EPA v. Takehalu Sawa Kato - Virus Shut Out N.O.R.A (COVID-19)
Final Order No Penalty
Case summary
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9 (EPA) is informing the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (CBP) that the Virus Shut Out cards in the import shipment described below should be Denied Entry-Refused Delivery into the United States pursuant to the authority of Section 17(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. Section 136o(c), and the implementing regulations at 19 C.F.R. Section 12.114. The parcel arrived without a Notice of Arrival.
Defendants (1)
- Takehalu Sawa KatoNamed in complaintNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
TAKEHALU SAWA KATO
3667 CRATER RD, HONOLULU, HI, 96816
Registry ID: 110070739683
Statutes cited
- FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Takehalu Sawa Kato - Virus Shut Out N.O.R.A (COVID-19)entered 2020-04-01
Primary law: FIFRA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2020-04-01Enforcement Action Closed
- 2020-04-01Final Order Issued
- 2020-04-07Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3602168540
- Case number
- 09-2020-4338
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Unregistered Pesticide
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2020-4338 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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