EPA v. GARDNER-GIBSON, INC.

Case summary

4/2/2014 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $25,000. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE PAYMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. ORDER ALLEGES: AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, FENCE-POST BLACK BEAUTY ASPHALT FENCE PAINT WAS NOT REGISTERED AS A PESTICIDE WITH THE EPA. RESPONDENT VIOLATION SECTION 12(a)(1)(A), ON AT LEAST FOURTEEN OCCASIONS. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, RESPONDENT PRODUCED THE PESTICIDE FENCE-POST BLACK BEAUTY ASPHALT FENCE PAINT IN AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT WAS NOT REGISTERED WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE EPA AS A PESTICIDE-PRODUCING ESTABLISHMENT DURING THE RELEVANT PERIOD BETWEEN AUGUST 20, 2009, THROUGH FEBRUARY 9, 2010. BECAUSE RESPONDENT PRODUCED PESTICIDES IN AN UNREGISTERED ESTABLISHMENT, RESPONDENT VIOLATION SECTION 12(a)(2)(L).

Defendants (1)

• GARDNER-GIBSON, INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• GARDNER-GIBSON, INC.

  4161 EAST 7TH AVENUE, TAMPA, FL, 33605

  Registry ID: 110040067511

Statutes cited

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

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• GARDNER-GIBSON, INC.entered 2014-04-02

  Primary law: FIFRA

  Federal penalty: $25,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2014-04-02Final Order Issued
• 2014-04-02Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2014-04-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2014-04-28Enforcement Action Closed