6/2/2020 - CONSENT AGREEMENT FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $11,800. PENALTY DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
THE EPA ALLEGES THAT BY IMPORTING THE MISBRANDED PESTICIDE PRODUCTS TETRACONAZOLE TECHNICAL, CARAVEL HERBICIDE, AND ECHO 90DF AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, SIPCAM AND OXON ITALIA S.P.A., NOW KNOWN AS SIPCAM OXON S.P.A DISTRIBUTED MISBRANDED PESTICIDES ON AT LEAST THREE OCCASIONS IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 12(A)(L)(E) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136J(A)(L)(E), AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE ASSESSMENT OF A CIVIL PENALTY UNDER SECTION L 4(A) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 1361(A). SIPCAM AGRO USA, A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF, AND ACTING AS AGENT OF SIPCAM OXON S.P.A IN THE UNITED STATES, HAS AGREED TO ENTER INTO THIS SETTLEMENT WITH THE EPA AND TO PAY THE ASSESSED PENALTY.
SECTION 14(A) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136L(A), IN CONJUNCTION WITH 40 C.F.R. PART 19, ADJUSTMENTS OF CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR INFLATION, AUTHORIZES THE ASSESSMENT OF A CIVIL PENALTY.