EPA v. ECOLAB INC.
Final Order With Penalty
Penalty assessed
$277,953
Case summary
DISTRIBUTION OR SALE OF UNREGISTERED PESTICIDE. ECOLAB INC. DISTRIBUTES AND SELLS A PESTICIDE PRODUCT, CHLOROSORB, THAT IS NOT REGISTERED WITH U.S. EPA UNDER FIFRA. PRODUCTS SUCH AS CHLOROSORB STABLIZED CHLORINE, MESS KIT WITH CHLOROSORB AND CLEAN UP KIT WITH CHLOROSORB ARE USED FOR CLEANING UP SPILLED CONTAMINATED BODY FLUIDS SUCH AS BLOOD, VOMIT, URINE AND FECES. SALE AND DISTRIBUT- ION OF AN UNREGISTERED PESTICIDE PRODUCT CONSTITUTES AN UNLAWFUL ACT PURSUANT TO S. 12(A)(1)(A) OF FIFRA.
Defendants (1)
- ECOLAB INC.Named in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
ECOLAB CTR
370 WABASHA, SAINT PAUL, MN, 55102
Registry ID: 110003811769
Statutes cited
- FIFRA 12A1 — Fed. Insect, Fung & Rod Act
Enforcement conclusions (1)
ECOL INC.entered 2001-05-16
Primary law: FIFRA
Federal penalty: $277,953
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2000-03-15Enforcement Action Data Entered
- 2000-09-08Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2001-05-16Final Order Issued
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 32234
- Case number
- 05-2000-0194
- Lead agency
- EPA
- HQ division
- TOX
- Branch
- MMBII
- EPA region
- 05
- Multimedia
- No
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Fed. Insect, Fung & Rod Act
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 05-2000-0194 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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