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Meetings
The meeting agenda and accompanying documents will be available one week before the meeting date.
For past meetings, see the Board meeting archive.
IMPORTANT: Please see Board policy for submission of comments and information.
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Board policy for submission of comments and information
- On November 16, 2007, the Board adopted the following policy for submission and distribution of comments and information when conducting routine business (product registration, variances, enforcement actions, etc.):
- For regular, non-rulemaking business, the Board will accept pesticide-related letters, reports, and articles. Reports and articles must be from peer-reviewed journals. E-mail, hard copy, or fax should be sent to the attention of Alex Peacock, Director, at the Board's office or at pesticides@maine.gov. In order for the Board to receive this information in time for distribution and consideration at its next meeting, all communications must be received by 8:00 AM, three days prior to the Board meeting date (e.g., if the meeting is on a Friday, the deadline would be Tuesday at 8:00 AM). Any information received after the deadline will be held over for the next meeting.
- During rulemaking, when proposing new or amending old regulations, the Board is subject to the requirements of the APA (Administrative Procedure Act), and comments must be taken according to the rules established by the Legislature.
NEXT BOARD MEETING
January 15, 2025- Hybrid at the Augusta Civic Center, Kennebec/Penobscot Room
December 6, 2024 - Hybrid in Room 101 Deering Building, Augusta
Additonal Items
- Budget Update (PDF)
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Minutes of the October 25, 2024 Board Meeting (PDF)
- Budget Review
- Funding Request for DACF IPM Program (PDF)
- Case Background Summary, Herbicide Detections, Kittery (PDF)
- BPC Prohibited Acts (PDF)
- BPC Penalties (PDF)
- Service Container Labeling Policy (PDF)
- 2023 Aerial Forestry Report (PDF) (Excel)
- Other Old and New Business
- EPA Releases Rodenticide Strategy, Including Final Biological Evaluation on the Effects of 11 Rodenticides on Endangered Species and Associated Mitigation (PDF) (PDF)
- Municipal Ordinance, Town of Camden (PDF)
- Groundwater Monitoring Plan Revision (PDF)
- EPA Releases Draft Guidance to Support Registration of Pre-saturated Disinfecting Wipes (PDF)
- EPA Makes Thousands of Records on the Agency’s Review of Studies on Pesticides Publicly Available (PDF)
October 25, 2024 - Hybrid in Room 101 Deering Building, Augusta
Correspondence Submitted
- Letter from Mosquito Squad of Southern Maine [PDF]
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Welcome New & Reappointed Board Members
- Minutes of the September 6, 2024 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Groundwater Monitoring Plan Revision [PDF]
- Service & Secondary Container Labeling Policy [PDF]
- Enforcement Protocol Amendment/Update [PDF]
- Report on repeat violations by Mosquito Squad of Southern Maine [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Abenakee Golf Club, Parterre Ecological/Parterre Garden Services, Invasive Species Management, Biddeford [PDF]
- New active ingredient: Pethoxamid, preemergent for turf care submitted for registration [PDF]
- EPA Finalizes Rule to protect farmworkers, Families and Communities from Pesticide Exposures [PDF]
- EPA Updates Mitigation Menu Website with Options to Protect Nontarget Species from Pesticide Runoff [PDF]
- EPA Releases Pesticide and Endangered Species Educational Resources Toolbox [PDF]
- Through an EPA grant BPC will be hosting 50 attendees from Region 1 and Maine for National Certified Investigator/Inspector Training (NCIT) provided by The Council on Licensure, Enforcement & Regulation (CLEAR) in Augusta on November 13, 14, 15, 2024 [PDF]
- E-Commerce Update & Brief Discussion [PDF]
September 6, 2024 - Hybrid in Room 101 Deering Building, Augusta
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Minutes of the July 19, 2024 Board Meeting (PDF)
- Report on Annual Funding to Maine CDC for Mosquito Monitoring (PDF)
- Review Responsibilities of the BPC for the Protection of the Public Health from Mosquito-borne
Disease (PDF) - Workshop Session to Review the Rulemaking Record on the Comments Received Related to
Chapter 60 (PDF) (PPTX) - Update on EPA’s Endangered Species Act Compliance Strategies (PDF)
- Request that the Board consider making pesticides with the active ingredient Tebuthiuron, a State Restricted Use Pesticide (PDF)
- BPC Field Trip
- Other Old and New Business
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Green Thumb Lawn Service, Eddington (PDF)
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Green Thumb Lawn Service, Hudson (PDF)
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Bartlett Tree Expert Co., Portland (PDF)
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Basswood Environmental, LLC, Brooksville (PDF)
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Northeast Vegetation & Mosquito Control, Lewiston (PDF)
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Forest to Shore, Union (PDF)
- Obsolete Pesticide Collection Program Flyer (PDF)
- Town of Athens Herbicide Notification Ordinance (PDF)
- Report: Forever Pesticides: A Growing Source of PFAS Contamination in the Environment (PDF)
- EPA Issues Emergency Order to Stop Use of Pesticide Dacthal (PDF)
- Hiring of Manager of Compliance, Allison Smith
- Retirement of Peggy Lamb after more than 25 years of service to the State of Maine
July 19, 2024- Hybrid in Room 101 Deering Building, Augusta
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Public Hearing on Request to Designate Eagle Lake Water District Wellheads as a Critical Pesticide Control Area
