EPA v. SOCAR CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC

Case summary

1/24/2023 - STOP SALE, USE, OR REMOVAL ORDER ISSUED. ALLEGED VIOLATIONS: ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 18, 2022, AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EPA CONDUCTED A ROUTINE PESTICIDE ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTION. UPON REVIEW OF THE PRODUCT LABELS AND RECORDS COLLECTED DOCUMENTING THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF A PRODUCT, THE PRODUCT APPEARED TO BE LABELED WITH EPA REGISTRATION NUMBER 1839-86-48539, INDICATING THE PRODUCT WAS A DISTRIBUTOR PRODUCT. HOWEVER, A REVIEW OF THE EPA?S INTERNAL DATABASES REVEALED THAT THE EPA HAS NO RECORD OF HAVING RECEIVED A SUPPLEMENTAL DISTRIBUTOR STATEMENT FROM THE REGISTRANT, AS REQUIRED BY 40 C.F.R. ? 152.132. ON OR AROUND DECEMBER 5, 2022, THE EPA CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF SOCAR?S WEBSITE WHICH REVEALED THE COMPANY WAS OFFERING FOR SALE A PRODUCT INTENDED FOR USE AS A PESTICIDE REQUIRING REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 3 OF FIFRA PURSUANT TO 40 C.F.R. ? 152.15(A) WHICH IS NOT REGISTERED AS A PESTICIDE. THE ALLEGED SALE, DISTRIBUTION, AND OFFER FOR SALE OF THE UNREGISTERED PESTICIDES BY SOCAR IS AN UNLAWFUL ACT IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 3 OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136A, AND SECTION 12(A)(1)(A) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C. ? 136J(A)(1)(A).

Defendants (1)

• SOCAR CHEMICAL COMPANY, INCNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SOCAR CHEMICAL CO INC

  2609 RUTHERFORD RD, GREENVILLE, SC, 29609

  Registry ID: 110038226265

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A2N — Failure to File Reports
• FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• SOCAR CHEMICAL COMPANY, INCentered 2023-01-24

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (2 milestones)

• 2023-01-24Final Order Issued
• 2023-01-31Enforcement Action Data Entered