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PA ARKANSAS MEN CHARGED WITH KILLING MIGRATORY BIRDS

Release Date: 04/04/97
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PA ARKANSAS MEN CHARGED WITH KILLING MIGRATORY BIRDS

FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1997

ARKANSAS MEN CHARGED WITH KILLING MIGRATORY BIRDS

Marvin M. Allison of Walnut Ridge, and Richard Meehan of Stuttgart, were each charged in U.S. District Court in Little Rock, Ark., on March 21, with one count of using a pesticide in a manner inconsistent with its labeling in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). They were also charged with one count of unlawfully killing migratory birds under the Migratory Bird and Treaty Act (MBTA). Allison and Meehan both allegedly applied the pesticide Furadan to their rice crops in order to kill migratory birds. The application resulted in the death of several hundred birds. Both men face a maximum of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine for the FIFRA violation and six months in jail and $5,000 for the MBTA violation. The case was investigated by EPA's Criminal Investigation Division and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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