# The Geo Group - Adelanto ICE Processing Center - NOW
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2021 · — · Final Order No Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3602427984`
- **Case Number:** 09-2021-4601
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order No Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- The Geo Group (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

On July 29, 2020, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX ( EPA ) conducted a  For Cause  virtual inspection by video conference at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center ( Adelanto ) located in Adelanto, California. The inspection was in response to complaints from detainees that a registered pesticide, HDQ Neutral (EPA Registration Number 10324-155-5741), was being used in a manner that led to illness symptoms in detainees. Failure to follow pesticide label directions is a violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act ( FIFRA ). The investigation uncovered a number of FIFRA violations.

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*Source: [EPA ECHO](https://echo.epa.gov/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*