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Company: Sciessent LLC
Penalty: $180,000
Year: 2011
Date: October 11, 2011
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: pesticide violation
Violation Description: According to the settlement filed last week by EPAs New England office, EPA alleged that Sciessent LLC, formerly known as Agion Technologies Inc., violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, known as FIFRA, between 2006 and 2009 by making illegal claims about these products and by importing them without filing the required reports with EPA. The company supplies silver-ion antimicrobial ingredients to numerous customers who then incorporate the substances into various consumer, commercial, and industrial products to protect the products against deterioration. Under the settlement, Sciessent has agreed to pay a $180,000 penalty over two years based partly on the company's financial ability to pay.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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