RALEIGH
Aug 19, 2024
RALEIGH – The N.C. Pesticide Board recently approved the following settlement agreements in Beaufort, Carteret, Chatham, Durham, Forsyth, Gaston, Guilford, Lee, Lincoln, Pitt, and Stanly counties. Settlements involved instances of improper sales and purchasing of restricted-use pesticides, improper storage of pesticides, applying pesticides without the proper license or certification and other violations of state pesticide law.
Settlements are listed by county below:
- (Beaufort) Justin Patrick Van Staalduinen, the holder of a pesticide dealer license for Coastal AgroBusiness in Pantego, agreed to pay $1,400 because an employee under his supervision sold restricted-use pesticides to someone without a pesticide license.
- (Carteret) Clay Croom, an employee of Mosquito Authority of Eastern NC in Farmville, agreed to pay $1,000 for applying an insecticide in Morehead City without the waterproof gloves required by the product’s labeling.
- (Chatham) Melinda Fitzgerald of Chatham Farm Supply d/b/a Country Farm and Home in Pittsboro, agreed to pay $600 for selling unlabeled containers of pesticide, which violates state law that requires properly labeled pesticide containers.
- (Durham) Victor Fabian of Fabian Landscape & Irrigation in Durham, agreed to pay $800 for engaging in the pesticide application business without a license. A state inspector observed Fabian applying pesticides for the business although no one with the business had a commercial pesticide license.
- (Durham/Iredell) Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC. headquartered in Mooresville, agreed to pay $1,200 for improperly storing mulch containing a weed preventer in a parking lot at a Durham store location. The location has previously been issued notices of non-compliance for the same reason.
- (Forsyth) Jose S. Cruz, the owner of Jose S. Cruz Lawn Care Services in Colfax, agreed to pay $800 for engaging in the pesticide application business without a license. A state inspector observed an employee in Kernersville applying pesticides for the business although no one with the business had a commercial pesticide license.
- (Gaston) Jack Leonhardt, a private pesticide applicator in Cherryville, agreed to pay $600 for purchasing a restricted-use pesticide with an expired applicator license.
- (Guilford) Rodney Montgomery, the holder of a pesticide dealer license for Green Resource in Colfax, agreed to pay $1,800 because a salesman serving as an agent of the business sold a soil fumigant restricted-use pesticide to a pesticide applicator who did not have the required fumigation subcategory on his license. Sales records at the business were also deficient in restricted-use pesticide sales recordkeeping requirements.
- (Lee) Charles V. McLeod, the holder of a pesticide dealer license and manager of Nutrien Ag Solutions in Sanford, agreed to pay $1,600 for selling a soil fumigant restricted-use pesticide to a private pesticide applicator who did not have the required fumigation subcategory on his license.
- (Lincoln) Raul Montes of D.O.Z. Lawn and Landscaping in Lincolnton, agreed to pay $1,200 for engaging in the pesticide application business without a license. A state inspector observed an employee applying pesticides for the business although no one with the business had a commercial pesticide license.
- (Pitt) Teresa L. Cole, the holder of a commercial pesticide applicator license for The Swat Team d/b/a Mosquito Joe in Greenville, agreed to pay $600 because an employee made a pesticide application at the wrong residential address.
- (Stanly) Related to the Guilford County case above involving Rodney Montgomery, Chris S. Chapman, the holder of a commercial pesticide applicator license for Old North State Golf Club in New London, agreed to pay $1,500 for applying a soil fumigant restricted-use pesticide without the required fumigation subcategory on his license.
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