# LITTLE LEAF FARMS (PILOT HFC ESA)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY2024 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `3603959707`
- **Case Number:** 01-2024-1007
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** —
## Defendants
- LITTLE LEAF FARMS, LLC (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

EPA alleged Little Leaf Farms, LLC violated 40 C.F.R. 84.5(b), under the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act of 2020, by importing bulk regulated substances without expending consumption or application-specific allowances in a quantity equal to the exchange value equivalent of the regulated substances imported. Little Leaf Farms re-exported the allegedly violative HFCs, at a cost of $42,036.87. Little Leaf Farms, LLC is also required to pay an $857 penalty under the settlement. The case resulted in 1,036 MTEVe in emission reductions.

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