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POOL WIZARD, LLC

Administrative - Formal · FY2009 · — · Final Order With Penalty · 1400014728

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Compliance action

Case

Case Number
04-2009-3002
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order With Penalty
Multimedia
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (1)

Summary

10/29/2008 - CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER ISSUED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $6,500. RESPONDENT SHALL MAKE THE FIRST PAYMENT OF $1,655.58 WITHIN THIRTY DAYS. THE LAST PAYMENT OF $1,655.58 IS DUE BY FEBRUARY 2009. ORDER ALLEGES: ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 27, 2006, AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EPA CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION AT RESPONDENT'S FACILITY LOCATED IN MARIETTA, GEORGIA. DURING THE INSPECTION, RESPONDENT REPACKAGED, SOLD AND DISTRIBUTED A MINERAL SANITATION PROODUCT FOR USE IN SWIMMING POOLS KNOWN AS POOL WIZARD . POOL WIZARD IS A PESTICIDE AS DEFINED IN SECTIN 2(u) OF FIFRA, 7 U.S.C SECTIN 136(u), WHICH INDLUDES ANY SUBSTANCE OR MIXTURE OF SUBSTANCES INTENDED FOR PREVENTING, DESTROYING, REPELLING, OR MITIGATING ANY PEST. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, POOL WIZARD WAS NOT REGISTERED AS A PESTICIDE WITH EPA. ACCORDING TO FIFRA 12(a)(1)(A), IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DISTRIBUTE OR SELL ANY PESTICIDE THAT IS UNREGISTERED. RESPONDENT VIOLATED 12(a)(1)(A) OF FIFRA. AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, THE PESTICIDE POOL WIZARD WAS MISBRANDED IN THAT THE LABEL DID NOT BEAR A SIGNAL WORD AND THE NET CONTENTS. ACCORDING TO FIFRA 12(a)(1)(E), A PESTICIDE IS MISBRANDED IF ITS LABEL IS FALSE OR MISLEADING. RESPONDENT VIOLATED FIFRA SECTION 12(a)(1)(E). AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, RESPONDENT PRODUCED THE PESTICIDE POOL WIZARD IN AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT WAS NOT REGISTERED WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR OF EPA. RESPONDENT VIOLATED FIFRA 12(a)(2)(L).

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