N.C. Pesticide Board announces case settlements

RALEIGH – The N.C. Pesticide Board has approved the following settlement agreements. Settlements involved cases of pesticide applications without a license, improper application, drift damage and improper pesticide sales in Chatham, Davie, Durham, Moore, New Hanover, Sampson and Wake counties.

Settlements are listed by county below:               

• (Chatham) Rocky J. Corfios, the owner of Landscape Services of NC in Gibsonville, agreed to pay $2,400 after a state inspector discovered company employees applying herbicides in Siler City although his license expired in 2018. Corfios had been issued a Notice of Non-Compliance in April of 2018 and August of 2021.
• (Davie) William Andy Bowles, a private pesticide applicator in Mocksville, agreed to pay $1,000 because a pesticide he applied to a field drifted and caused damage to blueberry bushes on a neighboring property.
• (Durham) Scott T. Walker, the owner of Pleasant Green Grass in Durham, agreed to pay $1,800 for operating a pesticide applicator business with an expired license.
• (Moore) Bradley L. Mallow, a licensed pesticide dealer for Carthage Agribusiness in Carthage, agreed to pay $600 for selling a restricted-use soil fumigant to a pesticide applicator whose license did not have the required soil fumigation subcategory.
• (Moore) John William Carter III, a private pesticide applicator in Eagle Springs, agreed to pay $800 for purchasing and applying restricted-use soil fumigants without the required soil fumigation subcategory on his pesticide license.
• (Moore) Robert. J. Bowers Jr., a licensed pesticide dealer for Coastal Agribusiness in Carthage, agreed to pay $600 for selling a restricted-use soil fumigant to a pesticide applicator whose license did not have the required soil fumigation subcategory.
• (New Hanover) Miriam Arreguin agreed to pay $1,800 for operating a pesticide applicator business with an expired license.
• (Sampson) Wesley Edwards, a licensed aerial pesticide applicator for Land Services Company in Georgetown, S.C., agreed to pay $800 because a pesticide application he made using a drone near Clinton caused damage to vegetation on an adjacent property.
• (Wake) Nicholas H. Dupree of Dupree Farms in Angier agreed to pay $600 for allowing a pesticide application to drift onto an adjacent sunflower field near Willow Spring, causing damage to the crop.

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