CIVIL PENALTIES PROPOSED BY FAA

April 29, 2016

$917,000 penalty against Puerto Rico Ports Authority for alleged aircraft rescue and firefighting violations at three of its commercial airports — The FAA alleges that on March 25, 2015 at Rafael Hernandez Airport, it discovered multiple firefighting deficiencies, including inability of fire trucks to correctly mix firefighting foam and water, failure to apply an extinguishing agent within the required three minutes of an alarm sounding at a fire fighting demonstration, a damaged firefighting suit, and failure of fire fighters to receive recurrent aircraft familiarization training. Additional violations included failure of the airport to inspect its tenant fueling facilities between July 2014 and March 26, 2015, incorrect execution of daily self-inspections, improper repair of fire fighting vehicles, and large holes in the airport’s runway. FAA also alleges that at Mercedita Airport, the airport failed to conduct daily self-inspections at sunrise, and at Antonio Rivera Rodriguez Airport, fire fighting vehicles failed to have two-way radio communications with the airport fire station on March 24, 2015.

If you have any questions, please contact Evelyn Sahr (esahr@eckertseamans.com, 202-659-6622) or Drew Derco (dderco@eckertseamans.com, 202-659-6665).

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