FIFRA NOW: 11/21/2024
The Pool Service Store of Cochran, Inc.
Notice of Warning for Non-filing of Pesticide Reports
Docket No.: FIFRA-04-2024-3686
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has obtained evidence indicating that The Pool Service
Store of Cochran, Inc. 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 The Pool Service Store of Cochran, Inc. 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:
EPA Establishment Number Reporting Years
83276-GA-1 2022; 2023
In response to the apparent violation of Section 7(c) of FIFRA and