NATURE OF THE CASE: ON 09/30/82, EPA, REGION IV ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATION COMPLAINT & NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING TO KENIC PET PRODUCTS, INC. ST. PETERSBURG, FL. ALLEGING VIO LATIONS OF FIFRA & PROPOSING A PENALTY OF $6,250.00. A SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED ON 01/09/84, A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER WAS SIGNED BY ALFRED P. NICOLOSI, CORPORATE DIR- ECTOR AND PRESIDENT OF KENIC PET PRODUCTS, INC., AND ON 01/17/84, THE SETTLEMENT WAS APPROVED BY THE DEPUTY REG ADM- INISTRATOR. AS PART OF THE SETTLEMENT, KENIC AGREED TO PAY $3,750.00 IN THREE MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS OF $1,250.00. THE FIRST PAYMENT BECAME DUE 02/24/84, AND THE BALANCE WAS TO BE PAID IN TWO THIRTY DAY INCREMENTS. AS OF THIS DATE, KEN- IC PET PRODUCTS, INC., HAS FAILED TO PAY ANY PORTION OF THE AGREED TO PENALTY, DESPITE TWO FORMAL REQUESTS FROM EPA FOR PAYMENT AND TWO LETTERS (ONE FROM ANDRA TOD DREYFUSS, THE ATTORNEY FOR KENIC, AND ONE FROM MR. NICOLOSI) PROMISING PAYMENT. PROPOSED PENALTY: REGION IV COMPROMISED THE PROPOSED PEN- ALTY BY 40% IN AN EFFORT TO REACH SETTLEMENT. NO FURTHER REDUCTION IS WARRANTED. WE ARE SEEKING PAYMENT IN FULL OF THE AGREED UPON PENALTY, $3,750.00, PLUS INTEREST AND COURT COSTS. ISSUES OF NATIONAL OR PRESIDENTIAL SIGNIFICANCE: THE IM- PORTANCE OF PURSUING THIS ACTION IS TO ENSURE THAT THE RE- GULATED COMMUNITY WILL TAKE SERIOUSLY