Agriculture Department Obtains Court Order in Grant County Against Aerial Applicator.News Editors OLYMPIA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2003 The state Department of Agriculture (WSDA WSDA Washington State Department of Agriculture (also seen as WASDA) WSDA Washington State Dental Association WSDA Wyoming Stock Dog Association WSDA Washington State Dieticians' Association ) last week obtained a court order that prohibits a long-time aerial applicator ap·pli·ca·tor n. An instrument for applying something, such as a medication. applicator, n a device for applying medication; usually a slender rod of glass or wood, used with a pledget of cotton on the end. from performing further commercial pesticide pesticide, biological, physical, or chemical agent used to kill plants or animals that are harmful to people; in practice, the term pesticide is often applied only to chemical agents. work without a license. The injunction was issued Dec. 5 by Grant County Superior Court. Operating Pearson Aircraft in several states, Phil M. Pearson often has worked out of the Wilson Creek Airport in Grant County. WSDA assessed an $1,800 penalty against Pearson this past summer for applying pesticides without a license and he owes several thousand dollars as a result of fines levied in the 1990s for violations of state pesticide law. Pearson has not had a license to apply pesticides commercially in this state since 1996. Agency investigators, however, are aware of aerial spraying Pearson has done this past year for controlling weeds in wheat and other crops. Pearson has failed to respond to attempts to negotiate fines or to participate in an administrative hearing administrative hearing n. a hearing before any governmental agency or before an administrative law judge. Such hearings can range from simple arguments to what amounts to a trial. There is no jury, but the agency or the administrative law judge will make a ruling. to explain his actions. If Pearson continues to do business in Washington, he is subject to contempt of court sanctions Sanctions is the plural of sanction. Depending on context, a sanction can be either a punishment or a permission. The word is a contronym. Sanctions involving countries: See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. . WSDA enforces state and federal laws to protect people, property, and the environment against the improper use of pesticides, including those operating without a license. The agency licenses some 24,000 pesticide applicators, dealers, consultants, public operators, and structural pest inspectors. Investigators enforce laws on following label requirements, proper licensing, spray drift, storage, record keeping, posting of information, and other issues. To ensure that a pesticide applicator or structural pest inspector is properly licensed, or to file a complaint, call WSDA in Olympia at 877-301-4555. |
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