1/24/2023 - STOP SALE, USE, OR REMOVAL ORDER ISSUED.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 18, 2022, AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EPA CONDUCTED A ROUTINE PESTICIDE ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTION. UPON REVIEW OF THE PRODUCT LABELS AND RECORDS COLLECTED DOCUMENTING THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF
A PRODUCT, THE PRODUCT APPEARED TO BE LABELED WITH EPA REGISTRATION NUMBER 1839-86-48539, INDICATING THE PRODUCT WAS A DISTRIBUTOR PRODUCT. HOWEVER, A REVIEW OF THE EPA?S INTERNAL DATABASES REVEALED THAT THE EPA HAS NO RECORD
OF HAVING RECEIVED A SUPPLEMENTAL DISTRIBUTOR STATEMENT FROM THE REGISTRANT, AS REQUIRED BY 40 C.F.R. ? 152.132.
ON OR AROUND DECEMBER 5, 2022, THE EPA CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF SOCAR?S WEBSITE WHICH REVEALED THE COMPANY WAS OFFERING FOR SALE A PRODUCT INTENDED FOR USE AS A PESTICIDE REQUIRING REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 3 OF FIFRA PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. ? 152.15(A) WHICH IS NOT REGISTERED AS A PESTICIDE.
THE ALLEGED SALE, DISTRIBUTION, AND OFFER FOR SALE OF THE UNREGISTERED PESTICIDES BY SOCAR IS AN UNLAWFUL ACT IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 3 OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136A, AND SECTION 12(A)(1)(A) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136J(A)(1)(A).