NTC CONTAMINATED BENLATE PESTICIDES

Release date: 10/04/94

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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1994

The attached press release announces the largest civil penalty ever paid to EPA in a pesticide case. EPA's Region III has reached an agreement whereby two companies will pay $1 million to settle an EPA penalty claim concerning the distribution of contaminated Benlate pesticides.

For more information, contact Virginia Moseley at 215-597-9904.