7/18/2023 - CONSENT AGREEMENT FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $7,080. PENALTY DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON JANUARY 15, 2020, THE EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY TO DETERMINE ITS COMPLIANCE WITH FIFRA AND COLLECTED RECORDS SHOWING THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRIUTOR PRODUCTS FROM AUGUST TO DECEMER 2018. BASED ON THE COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF THE LABELS AS DESCRIBED THEREIN, THE EPA DETERMINED LABELS PROVIDED FALSE OR MISLEADING AND THEREFORE, MISBRANDED, AND INCLUDED INCORRECT AND INCOMPLETE DIRECTIONS FOR USE AND WAS THEREFORE MISBRANDED.
THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT HAS VIOLATED SECTION 12(A)(1)(E) O FFIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136J(A)(1)(E), BY DISTRIBUTING OR SELLING THE MISBRANDED PESTICIDE PRODUCTS AS SPECIFIED AND IS THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES UNDER SECTION 14 OF FIFRA 7 U.S.C. ? 1361.