EPA v. Cherokee Chemical, Inc
Final Order With Penalty
Case summary
On February 18, 2014, EPA Region 9 issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order against Cherokee Chemicals, Inc. for failure to submit the annual 2012 pesticide production report required by Section 7 of FIFRA. The Newport Beach, California facility had previously been issued a Notice of Warning for its failure to report under Section 7 and was therefore required to pay a penalty of $4500 for a second non-reporting violation under the ERP.
Defendants (1)
- Cherokee Chemical, IncNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
CHEROKEE CHEMICALS INC DBA CCI
3540 E. 26TH ST., VERNON, CA, 90058
Registry ID: 110011787799
Statutes cited
- FIFRA 12A2N — Failure to File Reports
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Cherokee Chemical, Incentered 2014-02-18
Primary law: FIFRA
Federal penalty: $4,500
Timeline (5 milestones)
- 2013-10-01Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
- 2014-02-18Compliance Achieved
- 2014-02-18Final Order Issued
- 2014-02-18Enforcement Action Closed
- 2014-03-03Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3400213161
- Case number
- 09-2014-4003
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Failure to File Reports
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2014-4003 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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