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ROLPH C HAGEN (USA) CORP

Administrative - Formal · FY2003 · — · — · 97144

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Case

Case Number
01-2003-0057
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
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Multimedia
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Self-disclosure
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Defendants (1)

Summary

IN MARCH 2003, APPROXIMATELY TWELVE MONTHS AFTER SETTLING A PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION FOR THE SAME ACTIVITY (IN RE: HAGEN, DOCKET NO. FIFRA-01-2001-0052), HAGEN IMPORTED A SHIPMENT OF MISBRANDED ULTRA VIOLET (UV) STERILIZER/CLARIFIER DEVICES FROM ITALY IN VIOLATION OF FIFRA. THESE DEVICES ARE DESIGNED TO CONTROL, AMONG OTHER THINGS, ALGAE IN FISH PONDS. THE DEVICES WERE MISBRANDED IN THAT THEIR PACKAGING DID NOT CONTAIN THE EPA ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER OF THE FACILITY IN WHICH THEY WERE PRODUCED. THE COMPANY VOLUNTARILY NOTIFIED EPA OF THE VIOLATION WHEN THE SHIPMENT OF THESE MISLABELED DEVICES WAS DELIVERED TO ITS MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS FACILITY. THIS ACTION APPEARS TO HAVE OCCURRED DUE TO ERRORS BY THE ITALIAN MANUFACTURER AND MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN HAGEN AND ITS CONTRACTOR.

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