g th e hazardou s material
. Th e telephon e numbe r

mus t b e (1 ) Monitore da

t al l time s th e hazardou s material i s i n transportation , includin g storag e incidental t o transportation ; (2 ) Th e numbe r o f aperso n wh o i s either

knowledgeabl e o f

th e hazardou s material bein g shippe dan dha s comprehensiv e emergenc y respons e andincident mitigatio n informatio n fo

r that material , o r

ha s immediate acces s t o aperso n wh o possesse s suc h knowledg e an dinformatio n an d(3 ) Entere don a shippin g paper , a s follows : (i ) Immediatel y followin g th e descriptio n ofth e hazardou s material require db y subpar t C o f thi s part ; o r

(ii ) Entere donc e on th e shippin g pape r

i n aclearl y visibl e location
. Thi s provisio n ma y b e use donl y i f th e telephon e numbe r

applie s t o eac h hazardou s material entere do n th e shippin g paper , an di f i t i s indicate dthat

th e telephon e number

i s fo r emergenc y respons e informatio n (fo r example : EMERGENC Y CONTACT:***)
.
h
. Sectio n 172.702(a) , whic h state s tha t ahazmat

employer

shal l ensure tha

t
eac h o f it s hazmat

employee s i s frainedi n accordanc e wit h th e requirement s prescribe di n thi s subpart
.
i
. Sectio n 172.704(a)(1) , whic h state s that hazmat employe e trainin g shal l includ e th e following : Eac h hazma t employe e shal l b e provide dgenera l awareness/familiarizatio n trainin g designe dt o provid e familiarit y wit h th e requirement s o f

thi s subchapter , an dt o enabl e th e employe e t o recogniz e an d identif y hazardou s material s consisten t with th e hazar dcommunicatio n standard s o f

thi s subchapter
. IV

1
. Pursuan t

t o 4 9 U.S.C
. §5123(a ) o f Chapter 51 , Titl e 4 9 ofth e Unite dState s Cod e o f Transportation , 4 9 U.S.C.§512 3 Responden t i s liabl e fo

r acivi l penalty o f

no t les s tha n $25 0 ($45 0 fo

r trainin g violations) , no r

greate r tha n $50,00 0 ($100,00 0 i f death , seriou s^^^^^^^ ^

illness , sever e injury , o r

substantia l property damag e results) , fo r eac h o f th e violation s alleged
. 2
. Under th e fact s an dcircumstance s o f thi s case , acivi l penalt

y o f $78,00 0 i s appropriate
.
WHEREFORE , th e FAA , b y counsel , respectftilly request s that th e Administrativ e La w Judg e ente r

a n orde r that Responden t

b e assesse dacivi l penalt y in th e amount

o f $78,000
. Respectftill y submitted , Alfre dR
. Johnson , Jr
. Regional Counse l


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^ Mar y Marin e McCarth y Deput y Regiona l Counse l Federal Aviatio n Administratio n 1 Aviatio n Plaz a Jamaica , N Y 1143 4 71 8 553-326 7 71 8 995-569 9NOTE ;

Th e Rule s o f

Practic e fo r

thi s proceedin g ar e se t

fort h i n Par t

13 , Subpar t

G , o f th e Federa l Aviatio n Regulation s (1 4 C.F. RPar t 13)
. Th e Rule s o f

Practic e provid e tha t

Responden t

mus t fil e awritte n answe r

t o thi s Complaint , o r

awritte n Motio n t o Dismis s i f appropriate , no t

late r tha n 3 0 day s afte r th e dat e show n o n th e Certificat e o f Service
. A genera l denia l i s deeme dafailur e t o file a n answe r

(Sectio n 13.209(e))
.CERTIFICAT E O FSERVIC E

I hereb y certif

y that th e foregoin g Complain t

ha s bee n place dthi s date i n th e Unite dState s mail , postag e prepaid , b y Certifie dMai l - Retu mReceip t Requeste daddresse da s follows : Alco n Bioscience s Privat e Limite d 11 2 Marin e Chamber s I I Ne w Marin e Line s Mumba i India , 4000 2 Federal Aviatio n Administratio n (Original an don e copy ) 80 0 Independenc e Avenue , S.W
. Washington , D.C
. 2059 1 Attn : Hearin g Docke t

Clerk , AGC-43 0 Wilbur Wright Buildin g - Roo m201 4 IFFILIN G B Y FEDERA L EXPRES S Federal Aviatio n Administratio n (Original an don e copy ) 60 0 Independenc e Avenue , S W Wilbur Wright Buildin g - Roo m201 4 Washington , D C 2059 1 Attn : Hearin g Docke t

Clerk , AGC-43 0



### Date : JAN 2 7 201 0 Caroly n M
. O^eef

e Lega l Technicia n Federa l Aviation Administration Offic e o f Regiona l Counse lU.S
. DEPARTMEN T O FTRANSPORTATIO N FEDERA L AVIATIO N ADMINISTRATIO N

OFFIC E O FHEARING S WASHINGTON , D.C
. I n th e Matte r

o f Alco n Bioscience s Privat e Limite d 2009EA70040 0 Judg e No t Assigne d
NOTIC E O FAPPEARANC E Complainant , Federa l Aviatio n Administration , hereb y notifie s th e Unite dState s Departmen t

o f Transportation , Offic e o f Hearings , an dth e Respondent , pursuan t t o 1 4 C.F.R
. §13.204(b) , that

i t shal l b e represente di n th e above-state dactio n b y th e followin g attomey : Mary Madeline McCarth y

Federa l Aviatio n Administratio n Offic e o f Regiona l Counse l 1 Aviatio n Plaz a Jamaica , N Y 1143 4 Telephone : 71 8 553-326 7 Facsimile : 71 8 995-569 9Al l communications , notices , pleading s o r document s are respectfull y requeste dt o b e forwarde da s follows :

Mary Madeline McCarth y Federa l Aviatio n Administratio n Offic e o f Regiona l Counse l 1 Aviatio n Plaz a Jamaica , N Y 1143 4 Telephone : 71 8 553-326 7 Facsimile : 71 8 995-569 9 Respectfull y submitted , Alfre dR
. Johnson , Jr
. Regional Counse l

Mar y M^jielin e McCarth y ( j Deput y Regiona l Counse lCERTIFICAT E O FSERVIC E

I hereb y certif

y that o n thi s da

y copie s ofth e foregoin g Notic e o f Appearanc e wer e place d in th e Unite dState s mail , postag e prepaid
. Certifie dMai l - Retu mReceip t Requeste d addresse da s follows : Alco n Bioscience s Privat e Limite d 11 2 Marin e Chamber s I I Ne w Marin e Line s Mumba i India , 4000 2 Federal Aviatio n Administratio n (Original an don e copy ) 80 0 Independenc e Avenue , S.W
. Washington , D.C
. 2059 1 Attn : Hearin g Docke t

Clerk , AGC-43 0 Wilbur Wright Buildin g - Roo m201 4 I FFILIN G B Y FEDERA L EXPRES S Federal Aviatio n Administratio n (Original an don e copy ) 60 0 Independenc e Avenue , S W Wilbur Wright Buildin g - Roo m201 4 Washington , D C 2059 1 Attn : Hearin g Docke t

Clerk , AGC-43 0
Date : JA

N 2 7 201 Q Caroly n M
. "QXeef e Legal Technician Federal Aviatio n Administratio n Offic e o f Regional Counse l 1 Aviatio n Plaz a Jamaica , N Y 1143 4