# MCCOOL FERTILIZER CO.,INC.& PAUL UNDERWOOD, MCCOOL JUNCTION,
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `45436`
- **Case Number:** 07-1996-0002
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $350
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MCCOOL FERTILIZER CO., INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- PAUL UNDERWOOD (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF       PENALTIES UNDER SECTION 14 OF FIFRA FOR A VIOLATION OF       SECTION 12 OF FIFRA.                                         ON OR ABOUT 4/25/94 PAUL UNDERWOOD OWNER OF MCCOOL           FERTILIZER WAS APPLYING A PESTICIDE TO SOME CROPS IN         FILLMORE COUNTY, NEBRASKA.  DURING THE AERIAL APPLICATION    THE PESTICIDE DRIFTED ONTO ADJACENT PROPERTY, THE PEOPLE     STANDING OUTSIDE ON THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF THE          APPLICATION, AND THEIR CLOTHES ON A CLOTHESLINE.  THEY WERE  NOT AMUSED.                                                  THE COMPLAINT PROPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OF $5,000 BE          ASSESSED.

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