EPA v. FREEMAN & PATRICK WOOD PRODUCTS, L.L.C.

Case summary

6/7/06 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $7,500. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE THREE INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS. THE FIRST PAYMENT OF $2,500 IS PAYABLE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. THE LAST PAYMENT IS DUE BY 9/06. ORDER ALLEGES: RESPONDENT DID NOT REGISTER THE TREATED DIMENSIONAL LUMBER FOR USE AS SKIRTBOARDS AS A PESTICIDE WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR PRIOR TO SALE OR DISTRIBUTION. IN VIOLATION OF FIFRA SECTION 12(a)(1)(A). WHEN RESPONDENT APPLIED THE REGISTERED PESTICIDE CCA TYPE C WOOD PRESERVATIVE TO THE DIMENSIONAL LUMBER FOR SALE AND DISTRIBUTION AS SKIRTBOARDS, RESPONDENT PRODUCED A PESTICIDE AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED AT SECTIONS 2(w) and 2(u) of FIFRA, U.S.C. SECTIONS 126(w) and 136(u), BECAUSE THE TREATED SKIRTBOARDS ARE CAPABLE OF REPELLING OR MITIGATING PESTS AND WERE TREATED IN VIOLATION OF THE REGISTERED PESTICIDE'S LABEL. IN VIOLATION OF FIFRA SECTION 12(a)(2)(L).

Defendants (1)

• FREEMAN & PATRICK WOOD PRODUCTS (SB)Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (2)

• FREEMAN PATRICK WOOD PRODUCTS LLC

  1074 DRY HOLLOW ROAD, CENTREVILLE, AL, 35042

  Registry ID: 110001147401

• FREEMAN PATRICK WOOD PRODUCTS LLC

  1074 DRY HOLLOW ROAD, CENTREVILLE, AL, 35042

  Registry ID: 110001147401

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A2L — Establishment Registration
• FIFRA 12A2G — Misuse
• FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• FREEMAN & PATRICK WOOD PRODUCTS, L.L.C.entered 2006-05-10

  Primary law: FIFRA

  Federal penalty: $7,500

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2006-05-10Final Order Issued
• 2006-05-10Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2006-07-19Enforcement Action Data Entered