A local company admits no wrongdoing but agrees to a $112,684 civil penalty in a settlement with the EPA over pesticide violations.

In a consent agreement, EPA Region 7 staff lay out a list of 21 counts stemming from a 2013 inspection at Albaugh, LLC, at 4900 Packers Avenue in St. Joseph.

There were five reported instances of pesticide ingredients not matching the confidential statement of formulation. According to the consent order, an analysis of one pesticide product, which was ready for distribution at the time, exceeded 125 percent of the label claim for the active ingredient Clopyralid.

There were 21 instances of missing or obscured labels on pesticides.  Four of the counts related to a sticker that obscrued the “Keep out of Reach of Children” label.

EPA proceeded against Albaugh pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.  EPA officials say the use of pesticides that do not match the confidential statement of formulation can create risks to human health and the environment, as well as to plants and animals.