EPA v. Watts Regulator Company - Misbrand Pesticide (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 Ultraviolet Replacement Lamps (part numbers 68109049 and 68109052) 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 entry was marked Refused in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).

Defendants (1)

• Watts Regulator CompanyNamed in complaintNamed in settlement

Facilities (1)

• WATTS REGULATOR CO.

  815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER, MA, 01845

  Registry ID: 110003500649

Statutes cited

• FIFRA 12A2L — Establishment Registration
• FIFRA 12A2N — Failure to File Reports
• FIFRA 12A1F — Device Misbranded

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Watts Regulator Company - Misbrand Pesticide (COVID-19)entered 2021-09-15

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2021-09-15Enforcement Action Closed
• 2021-09-15Final Order Issued
• 2021-09-27Enforcement Action Data Entered