Pollution and Waste Treatment Solutions for Environmental Professionals

News

EPA Fines Shell Corp. $26,000 for Pesticide Violation

September 1, 2007

Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined the Shell Corporation of Las Vegas $26,000 for allegedly selling and distributing “Roof-ReNEW,” an unregistered pesticide, in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.

The EPA alleges that in 2006, the Shell Corporation, located at 4620 S. Valley View in Las Vegas, Nev., sold and distributed “Roof-ReNEW,” a product that it claimed prevented mold on roofs, decks, and wooden shingles, to firms in Colorado and Tennessee.

“Selling unregistered pesticides is a significant violation that can result in harm to public health and the environment” said Katherine Taylor, Associate Director of the Communities and Ecosystems Division in the EPA’s Pacific Southwest Office. “Companies must register pesticides with the EPA before distributing and selling such products.”

The Nevada Department of Agriculture discovered the violations during an inspection conducted at the request of EPA Region IX in July 2006.

The EPA regulates the manufacture, import, sale and use of pesticides. Distributors and retailers are responsible for ensuring that all pesticides distributed and/or sold fully comply with federal pesticide regulations.

Opinion

Will EPA be Forced to Issue a Climate Change Endangerment Finding?

On April 2, 2008, exactly one year after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, 12 states, supported by an additional five states as amicus curiae, as well as the District of Columbia, the cities of New York and Baltimore, and a number of environmental organizations, filed a petition for mandamus with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit seeking to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to act on remand within 60 days.

RSS Feeds