EPA v. SHORE CORPORATION

Case summary

A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER (CAFO) ENTERED INTO BY THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, REGION III (EPA) AND SHORE CORPORATION OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA WAS FILED WITH THE REGIONAL HEARING CLERK SIMULTANEOUSLY COMMENCING AND CONCLUDING ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA). ON DECEMBER 29, 2014, EPA ISSUED A NOTICE OF NONCOMPLIANCE AND REQUEST TO SHOW CAUSE LETTER AND LATER LEARNED BY SUBSEQUENT DISCUSSIONS THAT RESPONDENT WAS USIING SOURCES OF ACTIVE INGREDIENTS THAT WERE NOT LISTED INT HE APPLICABLE CONFIDENTIAL STATEMENT OF FORMULA IN PRODUCING THE EPA REGISTERED PRODUCTS AMAZING NOK OUT ODOR ELIMINATOR AND SNIPER. A REVISED CONFIDENTIAL STATEMENT OF FORMULAALLOWING RESPONDENT TO USE SUCH SOURCES OF ACTIVE INGREDIENTS HAS RECENTLY BEEN SUBMITED TO EPA. THIS ACTION ASSESS A PENALTY FOR RESPONDENT'S PAST NONCOMPLIANCE IN CONNECTION WITH ITS USE IMPERMISSIBLE SOURDCES OF ACTIVE INGREDIENTS, CAUSING NONCOMPLIANCE IN CONNECTION WITH ITS USE IMPERSMISSIBLE SOURCES OF ACTIVE INGREDIENTS, CAUSING THE AMAZING NOK OUT ODOR ELIMINATOR AND SNIPER PRODUCTS TO DIFFER IN COMPOSITION FROM THAT REPRESENTED INT HE APPLICABLE CONFIDENTIAL STATEMENT OF FORMULA FOR SUCH PRODUCTS. EPA HAS EVIDENCE THAT RESPONDENT DISTRIBUTED OR SOLD EITHER AMAZING NOK OUT ODOR ELIMINATOR OR SNIPER ON TWO (2) SEPARATE OCCASIONS IN 2011. ACCORDING TO THE CAFO, SHORE CORPORATION IS ASSESSED A PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX DOLLARS (4,536) FOR TWO ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 12(a)(1)(C) OF FIFRA. ECO IS A PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION WITH A PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS LOCATED AT 2917 SPRUCE WAY IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, THAT PRODUCES CUSTOM FORMULATED AND BLENDED CHEMICAL PRODUCTS.

Defendants (1)

• SHORE CORPORATION (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SHORE CORPORATION

  2917 SPRUCE WAY, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15201

  Registry ID: 110000329476

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1C — Composition Difference

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SHORE CORPORATIONentered 2015-09-29

  Primary law: FIFRA

  Federal penalty: $4,536

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2015-09-29Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2015-09-29Final Order Issued
• 2015-10-05Enforcement Action Data Entered