EPA v. S.P. RICHARDS COMPANY
Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
Case summary
7/5/2022 - STOP SALE, USE, OR REMOVAL ORDER ISSUED. ALLEGED VIOLATIONS: ON MARCH 16 AND 17, 2021, AN AUTHORIZED EPA REPRESENTATIVE CONDUCTED INSPECTIONS AT S.P. RICHARDS?S TWO FACILITIES IN GEORGIA TO DETERMINE THE COMPANY?S COMPLIANCE WITH FIFRA. BASED ON A REVIEW OF THE LABELS OF SEVERAL PRODUCTS BEING HELD FOR SALE, IT APPEARED THAT THE PRODUCTS WERE EITHER UNREGISTERED OR MISBRANDED PESTICIDE PRODUCTS. THE PRODUCTS THAT WERE INSPECTED DURING THE INSPECTION, AS SET FORTH IN THIS SSURO, ARE MISBRANDED OR UNREGISTERED PESTICIDES AND FURTHER SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THESE PESTICIDES IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SSURO AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF FIFRA, WOULD VIOLATE FIFRA.
Defendants (1)
- S.P. RICHARDS COMPANYNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
S.P. RICHARDS COMPANY
440 INTERSTATE WEST PARKWAY, SUITE 100, LITHIA SPRINGS, GA, 30122
Registry ID: 110071308379
Statutes cited
- FIFRA 12A1E — Adulterated/Misbranded
- FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide
Enforcement conclusions (1)
S.P. RICHARDS COMPANYentered 2022-07-05
Primary law: FIFRA
Timeline (2 milestones)
- 2022-07-05Final Order Issued
- 2022-07-08Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3603281080
- Case number
- 04-2022-0709
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 04
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Adulterated/Misbranded
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 04-2022-0709 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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