FIFRA NOTICE OF WARNING: 9/24/2024
Nalco Company LLC dba Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company
FIFRA Notice of Warning
Case File No. FIFRA-04-2024-3819
Dear Calvin Cummings, Sr.:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has obtained evidence indicating that Nalco Company, LLC, an Ecolab Company, (hereinafter Nalco) appears to be in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
On February 21, 2024, an authorized representative of the EPA conducted an inspection at Nalco (EPA Est. No. 1706-AL-1) located at 4400 Alatex Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36108. Nalco offers various pesticides for industrial water treatment. The inspector collected copies of the label for Nalco? 60620 (EPA Reg. No. 1706-240), as well as records showing the product was sold and distributed on twelve or more occasions between January and February 2024.
The EPA compared the product label collected for Nalco? 60620 (EPA Reg. No. 1706-240) with the most recent (March 15, 2018) EPA-approved label for Nalco? 60620 (EPA Reg. No. 1706-240), and documented the following differences in the Directions for Use sections:
? The collected product label included the language, ?The products are blended to achieve a minimum molar ratio of 0.5-1.0 ammonium sulfate to sodium hypochlorite (12.5%). The chloramine is typically achieved by mixing 0.6 gallons of Nalco? 60620 with 1.0 gallon of sodium hypochlorite (12.5%).? However, the EPA-approved label for Nalco? 60620 (EPA Reg. No. 170