EPA v. C. T. CHEMICALS, INC.

Case summary

THE COMPANY ALLEGEDLY FAILED TO SUBMIT THEIR 1997 PESTICIDE PRODUCTION REPORT. NO COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED YET. U.S. EPA NOTIFIED CULL-TECH CHEMICALS, INC. (C.T. CHEMICALS) BY LETTER DATED JULY 30, 1998 OF U.S. EPA'S INTENT TO FILE A CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST CTC. THE COM- PLAINT WOULD HAVE ALLEGED THAT CTC FAILED TO SUBMIT TO U.S. EPA A PESTICIDE REPORT FOR PESTICIDE PRODUCING ESTABLISH- MENTS (PESTICIDE PRODUCTION REPORT) FOR CTC'S 1996 PESTICIDE PRODUCTION AT ITS ESTABLISHMENT LOCATED AT 4110 COLUMBIA ROAD, LEBANON, OHIO 45036(THE LEBANON ESTABLISHMENT). SUCH A FAILURE WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF SECTION 7(C)(1) OF THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136S(C)(1), AND 40 C.F.R. PART 67. C.T. CHEMICALS MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF U.S. EPA VIA TELEPHONE. BASED ON INFORMATION DISCUSSED DURING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT C.T. CHEMICALS' REPRESENTATIVES HAD INADVERTENTLY APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED TWO SEPARATE PESTICIDE PRODUCING ESTABLISHMENT REGISTRATION NUMBERS, 67123-OH-001 AND 70172-OH0001, FOR THE LEBANON ESTABLISHMENT. C.T. CHEMICALS STATED THAT IT DID NOT INTEND TO HAVE TWO NUMBERS FOR THAT ESTABLISHMENT AND ASKED THAT U.S. EPA INACTIVATE THE 70172-OH-001 NUMBER, WHICH U.S. EPA HAS NOW DONE. BECAUSE C.T. CHEMICALS DID SUBMIT A 1996 PESTICIDE PRODUCTION REPORT FOR THE LEBANON FACILITY UNDER THE 67123-OH-001 NUMBER, U.S. EPA DECIDED NOT TO SEEK PENALTIES FOR THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FIFRA REQUIRE- MENTS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

Defendants (1)

• C. T. CHEMICALS, INCNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• C. T. CHEMICALS

  4110 COLUMBIA RD, LEBANON, OH, 45036

  Registry ID: 110010628829

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 7 — Registration of Establishments

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• C. T. CHEMICALS, INC.entered 2000-06-12

  Primary law: FIFRA

  Federal penalty: $25,000

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 1998-05-27Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2000-06-12Final Order Issued
• 2000-07-05Enforcement Action Closed