Kemira Chemicals, Inc. (Board decision, January 10, 2013)

Plain-English summary

Kemira Chemicals, Inc. was the respondent in a Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act matter before the Environmental Appeals Board. The Board incorporated the attached Consent Agreement into its Final Order and ratified it. The Board ordered Kemira to comply with all terms of the Consent Agreement effective immediately. The released Final Order does not reproduce the agreement or state the underlying allegations, remedy, or penalty.

Decision snapshot

• Cited authorities: 40 C.F.R. § 22.18(b)-(c)
• Outcome: The attached Consent Agreement was ratified, and the respondent was ordered to comply with its terms immediately.
• Key point: The Board made the Consent Agreement effective through a Final Order.

Full text (EPA EAB public release)

            BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENTAL APPEALS BOARD
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FINAL ORDER

   Pursuant to 40 C.F .R. § 22.l8(b)-( c) of EPA's Consolidated Rules of Practice, the

attached Consent Agreement resolving this matter is incorporated by reference into this Final
Order and is hereby ratified.

    The Respondent is ORDERED to comply with all terms of the Consent Agreement,

effective immediately.

   So ordered. I

Date: January 10,2013
Kathie A. Stein
Judge, Environmental Appeals Board

   IThe two-member panel ratifying this matter is composed of Environmental Appeals

Judges Catherine R. McCabe and Kathie A. Stein.
 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that copies of the foregoing Final Order in the Matter of Kemira Chemicals,
FIFRA HQ-20 13-500 1, were sent to the following persons in the manner indicated:

By Facsimile and EPA Pouch Mail:

                  Kim Wilson, Attorney-Advisor.
                  Waste and Chemical Enforcement Division (Mail Code 2249A)
                  Office of Civil Enforcement
                  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                  1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
                  Washington, D.C. 20460
                  (202) 564-5607
                  Fax No. (202) 564-0022

By Facsimile and First Class U.S. Mail:

                  Carroll Wade McGuffey III
                  Counsel for Respondent
                  Troutman Sanders LLP
                  Bank of America Plaza, Suite 5200
                  600 Peachtree Street, N.E.
                  Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216
                  (404) 885-3698
                  [email protected]
                  Fax No . (404) 962-6808

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Environmental Appeals Board (Mail Code 11 03B)
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460-0001