RALEIGH
Feb 7, 2025
RALEIGH – The N.C. Pesticide Board recently approved the following settlement agreements. Settlements involved cases of pesticide applications without a license and improper applications and sales of pesticides in Columbus, Onslow, Union and Wake counties.
Settlements are listed by county below:
- (Columbus) Hugh Cundiff, a licensed aerial pesticide applicator apprentice for Moore’s Aerial Applicators in Clinton, agreed to pay $1,200 because an application targeted at a farm field in Columbus County drifted onto a nearby road and residential yard.
- (Onslow) Mark A. Capitano, the manager of H&H Landscaping in Swansboro, agreed to pay $1,200 for engaging in the business of pesticide applicator without a license.
- (Union) Davis Truesdale, a licensed pesticide dealer for Ewing Irrigation Supply in Indian Trail, agreed to pay $600 for selling a restricted-use pesticide to a pesticide applicator with an expired license.
- (Wake) Peter Hawkins, a licensed commercial pesticide applicator for Mosquito Authority in Raleigh, agreed to pay $600 for applying an insecticide to the wrong residential property in Cary.
(Wake) Gail Rogers agreed to pay $600 for using mothballs outside in her residential yard, which violates the product’s label and state regulations, including the provision that pesticides cannot be used in a faulty, careless or negligent manner.
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