- Minutes of the March 20, 2024 Emergency Board Meeting (PDF) and June 7, 2024 Board Meeting (PDF)
- Workshop Session to Review the Rulemaking Record on Proposed Amendments to Chapters 31, 32, and 50 (PDF)
- Draft Director Appointment Policy (PDF)
- Consideration of a Request for Variance from CMR01-026 Chapter 29 from Green Thumb Lawn Service (grubs) (PDF)
- Consideration of a Request for Variance from CMR01-026 Chapter 29 from Green Thumb Lawn Service (craneflies) (PDF)
- Other Old and New Business
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, RCL Services, LLC (PDF)
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Bartlett Tree Expert Co. (PDF)
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Bartlett Tree Expert Co. (PDF)
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Bartlett Tree Expert Co. (PDF)
- Worcester Holdings Drone Spray Article (PDF)
- Camden Pesticide Ordinance Discussion Article (PDF)
June 7, 2024- Hybrid in Room 101 Deering Building, Augusta
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Public Hearing on Proposed Rule Amendments to Chapters 31, 32, and 50
- Minutes of the April 11, 2024 Board Meeting (PDF)
- Bartlett Tree Expert’s Request for 24(c) Registration for Arbotect
- Request to Designate Eagle Lake Water District Wellheads as a Critical Pesticide Control Area
- Draft Director Appointment Policy (PDF)
- Consideration of Consent Agreement For Orkin LLC DBA Mainely Ticks (PDF)
- Board Member Appointment Updates
- Other Old and New Business
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. (PDF)
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Basswood Environmental, LLC (PDF)
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co. (PDF)
- Review of Pesticide Notification Procedures
- EPA Update: EPA Publishes Update on Herbicide Strategy Progress (PDF)
- EPA Update: EPA Proposes to Cancel All but One Use of Pesticide Acephate to Protect Human Health (PDF)
- Pesticide Registration Review: Proposed Decisions for Several Pesticides (PDF)
- Staff memo: Reporting Requirements for Dealers and Distributors (PDF)
April 11, 2024- Hybrid in Room 101, Deering Building, Augusta
Items Added April 10, 2024
- Eagle Lake Water District Inspection Report (PDF)
- Recommendations for Herbicide Use in State of Maine Owned Railroad Rights-of-Way (PDF)
- April 15, 2025 Memo: Criteria for Issuing Variances from chapter 29, Section 6 for Railroad Spraying (PDF)
- Updated Guide for Potential Rulemaking to Implement Amendments Required by the EPA for Approval of the Maine Pesticide Certification and Training Plan (PDF)
- Updated Potential Rulemaking for Chapter 31 (PDF)
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Minutes of the February 9, 2024 and February 23, 2024 Board Meetings (PDF) (PDF)
- Board Director Appointment
- Election of Officers
- General Conduct Expectations of Members of the Board of Pesticides Control
- Consideration of a Request for Variance from CMR01-026 Chapter 29 from RWC. Inc, to Treat Railroad Rights-of-way in Maine (PDF)
- Review of Chapter 60: Designation of Critical Pesticide Control Areas (PDF)
- Request to Designate Eagle Lake Water District Wellheads as a Critical Pesticide Control Area (PDF)
- Potential Rulemaking on 1770: Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Transition to Electronic Submission of Pesticides Sales and Use Data
- Chapter 50: Draft language (PDF)
- Potential Rulemaking to Implement Amendments Required by the EPA for Approval of the Maine Pesticide Certification and Training Plan (PDF)
- Consideration of Consent Agreement for Ehrlich (PDF)
- Consideration of Consent Agreement for Mainely Grass Holdings, LLC (PDF)
- Other Old and New Business
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Dubois Contracting (PDF)
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Damariscotta Mills Consulting, Inc. (PDF)
- Update on LD 1537 and LD 1960
- Toxicologist Job Advertisement (PDF)
- Environmental Specialist IV: Compliance Manager Job Advertisement (PDF)
- Update on subpoenas for Paraquat
March 20, 2024- Remote Emergency Board Meeting via Microsoft Teams Platform
- Agenda (PDF)
February 23, 2024- Hybrid in Rm 118 Marquardt Building, Augusta
Item Added February 23, 2024
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Minutes of the Emergency February 2, 2024 Meeting (PDF)
- Review of BPC Enforcement Protocol (PDF)
- Potential Rulemaking on 1770: Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Transition to Electronic Submission of Pesticides Sales and Use Data (PDF)
- Update on Report Regarding the Implementation of LD 1770: Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Transition to Electronic Submission of Pesticides Sales and Use Data
- Other Old and New Business
- Review of Revised Adjuvant Policy (PDF)
February 9, 2024- Hybrid in Rm 118 Marquardt Building, Augusta
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Minutes of the December 1, 2023 (PDF)
- Introduction of New Registrar, Julia Vacchiano
- Consideration of a Request for Financial Support from Maine Mobile Health (PDF)
- Update on Implementation of LD 1770: Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Transition to Electronic Submission of Pesticides Sales and Use Data
- Potential Rulemaking on 1770: Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Transition to Electronic Submission of Pesticides Sales and Use Data (PDF) (PDF)
- Draft Adjuvant Policy (PDF)
- Adjuvant Reporting Start Date
- Update to Plant-Incorporated Protectant Technical Committee Policy (PDF) (PDF)
- Board Representation Discussion
- Request for 24(c) Registration for Arsenal Herbicide Applicators Concentrate (PDF)
- Consideration of Consent Agreement for Certified Pest Management of Chelsea, Maine (PDF)
- Consideration of Consent Agreement for Mosquito Squad of Southern Maine of Scarborough, