CASE SUMMARY - Office of Indiana State Chemist

Complainant:
CASE SUMMARY
Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC)
175 S. University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
800-893-6637
Case #2005/0388
(see Case #2005/0390)
Business: Helena Chemical (B-11403)
63239 SR 13 (D-1956)
Goshen, IN 46528
574-642-4963
Manager: Todd Hostetler (unlicensed)
1) On June 8, 2005, I performed a routine facility inspection at the above location.
Agent J. Kelley, also of the Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC), accompanied
me.
2) I initially spoke with the company secretary, Megan Erb and inquired about the
restricted use pesticide (RUP) sales records that the company is required to
maintain and have available for inspection. The records that Ms. Erb had available
were incomplete, in that they were lacking the name of the license holder, EPA
registration number and manufacturers name. Helena Chemical is to provide the
complete sales records within 7 days of the inspection.
3) I also spoke with Todd Hostetler, the facility manager. I conducted a WPS
inspection as part of the facility inspection. Mr. Hostetler stated that the company
had made a pesticide application on 6-7-05. The application consisted of “Honcho
Plus”, EPA Reg. #524-454, active ingredient glyphosate. I obtained a copy of the
application record. When I inquired about the customer notification requirement,
Mr. Hostetler stated that they had tried to “set something up last year for
notification, but we could not find anything that really worked.” Mr. Hostetler
stated that the customer has “a general idea of when we are going to come out to
spray.” During the facility inspection, Tex Eisenhorn (F-39276) returned from
making a pesticide application of “Baythroid 2”, EPA Reg. #264-745, active
ingredient cyfluthrin. I asked to inspect Mr. Eisenhorn’s decontamination supplies.
Mr. Eisenhorn had a soiled tyvex suit (change of clothes); he did not have fresh
water, soap or eye flush.
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