12/15/2025- CONSENT AGREEMENT FINAL ORDER ISSUED ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $65,250. PENALTY DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS CAFO.
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS:
ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 10, 2024, AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY, WHICH IS AN EPA-REGISTERED PESTICIDE PRODUCING ESTABLISHMENT
ASSIGNED EPA ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER 9386-GA-003.
DURING THE INSPECTION, THE INSPECTOR COLLECTED THE LABEL, AND FOUR SALE AND DISTRIBUTION RECORDS FROM FEBRUARY 2023 TO JULY 2023 FOR FENNOSAN Q-10 (EPA REG. NO. 10324-130-9386). RESPONDENT STATED THAT THE COLLECTED LABEL WAS AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE LABEL ON THE FENNOSAN Q-10 PACKAGE THAT HAD BEEN SOLD OR DISTRIBUTED AS DOCUMENTED IN THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION RECORDS. FENNOSAN Q-10 IS A DISTRIBUTOR PRODUCT OF MAQUAT MC1416-10% CTP (EPA REG. NO. 10324-130).
MAQUAT MC1416-10% CTP WAS VOLUNTARILY CANCELLED IN DECEMBER OF 2017.
FURTHER, THE INSPECTOR COLLECTED THE LABEL AND SALE AND DISTRIBUTION RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2023, MAY 16, 2023, JUNE 22, 2023, JULY 17, 2023, AND AUGUST 18, 2023, FOR B-141 LIQUID. RESPONDENT STATED THAT THE COLLECTED LABEL WAS AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE LABEL PLACED ON THE PACKAGE FOR B-141 LIQUID THAT HAD BEEN SOLD OR DISTRIBUTED.
THE EPA ALLEGES THAT RESPONDENT VIOLATED SECTION 12(A)(L)(A) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136J(A)(L)(A), BY DISTRIBUTING OR SELLING FENNOSAN Q-10 AFTER THE REGISTRATION OF MAQUAT MC1416-10%, FOR WHICH
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