[Code of Federal Regulations]


[Title 49, Volume 2, Parts 100 to 185]


[Revised as of October 1, 1998]


From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access


[CITE: 49CFR107.309]





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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION


 


 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 


                             TRANSPORTATION


 


PART 107--HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROGRAM PROCEDURES--Table of Contents


 


                         Subpart D--Enforcement


 


Sec. 107.309  Warning letters.





    (a) The Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety may 


issue a warning letter to any person whom the Associate Administrator 


for Hazardous Materials Safety believes to have committed a probable 


violation of the Federal hazardous material transportation law or any 


provision of this subchapter, subchapter C of this chapter, or any 


exemption issued thereunder.


    (b) A warning letter issued under this section includes:


    (1) A statement of the facts upon which the Associate Administrator 


for Hazardous Materials Safety bases its determination that the person 


has committed a probable violation;


    (2) A statement that the recurrence of the probable violations cited 


may subject the person to enforcement action; and


    (3) An opportunity to respond to the warning letter by submitting 


pertinent information or explanations concerning the probable violations 


cited therein.





[Amdt. 107-11, 48 FR 2651, Jan. 20, 1983, as amended by Amdt. 107-15, 51 


FR 34986, Oct. 1, 1986; Amdt. 107-24, 56 FR 8621, Feb. 28, 1991; Amdt. 


107-32, 59 FR 49131, Sept. 26, 1994; Amdt. 107-36, 61 FR 7183, Feb. 26, 


1996]