EPA v. Costco Wholesale Corporation - Humidifiers (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 following pesticide device import products in the 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)
- Costco Wholesale CorporationNamed in settlement
Facilities (1)
COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION
999 LAKE DRIVE, ISSAQUAH, WA, 98027
Registry ID: 110017183527
Statutes cited
- FIFRA 12A2N — Failure to File Reports
- FIFRA 12A1F — Device Misbranded
Enforcement conclusions (1)
Costco Wholesale Corporation - Humidifiers (COVID-19)entered 2023-02-08
Primary law: FIFRA
Timeline (3 milestones)
- 2023-02-08Final Order Issued
- 2023-02-08Enforcement Action Closed
- 2023-02-13Enforcement Action Data Entered
Case metadata
- EPA activity ID
- 3603510466
- Case number
- 09-2023-4335
- Lead agency
- EPA
- EPA region
- 09
- Voluntary self-disclosure
- No
- Primary statute
- Failure to File Reports
Sourced verbatim from EPA ECHO Enforcement Case Report for case 09-2023-4335 . Bulk data: ICIS-FEC download summary.
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