10/12/18 - STOP SALE, USE, OR REMOVAL ORDER (SSURO) ISSUED.
ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 18, 2018, THE EPA REGION 4 NOTIFIED UNITED BY PHONE THAT A PERMIT TO TRANSFER COULD NOT BE ISSUED BECAUSE THE PRODUCT HAD ALREADY RECEIVED A CBP RELEASE. ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2018, THE EPA REGION 4 NOTIFIED UNITED THAT THE ONLY OPTION AVAILABLE TO RELABEL THE ISOTANKS WAS TO DO SO AT AN EPA-REGISTERED ESTABLISHMENT UNDER A SSURO. ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2018, UNITED NOTIFIED EPA REGION 4 THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THE SSURO OPTION.
THE SIX ISOTANKS OF THE PESTICIDE PRODUCT ASULOX HERBICIDE THAT WERE SHIPPED TO THE UNITED STATES BY UNITED, WHICH ARRIVED ON AUGUST 6, 2-18, AND WHICH ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELD A THE TRUCKING COMPANY'S YARD IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, ARE MISBRANDED AND FURTHER SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE SIX ISOTANKS OF THE PESTICIDE IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING MOVING THEM TO AN EPA-REGISTERED PRODUCER ESTABLISHMENT FOR RELABELING, BY UNITED OR ANY OTHER PERSON, EXEMPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SSURO AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF FIFRA, WOULD VIOLATED FIFRA.
UNITED IS HEREBY ORDERED NOT TO DISTRIBUTE, SELL, USE OR REMOVE ANY OF THE SIX ISOTANKS OF ASULOX HERBICIDE FROM THE SHIPMENT THAT ARRIVED AT THE PORT OF MIAMI ON OR AROUND AUGUST 6, 2018, THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT A TRUCKER'S YARD IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH FIFRA, AND SPECIFICALLY, IN COMPLIANCE WITH ONE OF THE TWO OPTIONS BELOW:
a. THE MISBRANDED ISOTANKS MUST EITHER BE EXPORTED OUT OF THE COUNTRY OR