The US EPA announced on Feb. 26 that three New England-based companies have agreed to pay penalties to settle claims that they violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for failure to file required annual pesticide production reports.
Seaman Paper Co. of Massachusetts Inc., Gardner, Mass., Ferti Technologies CT Corp., Wallingford, Conn., and Exoban LLC, Thomaston, Conn., failed to file production reports for the reporting year 2021, EPA said, and were issued Notice of Warnings. All three again failed to file production reports for the reporting year 2022, which led to the enforcement actions and penalties.
The assessed penalties were based, in part, on the size of the respective company and were as follows: Seaman $1,400; Ferti $1,000; and Exoban $500.