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BWA WATER ADDITIVES US LLC

Administrative - Formal · FY2016 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · 3600486226

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Case

Case Number
04-2016-3004
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
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Summary

12/31/15 - STOP SALE, USE, OR REMOVAL ORDER ISSUED. ON OR ABOUT DEC 1, 2015, BWA SUBMITTED A NOTICE OF ARRIVAL TO EPA THAT CONTAINED AN INCORRECT PERCENTAGE OF ACTIVE INGREDIENT FOR THE PRODUCT BELLACIDE 320 SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN THE PORT OF SAVANNAH ON OR AROUND JAN 2, 2016. A CORRECTED NOTICE OF ARRIVAL WAS SUBMITTED ON DEC 3, 2015. ON OR ABOUT DEC 2, 2015, CWA INFORMED THE EPA R4 THAT THE SHIPMENT OF TWENTY 500-POUND SUPER SACK CONTAINERS OF BELLACIDE 320, EN ROUTE FROM CHINA T GA, CONTAINS PRODUCT LABELS WHICH BEAR AN INCORRECT PERCENTAGE FOR THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT. EPA HAS DETERMINED THAT THE CONTAINER OF BELLACIDE 320, EN ROUTE TO THE UNITED STATES, ARE MISBRANDED DUE TO THEIR LABELS BEARING AN INCORRECT PERCENTAGE OF ACTIVE INGREDIENT, THEREBY MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS. BWA HAS ADVISED EPA THAT UPON ARRIVAL IN U.S. IT INTENDS TO SHIP BELLACIDE 320 FROM THE PORT OF ENTRY TO BWA'S WAREHOUSE NEAR ATLANTA, GA. BWA THEN INTENDS TO FURTHER DISTRIBUTE BELLICIDE 320 TO A TOLLING MANUFACTURER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THE TOLLING MANUFACTURER, AS AN AGENT OF BWA, WILL FORMULATE BELLICIDE 320 INTO FINAL PESTICIDE PRODUCTS FOR SALE AND DISTRIBUTION TO BWA'S CUSTOMERS. ORDER: BWA IS HEREBY ORDERED NOT TO DISTRIBUTE, SELL, USE OR REMOVE THE PESTICIDE PRODUCT BELLACIDE 320, ONCE IT ARRIVES IN THE PORT OF SAVANNAH ON OR ABOUT JAN 2, 2016, EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FIFRA, AND SPECIFICALLY, IN COMPLIANCE WITH ONE OF THE TWO OPTIONS PROVIDED BELOW: A. THE PRODUCT MUST EITHER TAKE THE

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