EPA v. Ling Jin - Stop the Virus - EG554603904JP (COVID-19)

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 Stop the Virus cards on lanyards in the import shipment 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 parcels arrived without Notice of Arrival. The importer, Ling Jin, attempted to import a shipment of unregistered Stop the Virus cards into the United States. All pesticides are required to be registered with EPA before their entry into the United States, unless certain exemptions are met, pursuant to Section 3 of FIFRA.

Defendants (1)

• Ling JinNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• LING JIN

  6239 ANTICLINE AVE, LAS VEGAS, NV, 89139

  Registry ID: 110070814813

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A1A — Unregistered Pesticide

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Ling Jin - Stop the Virus - EG554603904JP (COVID-19)entered 2020-04-01

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2020-04-01Final Order Issued
• 2020-04-01Enforcement Action Closed
• 2020-06-22Enforcement Action Data Entered