EPA v. Syngenta Crop Protection LLC

Case summary

This is an Administrative Consent Agreement and Final Order (CA/FO) between US EPA and Syngenta Seeds, LLC, doing business as Syngenta Hawaii, LLC, for alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Specifically, the Complaint alleges that Syngenta Seeds has violated Section 12(a)(2)(G) of FIFRA, by using a registered pesticide in manners inconsistent with its labeling and that Syngenta Seeds did not comply with the Worker Protection Standard, in a number of ways, including but not limited to: (1) failing to prevent workers from entering a treated area where a pesticide had been recently applied; (2) failing to notify workers of recent pesticide applications; (3) failing to provide reasonably accessible decontamination supplies to workers; and (4) failing to make available prompt transportation to an appropriate emergency medical facility for exposed workers. To settle the matter, Respondent agreed to pay a $150,000 penalty and to spend a minimum of $400,000 to perform a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) to develop and implement a training program on the requirements of the Worker Protection Standards for growers in Hawaii, Guam, and Saipan (an island in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands).

Defendants (1)

• Syngenta Seeds, LLC d/b/a Syngenta HawaiiNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• SYNGENTA SEEDS, INC - FIELD CROPS NAFTA RESEARCH

  7050 KAUMUALII HWY, KEKAHA, HI, 96752

  Registry ID: 110067115026

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A2G — Misuse

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Syngenta Crop Protection LLCentered 2018-02-07

  Primary law: FIFRA

  Federal penalty: $150,000 · SEP: $400,000

Timeline (4 milestones)

• 2016-12-14Complaint Filed/Proposed Order
• 2017-01-27Enforcement Action Data Entered
• 2018-01-18Amended Complaint
• 2018-02-07Final Order Issued