FIFRA NORA: 2/9/2026
NOTICE OF RECOMMENDATION TO REFUSE ADMISSION
Consignee: Taminco US LLC Entry Number: 413-93711911
Product(s): Metam Sodium (unregistered)
By this memorandum, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is notifying the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that it is the opinion of the EPA that one or more of the pesticidal products in the shipment 413-93711911 described below, is in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA, or the Act), as amended, 7 U.S.C. ? 136o(c), and should be refused entry into the United States pursuant to the authority of Section 17(c) of FIFRA as more fully detailed below.
The following information pertains to this shipment:
Entry Number: 413-93711911
Product Name(s): Metam Sodium (unregistered) Shipper/Manufacturer: Taminco BVBA Consignee: Taminco US LLC
Date of Importation: February 1, 2026
Port of Entry: Port of Atlanta, Georgia (1704)
It appears that the product is not in compliance with the Act and is subject to refusal of entry into the United States due to the following violation(s):
? FIFRA ? 12(a)(l)(A): To sell or distribute to any person any pesticide that is not registered
under Section 3 or whose registration has been cancelled or suspended, except to the extent that distribution or sale otherwise has been authorized by the Administrator under FIFRA. Specifically, the pesticide product does not meet the requirements of 40 CFR 152.30(c)(2) and thus is an unr