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UNITED RENTALS 2

Administrative - Formal · FY2000 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 57825

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Case

Case Number
HQ-2000-0184
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
Multimedia
N
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (1)

Summary

URI'S 2ND NR VIOLATION (#1 = AED/MSEB #5032). ON OCTOBER 12, 2000, US CUSTOMS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, SEIZED 1 PIECE OF N ONROAD EQUIPMENT IMPORTED BY UNITED RENTALS INC. WHICH CONTA INED A CERTIFIED DAEWOO ENGINE WHOSE LABEL WAS NOT READILY V ISIBLE (FP&F#2001530100000201). US CUSTOMS, AFTER URI AFFIX ES A SUPPLEMENTAL LABEL AND PAYS A FINE OF $2,500 TO CUSTOMS , WILL RELEASE THE ENGINE. THE VIOLATION WAS CAUSED BY URI NOT FOLLOWING THEIR OWN OVERSIGHT PLAN (PART OF 1ST ASA) IN THAT THEY CHECKED THE ENGINE WAS CERTIFIED & LABELED, BUT N OT WHETHER THE LABEL WAS VISIBLE. NO LOOK BACK PROVISION FO R THIS ASA SINCE PRIOR LOOKBACK COVERED PERIOD ENDING MAY, 2 000, OR JUST 4 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS IMPORTATION (9/12/00). ADDITIONALLY, THE LOOK-BACK FOR THE 1ST ASA EXAMINED >50 % O F THE IMPORTATIONS AND SUPPLIED PHOTOS OF SAME TO EPA WHICH SHOW VISIBLE LABELS. FINALLY, PARAGRAPHS 12 & 13 OF THIS AS A REQUIRE A REVISION TO THE OVERSIGHT PLAN TO PREVENT FUTURE VIOLATIONS OF THIS TYPE AND AN AFFIDAVIT THAT ALL OTHER URI IMPORTS HAVE A VISIBLE LABEL. PD $2,500 TO CUSTOMS

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