EPA News Release
August 24, 2005
Contact: Chris Gebhardt, EPA Seattle, 206-553-0253
Tony Brown, EPA Seattle, 206-553-1203
EPA: Administrative Law Judge finds StevenTuttle Guilty of Illegal
Pesticide Sales and Orders Payment of $14,850
On July 15, 2005, an administrative law judge for the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) found Steven L. Tuttle of Woodland, Washington,
guilty of five violations of the federal pesticide law and ordered him to
pay a civil penalty of $14,850.
Specifically, Judge William B. Moran's decision affirmed the allegations
found in EPA's March 18, 2004 civil complaint that Mr. Tuttle sold and
distributed two unregistered and incorrectly labeled bee miticide products
named "Mite Solution Concentrate" and "Herbal Bee Calmer Gel." The Judge
also found that these two products were produced in a facility not
registered with EPA.
"EPA understands that mites pose a significant problem for bee keepers,
but Mr. Tuttle is marketing bee miticides that have not passed safety
tests required by law," said Scot Downey, Manager of EPA's Pesticides and
Toxics Unit in Seattle. "Mr. Tuttle needs to comply with the law,
especially when his competitors are doing so."
Mr. Tuttle was also fined $3,780 for selling one of these products in
1997.
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