EPA v. BURT'S BEES, INC.

Case summary

6/10/08 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $11,550 DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. RESPONDENT ALSO AGREES TO COMPLETE A SEP. ON OR ABOUT SEPT 7, 2006, EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT BURT'S BEES. THE INSPECTOR DOCUMENTED 5 SHIPMENTS OF BURT'S BEES ALL NATURAL INSECT REPELLENT. BURT'S BEES ALL NATURAL INSECT REPELLENT IS A PESTICIDE. RESPONDENT DISTRIBUTES OR SELLS PESTICIDES. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, BURT'S BEES ALL NATURAL REPELLENT WAS NOT REGISTERED AS A PESTICIDE WITH EPA, IN VIOLATION OF FIFRA SECTION 12(a)(1)(A). AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, RESPONDENT PRODUCED THE PESTICIDE BURT'S BEES ALL NATURAL REPELLENT IN AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT WAS NOT REGISTERED WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR OF EPA AS A PESTICIDE-PRODUCING ESTABLISHMENT, IN VIOLATION OF FIFRA 12(a)(2)(L).

Defendants (1)

• BURT'S BEES, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• BURT'S BEES

  701 DISTRIBUTION DRIVE, DURHAM, NC, 27709

  Registry ID: 110032639946

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• BURT'S BEES, INC.entered 2008-06-10

  Primary law: FIFRA

  Federal penalty: $11,550 · SEP: $21,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2008-06-10Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2008-06-10Final Order Issued
• 2008-07-07Enforcement Action Closed
• 2008-07-07Enforcement Action Data Entered