FIFRA NOW: 11/20/2024
B&L Hardware
Notice of Warning for Non-filing of Pesticide Reports
Docket No.: FIFRA-04-2024-3604
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has obtained evidence indicating that B&L Hardware
appears to have violated requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA). Pursuant to Section 7(c) of FIFRA, 7_U.S.C._?_136e(c), and regulations promulgated
thereunder at 40 C.F.R. ? 167.85(d), a pesticide producer operating an establishment must submit an
initial report no later than 30 days after the first registration of each establishment the producer
operates. Thereafter, the producer must submit an annual report on or before March 1 of each year,
even if the producer has produced no pesticidal product for that reporting year. Pursuant to Section
12(a)(2)(L) of FIFRA, 7_U.S.C._?_136j(a)(2)(L), it shall be unlawful for any person who is a producer to
violate any of the provisions of Section 7 of FIFRA.
The evidence obtained by the EPA indicates that B&L Hardware has failed to file, one or more annual
Pesticide Reports for Pesticide-Producing and Device-Producing Establishments (EPA Form 3540-16) for
one or more years and establishments. The annual reports identified as missing are as follows:
In response to the apparent violation of Section 7(c) of FIFRA and 40 C.F.R. ? 167.85(d), the EPA is
issuing this Notice of Warning (NOW) to B&L Hardware pursuant to FIFRA Section 9(c)(3),
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7_U.S.C._?_136g(c)(3).