FIFRA NOW: 11/27/2024
Ausco LLC DBA The Pool Store
Notice of Warning for Non-filing of Pesticide Reports
Docket No.: FIFRA-04-2024-3571
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has obtained evidence indicating that Ausco LLC DBA
The Pool Store 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 Ausco LLC DBA The Pool Store 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 Ausco LLC DBA The Pool Sto