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Title 49: Transportation
Subtitle B: Other Regulations Relating to Transportation (Continued)
CHAPTER I: PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
SUBCHAPTER D: PIPELINE SAFETY
PART 190: PIPELINE SAFETY PROGRAMS AND RULEMAKING PROCEDURES
Subpart B: Enforcement
190.207 - Notice of probable violation.(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subpart, a Regional Director begins an enforcement proceeding by serving a notice of probable violation on a person charging that person with a probable violation of 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq. or any regulation or order issued thereunder.
(b) A notice of probable violation issued under this section shall include:
(1) Statement of the provisions of the laws, regulations or orders which the respondent is alleged to have violated and a statement of the evidence upon which the allegations are based;
(2) Notice of response options available to the respondent under ? 190.209;
(3) If a civil penalty is proposed under ? 190.221, the amount of the proposed civil penalty and the maximum civil penalty for which respondent is liable under law; and
(4) If a compliance order is proposed under ? 190.217, a statement of the remedial action being sought in the form of a proposed compliance order.
(c) The Associate Administrator, OPS may amend a notice of probable violation at any time prior to issuance of a final order under ? 190.213. If an amendment includes any new material allegations of fact or proposes an increased civil penalty amount or new or additional remedial action under ? 190.217, the respondent shall have the opportunity to respond under ? 190.209.
[45 FR 20413, Mar. 27, 1980, as amended by Amdt. 190-6, 61 FR 18513, Apr. 26, 1996]
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