REFERRAL TO DOJ ON 12/30/96 FOR VIOLATION OF FIFRA. THE REGION IS SEEKING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. * FACILITY NAME: TROPICAL FRUIT, 335 KM 7.2 RURAL ZONE BOCA CITY & STATE: GUAYANILLA, PR 00656 THERE ARE 4 PROPOSED DEFENDANTS 12/30/1996 - REFERRED TO DOJ 03/21/1997 - COMPLAINT FILED 3/21/97 03/26/1997 - ORDER ENTERED * 10/25/2001 - CONSENT DECREE ENTERED * CASE SUMMARY FROM CASE CONCLUSION DATA SHEET: THE TROPICAL FRUIT FARM (THE FARM ) IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE COMUNITY OF BARRIO BOCA, JUST WEST OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF GYAYANILLA IN PR. THE FARM GROWS MANGOES, BANANAS, AND PLANTAINS, TO WHICH IT APPLIES PESTICIDES, SOME OF WHICH CONTAIN HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED BY CERCLA. * AFTER RECEIVING NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF PESTICIDES DRIFIING OFF OF THE FARM PROPERTY AND INTO THE COMMUNITY, ON DEC. 20, 1996 EPA ISSUED AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ( ORDER ) UNDER SECTION 106(A) OF CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. SECTION 9606(A), TO TP AND ITS PARTNERS WHICH REQUIRES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE RESPONDENTS