Ore. Pesticide Company Fined By EPA

In August, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reached an $18,400 settlement with Wilco-Winfield, LLC (WWL) (formerly Wilco-Farmers/Agriliance) for violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). WWL had been producing pesticides in an unregistered establishment and selling pesticides which were misbranded.

The FIFRA violations had been occurring for at least the past three years. Their unregistered facility, located in Mt. Angel, Oregon had been using the establishment number that was assigned to another facility. The other facility was owned by WWL, but had been inactivated since 2000.

“Production of any pesticides was in violation of FIFRA since this facility was not registered,” said Chad Schulze, EPA’s Region 10 FIFRA Enforcement Officer in Seattle. “Furthermore, these pesticides were misbranded because they bore an invalid, inactive EPA establishment number. These numbers help EPA track the type, amount, and location of pesticides being produced and sold in the U.S.”

EPA has worked with WWL to ensure that all of their establishments are registered according to Section 7 of FIFRA and that they are submitting the required annual reports.

Source: EPA.gov