Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 22, 1999, Docket No. 98-R4D5-3950 (Paso Robles, CA). Dennis M. Sullivan, Administrative Law Judge. For Employer: John Fletcher, Attorney. For DOSH: Dwight Goossen, Compliance Officer.
Employer received a complaint inspection in 1997 and was cited for, among other things, a regulatory violation for failure to have a permit to operate a LP tank (470(a)). A $300 penalty was proposed. During a 1998 follow-up inspection, the Division's inspector found the LP-tank permit violation had not been abated. A Notice of Failure to Abate was issued with a proposed additional penalty of $24,935. "Employer conceded that the
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