ON JULY 21, 2017, REGION III ISSUED NINE (9) NOTICES OF WARNING (NOW) FOR FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA) VIOLATIONS AT EPA-REGISTERED PESTICIDE PRODUCER ESTABLISHMENTS THROUGHT OUR REGION. EACH ESTABLISHMENT WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO SUBMIT THEIR 2016 ANNUAL PESTICIDE PRODUCTION REPORT ON OR BEFORE THE MARCH 1ST DEADLINE, AS REQUIRED. EVERY MARCH 1ST THESE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THEIR PRODUCTION REPORTS TO EPA, LISTING THE NAMES OF PESTICIDES THEY PRODUCE, THE AMOUNTS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND THE AMOUNT THEY EXPECT TO PRODUCE IN THE COMING YEAR. THE NOWs WERE ISSUED TO FACILITIES IN MARYLAND (1), PENNSYLVANIA (6). AND VIRGINIA (2).