EPA v. Watts Pesticide Device Filter Entry 231-33585260; Model 7100451 (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 pesticide device filters 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 12A1F — Device Misbranded

Enforcement conclusions (1)

• Watts Pesticide Device Filter Entry 231-33585260; Model 7100451 (COVID-19)entered 2021-08-23

  Primary law: FIFRA

Timeline (3 milestones)

• 2021-08-23Enforcement Action Closed
• 2021-08-23Final Order Issued
• 2021-10-05Enforcement Action Data Entered