RALEIGH
Mar 31, 2023
The N.C. Pesticide Board recently approved the following settlement agreements. Settlements involved instances of performing pesticide work without a proper license, pesticide drift or pesticide overspray damage, and are listed by county below:
- (Alamance) Christopher B. White of Red River Specialties in Burlington, agreed to pay $1,200 for performing services as a pest control consultant without a license.
- (Johnston) Licensed commercial pesticide applicator Jared D. Barefoot, of Hines Farms near Selma, agreed to pay $600 for drift damage to a vineyard from a pesticide application to an adjacent soybean field. N.C. law states that no person shall apply pesticides under such conditions that drift from pesticide particles or vapors results in adverse effects.
- (Nash) Paul E. Keel agreed to pay $800 for making a pesticide application in Rocky Mount and engaging in the business of pesticide applicator without a license.
- (Orange) Nain Flores of Flores Landscaping in Durham, agreed to pay $800 for making a pesticide application in Chapel Hill and engaging in the business of pesticide applicator without a license. Flores has previously been issued a Notice of Non-Compliance.
- (Wake) Todd M. Rinda, a licensed commercial pesticide applicator with Weed Man in Raleigh, agreed to pay $400 for damaging grass in a residential yard in Holly Springs during an application to an adjacent yard.
- (Washington) Harrison S. Rotan, a pilot and the holder of an aerial pesticide applicator license for Parrish Aviation in Plymouth, agreed to pay $600 for applying pesticides near Pettigrew State Park during a lapse in his pilot license.
- (Wilson) Charles W. Harrell, a licensed private pesticide applicator with the Agrarian, Inc. farm in Stantonsburg, agreed to pay $600 for applying a soil fumigant restricted-use pesticide without the required fumigation subcategory on his certification.
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