ON 6/23/99 A CERTIFIED EPA INSPECTOR CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE FACILITY AND INTERVIEWED AND OBTAINED AFFIDAVITS FROM PETE REINSCHMIDT, OWNER OF AIR CROP, NEIL WEBSTER, PILOT FOR AIR CROP AND BEN BIRD, MANAGER OF THE FACILITY. FROM 8/6/97 THRU 8/12/97, MR. WEBSTER USED OR APPLIED PARATHION 8EC TO VARIOUS FIELDS. MR. WEBSTER WAS NOT A CERTIFIED COMMERCIAL AERIAL APPLICATOR AT THE TIME OF THESE APPLICATIONS. PARATHION 8EC IS A RESTRICTED USE PESTICIDE. RESPONDENT IS CHARGED WITH 16 COUNTS OF VIOLATING SECTION 12A OF FIFRA. THE PROPOSED PENALTY FOR THESE VIOLATIONS IS $88,000.