[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR107.309]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 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 may issue a warning letter to any 
person whom the Associate Administrator 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 special permit issued thereunder.
    (b) A warning letter issued under this section includes:
    (1) A statement of the facts upon which the Associate Administrator 
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

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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; 66 FR 45377, Aug. 28, 2001]