RE: FAA Inspection

[james.g.barnes@att.net]

I am curious.  What is the regulatory mandate that would 
permit FAA to inspect a shipper using a transportation 
service such as FedEx or UPS?  I can understand them 
inspecting the carrier, but what mandate would they have 
to inspect a customer?

Jim Barnes, CHP
Radiation Safety Officer
Rocketdyne/Boeing
james.g.barnes@att.net
> Not just the Value jet, although that may have increased the FAA's efforts.
> We were inspected by the FAA some time before the Value jet went down.
> Expect to be subject to inspection by the government whenever you deal
> with any regulated activity.
> 
> 
> In Message Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:28:20 -0500 (CDT),
>   Marty.Bourquin@grace.com writes:
> 
> >Believe it or not this a result of the ValueJet plane crash in FL.  FAA 
> >ia now backtracking hazardous materials shipments.  Making sure 
> >everyone knows what they are doing  They have done the same to us on 
> >non-Rad shipments as well.  Expect this to continue for a while  
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: LORENZEN_W@A1.TCH.Harvard.edu
> >[mailto:LORENZEN_W@A1.TCH.Harvard.edu]
> >Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 11:29 AM
> >To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> >Cc: LORENZEN_W@A1.TCH.Harvard.edu
> >Subject: FAA Inspection
> >
> >
> >          I am posting this from another listserver
> >          
> >          FYI....
> >          
> >          Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 19:24:01 -0700 (PDT)
> >             From: J SWOY <rxdrugs@yahoo.com>
> >          Subject: Re: Government Agencies
> >          
> >          Over the years as a nuclear pharmacist, I thought that
> >          every government agency possible had come through the
> >          doors at one time or another.  
> >          
> >          Today I was proven wrong!  I had a visit from the FAA.
> >          They went through all my FedEx Airbills, and did
> >          everything that DOT usally does; including checking
> >          our commercial licenced drivers and their hazmat
> >          credentials, our plackered truck, and shipping
> >          records.
> >          
> >
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