JUNE 15, 2023 - NOTICE OF WARNING
In response to the potential violation of FIFRA, the EPA is issuing this Notice of Warning (NOW) to
UPS SCS Brokerage pursuant to FIFRA Section 9(c)(3), 7 U.S.C. ? 136g(c)(3).
On or about February 1, 2023, the EPA notified UPS SCS Customs Brokerage of the EPA?s intent to treat the shipment as a prohibited importation for violations of FIFRA Section 12(a)(1)(F). UPS SCS Customs Brokerage did not respond to the notification. As of June 2023, a complete NOA was not filed for entry number SCS-54754430 for the pesticide device(s) in entry
number SCS-54754430.
Pursuant to 19 C.F.R. 12.113(b), when a shipment of pesticides or devices arrives and entry is attempted in the United States without a completed NOA having been filed with CBP pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, the shipment will be detained by CBP at the importer?s risk and expense until the completed Notice of Arrival is presented to CBP or until other disposition is ordered by the Administrator. Pursuant to 19 C.F.R. 12.113(c), a shipment of pesticides or devices that remains detained or undisposed of due to
the failure to timely submit to CBP a completed NOA will be treated as a prohibited importation. CBP will cause the destruction of any such shipment not exported by the consignee within ninety (90) calendar days after the expiration of the detention period.