EPA v. Yurley Vargas

Case summary

FIFRA NORA: 4/30/2025 NOTICE OF RECOMMENDATION TO REFUSE ADMISSION Consignee: Yurley Vargas Tracking Number: 880372165923 Product(s): Miraculous Insecticide Chalk By this memorandum, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is notifying the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that it is the opinion of the EPA that one or more of the pesticidal products in the shipment 880372165923 described below, is in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA, or the Act), as amended, 7 U.S.C. ? 136o(c), and should be refused entry into the United States pursuant to the authority of Section 17(c) of FIFRA as more fully detailed below. The following information pertains to this shipment: Entry Number: 880372165923 Product Name(s): Miraculous Insecticide Chalk Shipper/Manufacturer: Wilson James Moreno Consignee: Yurley Vargas Date of Importation: April 08, 2024 Port of Entry: Port of Port of Memphis, Tennessee FedEx Hub - 2095 It appears that the product is not in compliance with the Act and is subject to refusal of entry into the United States due to the following violation(s): ? FIFRA 12(a)(1)(A) To sell or distribute to any person any pesticide that is not registered under Section 3 or whose registration has been cancelled or suspended, except to the extent that distribution or sale otherwise has been authorized by the Administrator under FIFRA.

Defendants (1)

• Yurley VargasNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• YURLEY VARGAS

  1113 MAPLE STREET, WILMINGTON, DE, 19805

  Registry ID: 110071941425

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Yurley Vargasentered 2025-04-30

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2025-04-30Enforcement Action Closed
• 2025-04-30Final Order Issued
• 2025-05-01Enforcement Action Data Entered