EPA v. PREDASCENT, LLC

Case summary

ON JULY 26, 2013, EPA REGION III ISSUED A STOP SALE, USE, OR REMOVAL ORDER (“SSURO”) LETTER TO THE CEO OF PREDASCENT, LLC (“PREDASCENT”), REGARDING VIOLATIONS OF THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE AND RODENTICIDE ACT, AS AMENDED, 7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq. THE ORDER WAS ALSO FILED WITH THE REGIONAL HEARING CLERK. THE SSURO IS BASED UPON PREDASCENT’S SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF TWO PESTICIDE PRODUCTS, PREDASCENT NATURAL GARDEN MASKING AGENTS, DISTRIBUTED AND SOLD FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPELLING DEER AND RABBITS. THESE PRODUCTS ARE UNREGISTERED PESTICIDES. THEIR SALE VIOLATES SECTION 12(a)(1)(A) OF FIFRA. THIS SSURO WAS ISSUED TO PREDASCENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(a) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. 136k(a). EPA MAY ISSUE AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AT ANY TIME AFTER TWENTY DAYS FROM PREDASCENT’S RECEIPT OF THE SSURO, UNLESS AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE IS REACHED, OR PREDASCENT PROVIDES CREDIBLE INFORMATION TO EPA SHOWING THAT THE VIOLATIONS HAVE NOT OCCURRED.

Defendants (1)

• PREDASCENT, LLC (SB)Named in settlement

Facilities (1)

• PREDASCENT, LLC

  109 EMERSON AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15215

  Registry ID: 110055643353

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• PREDASCENT, LLCentered 2013-07-26

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2013-07-26Final Order Issued
• 2013-09-06Enforcement Action Data Entered