8/13/2020 - CONSENT AGREEMENT FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $24,500.00 PENALTY DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
THE EPA ALLEGES THAT BY IMPORTING THE PESTICIDE PRODUCTS AQUAPHARM MBT II AND METHYLENE BIS (THIOCYANATE), AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, WITHOUT APPROPRIATE CONTAINER HANDLING LANGUAGE FOR RESIDUE REMOVAL ON THE LABELS, AQUAPHARM VIOLATED SECTION 12(a)(2)(S) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136j(a)(1)(A), ON AT LEAST FOUR OCCASIONS AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES UNDER SECTION 14 OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136l.
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.