On January 9, 2012, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation and Proposed Imposition of a Civil Penalty in the amount of $7,000.00, to Universal Product Concepts, Inc. (UPC) for a Severity Level III problem. The violations involved a willful transfer of smoke detectors containing byproduct material (americium-241) without the NRC license as required by 10 CFR 30.3(a) and an import of material into United States without having the required license for possession of the material as required by 10 CFR 110.5. Specifically, from May to July 2010, UPC imported and transferred approximately 19,423 smoke detectors containing byproduct material without the required NRC licenses authorizing such imports and transfers.