1/13/2022 - CONSENT AGREEMENT FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $109,400. PENALTY DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
THE EPA ALLEGES THAT BY IMPORTING AND DISTRIBUTING UNREGISTERED PESTICIDES THAT DID NOT MEET THE VARIOUS EXEMPTIONS, THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 12(A)(1)(A) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136J(A)(1)(A), ON AT LEAST ELEVEN OCCASIONS AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES UNDER SECTION 14 OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136L.
THE EPA ALLEGES THAT BY IMPORTING AND DISTRIBUTING MISBRANDED PESTICIDES, THE RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 12(A)(1)(E) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136J(A)(1)(E), ON AT LEAST SEVEN OCCASIONS AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE ASSESSMENT OF A CIVIL PENALTY UNDER SECTION 14(A) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136L(A).