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: