EPA v. THATCHER COMPANY
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
Settlement resulted from an EPA-led investigation across several states and EPA regions. Between 2014-2018, inspections of Thatcher?s production and distribution facilities in Nevada and Utah conducted by EPA, the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA), and the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) found Thatcher did not properly register pesticide products sold by its distributors and did not ensure its distributors used current labeling. Initial inspections conducted by EPA between 2014-2017 were followed up by state investigations, including a January 2018 UDAF inspection that found Thatcher was producing and distributing an unregistered disinfectant. NDA inspections completed in March 2018 also found the company?s Nevada facility was distributing disinfectants with outdated labeling. Additionally, an EPA investigation found that Thatcher failed to register a pesticide facility in Williamson, New York, prior to producing pesticides in 2014 and did not report annual pesticide production data for 2015 and 2016 by the required due dates. An inspection conducted in October 2018 found the New York facility was distributing an unregistered sanitizer and an unregistered disinfectant.
Defendants (1)
- Craig ThatcherNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (4)
THATCHER CHEMICAL COMPANY
1905 FORTUNE ROAD, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 84104
Registry ID: 110000469671
THATCHER CHEMICAL COMPANY
1905 FORTUNE ROAD, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 84104
Registry ID: 110000469671
THATCHER CHEMICAL COMPANY
1905 FORTUNE ROAD, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 84104
Registry ID: 110000469671
THATCHER CHEMICAL COMPANY
1905 FORTUNE ROAD, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 84104
Registry ID: 110000469671
Statutes cited
- FIFRA 12A2L — Establishment Registration
- FIFRA 12A1E — Adulterated/Misbranded
- FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide
Enforcement conclusions (1)
THATCHER COMPANYentered 2019-11-14
Primary law: FIFRA
Federal penalty: $300,415
Timeline (4 milestones)
- 2019-11-14Final Order Issued
- 2019-11-14Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2019-11-14Enforcement Action Closed
- 2019-12-02Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3602054317
- Case number
- 08-2020-0008
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 08
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Establishment Registration
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 08-2020-0008 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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