9/30/08 - CONSENT AGMT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $199,000, DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. ALLEGATIONS: AN EPA INVESTIGATION OF A VARIETY OF PARTY STRING PRODUCTS BEING SOLD IN THE U.S. BY VARIOUS RETAILERS REVEALED THAT SOME OF THESE AEROSOL PRODUCTS AND PRESSURIZED DISPENSERS CONTAINED CLASS I AND/OR CLASS II SUBSTANCES AS A PROPELLANT. IN NOV 2005 AND JAN 2006, EPA INVESTIGATORS PURCHASED TWO CANS OF THE PARTY STRING PRODUCT GLOW-IN-THE-DARK LOONEY STRING FROM RESPONDENT'S WAL-MART STORE IN HANOVER, MARYLAND, AND HAD THE CONTENTS ANALYZED BY AN EPA LAB USING INFRARED ABSORPTION (IR) AND GAS CHROMATOGRAPH-MASS SPECTROMETRY (GC/MS). ANALYTICAL RESULTS SHOWED THAT BOTH CANS OF THE LOONEY STRONG CONTAINED R22, A BANNED CLASS II SUBSTANCE, AS PART OF THE PROPELLANT. EPA'S R4 AIR ENFORCEMENT DIVISION WAS ASSIGNED TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE RESPONDENT'S PURCHASE AND SALE OF PARTY STRING PRODUCTS THAT MAY HAVE CONTAINED BANNED ODS. ON JAN 30, 2007, EPA SENT A REQUEST FOR INFO TO RESPONDENT REQUESTING INFO AND DOCUMENTATION RELATED OT THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ANY PART STRONG PRODUCTION THAT CONTAINED ODS FROM ALL WAL-MART STORES LOCATED IN THE U.S. IN ITS RESPONSE, RESPONDENT INDICATED THAT BETWEEN APPROX AUGUST 5, 2005 AND JANUARY 6, 2007, IT PURCHASED APPROX 474,874 CANS OF HALLOWEEN GLOW STRING, INCLUDING CANS OF GLOW-IN-THE-DARK LOONEY STRING FROM A SUPPLIER IN TAIWAN AND SOLD THE CAN AT VARIOUS STORES IN THE U.S. RESPONDENT FURTHER ASSERTED THAT THE PRODUCT WAS