COMPLAINT FILED 10/9/2009, PROPOSING A PENALTY OF $39,000. COMPLAINT ALLEGES RESPONDENT VIOLATED SIX COUNTS OF FIFRA. 10/22/2009 - AMENDED COMPLAINT FILED PROPOSING A PENALTY OF $143,000. COMPLAINT ALLEGES RESPONDENT VIOLATED TWENTY-TWO COUNTS OF FIFRA; COUNTS 1-11: RESPONDENT FAILED TO FILE A NOTICE OF ARRIVAL FOR EACH OF THE ELEVEN UNREGISTERED PESTICIDES PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES. IN VIOLATION OF FIFRA SECTION 12(a)(2)(N). COUNTS 12-22: RESPONDENT DISTRIBUTED ELEVEN UNREGISTERED PESTICIDES IN THE UNITED STATES. IN VIOLATION OF FIFRA SECTION 12(a)(1)(A).
1/5/2011 - SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT FILED.
2/20/11 - CAFO FILED, ASSESSING A PENALTY OF $69,750. RESPONDENTS CERTIFY THAT THEY THAT ARE NOT PRESENTLY IMPORTING PESTICIDES INTO THE U.S. AND THAT IF, IN THE FUTURE, EITHER COMPANY DECIDES TO IMPORT PESTICDES INTO AND/OR EXPORT PESTICDES FROM THE U.S. THAT COMPANY WILL FILE NOTICES OF ARRIVAL AS REQUIRED BY FIFRA AND WILL FULLY COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF FIFRA THAT MAY APPLY TO THEIR OPERATIONS OR ACTIVITIES. REPONDENTS FURTHER AGREE THAT NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO ANY RESUMPTION OF ACTIVITY TO IMPORT PESTICIDES INTO OR EXPORT PESTICIDES FROM THE U.S. RESPONDENTS WILL NOTIFY EPA IN WRITING OF THEIR INTENT TO RESUME THESE OPERATIONS.