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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2013–0210, Notice No.
13–16]
Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking
of Compressed Gas Cylinders
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Safety Advisory Notice.
AGENCY:
PHMSA is issuing this safety
advisory to notify the public of the
unauthorized marking of high pressure
compressed gas cylinders by
Beauchesne Fire Equipment located at
21 Freeman St. Attleboro Falls, MA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Michalski, Senior Hazardous
Materials Investigator, Eastern Region,
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety,
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 820 Bear Tavern Road,
Suite 306, West Trenton, NJ 08034.
Telephone: (609) 989–2256, Fax: (609)
989–2277 or, via email:
chris.michalski@dot.gov
SUMMARY:
Agents
from the U.S. DOT Inspector General’s
Office in Cambridge, MA, with
assistance from a PHMSA investigator
from the Eastern Region Field
Operations Office, recently conducted
an investigation into allegations that
Beauchesne Fire Equipment (BFE)
represented high pressure DOT
specification and special permit
cylinders as requalified in accordance
with the Hazardous Materials
Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Part 171–
180) without conducting the required
hydrostatic testing. The investigation
revealed that BFE marked
approximately 5,900 high pressure
compressed gas cylinders with test dates
and Requalifier Identification Number
(RIN) H557 in 2011 and 2012 without
conducting the prescribed hydrostatic
testing of these cylinders.
On May 14, 2013, Aaron Beauchesne,
the owner of BFE, pleaded guilty in the
U.S. District Court, District of
Massachusetts to violating the Federal
hazardous materials transportation law
(49 U.S.C. 5101–5128) relating to testing
and requalification of compressed gas
cylinders.
A cylinder requalification consisting
of a visual inspection and a hydrostatic
test, conducted as prescribed in the
HMR, is used to verify the structural
integrity of a cylinder. If the
requalification is not performed in
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accordance with the HMR, a cylinder
with compromised structural integrity
may be returned to service when it is
not safe or authorized for use. Extensive
property damage, serious personal
injury, or death could result from
rupture of a cylinder.
On September 18, 2013, PHMSA
terminated the RIN Approval H557
issued to Beauchesne Fire Equipment.
Any cylinder stamped with the RIN
H557 with a test date in 2011 or 2012
should be considered unsafe and not
authorized to be filled with hazardous
material unless the cylinder is first
properly visually examined and
hydrostatically tested by an individual
or company authorized to requalify DOT
specification cylinders. Cylinders
described in this safety advisory that are
filled with an atmospheric gas should be
vented or otherwise safely discharged.
Cylinders that are filled with a material
other than an atmospheric gas should
not be vented, but instead should be
safely discharged. Prior to refilling, the
cylinders must be taken to a DOTauthorized cylinder requalifier to ensure
their suitability for continued service. A
list of authorized requalifiers may be
obtained at this Web site: https://
www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/regs/sp-a/
approvals/cylinders.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September
18, 2013.
R. Ryan Posten,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Hazardous Materials Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2013–0195, Notice No.
13–12]
Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Filling
of Compressed Gas Cylinders
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Safety Advisory Notice.
AGENCY:
This is to notify the public
that PHMSA has confirmed that Komer
Carbonic Corp., 12120 Cloverdale Street,
Detroit, MI 48021, improperly filled and
offered for transportation high pressure
compressed gas cylinders (DOT
Specification 3A, 3AA and 3AL)
without verifying that they met the
appropriate safety requirements for
continued use. The US DOT PHMSA
was alerted on July 5, 2013 and verified
on July 9, 2013 that Komer Carbonic
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2013-0210, Notice No. 13-16]
Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Safety Advisory Notice.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA is issuing this safety advisory to notify the public of
the unauthorized marking of high pressure compressed gas cylinders by
Beauchesne Fire Equipment located at 21 Freeman St. Attleboro Falls,
MA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Michalski, Senior Hazardous
Materials Investigator, Eastern Region, Office of Hazardous Materials
Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 820 Bear Tavern Road, Suite 306, West
Trenton, NJ 08034. Telephone: (609) 989-2256, Fax: (609) 989-2277 or,
via email: chris.michalski@dot.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agents from the U.S. DOT Inspector General's
Office in Cambridge, MA, with assistance from a PHMSA investigator from
the Eastern Region Field Operations Office, recently conducted an
investigation into allegations that Beauchesne Fire Equipment (BFE)
represented high pressure DOT specification and special permit
cylinders as requalified in accordance with the Hazardous Materials
Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Part 171-180) without conducting the required
hydrostatic testing. The investigation revealed that BFE marked
approximately 5,900 high pressure compressed gas cylinders with test
dates and Requalifier Identification Number (RIN) H557 in 2011 and 2012
without conducting the prescribed hydrostatic testing of these
cylinders.
On May 14, 2013, Aaron Beauchesne, the owner of BFE, pleaded guilty
in the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts to violating the
Federal hazardous materials transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5101-5128)
relating to testing and requalification of compressed gas cylinders.
A cylinder requalification consisting of a visual inspection and a
hydrostatic test, conducted as prescribed in the HMR, is used to verify
the structural integrity of a cylinder. If the requalification is not
performed in accordance with the HMR, a cylinder with compromised
structural integrity may be returned to service when it is not safe or
authorized for use. Extensive property damage, serious personal injury,
or death could result from rupture of a cylinder.
On September 18, 2013, PHMSA terminated the RIN Approval H557
issued to Beauchesne Fire Equipment. Any cylinder stamped with the RIN
H557 with a test date in 2011 or 2012 should be considered unsafe and
not authorized to be filled with hazardous material unless the cylinder
is first properly visually examined and hydrostatically tested by an
individual or company authorized to requalify DOT specification
cylinders. Cylinders described in this safety advisory that are filled
with an atmospheric gas should be vented or otherwise safely
discharged. Cylinders that are filled with a material other than an
atmospheric gas should not be vented, but instead should be safely
discharged. Prior to refilling, the cylinders must be taken to a DOT-
authorized cylinder requalifier to ensure their suitability for
continued service. A list of authorized requalifiers may be obtained at
this Web site: https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/regs/sp-a/approvals/cylinders.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2013.
R. Ryan Posten,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 2013-23104 Filed 9-23-13; 8:45 am]
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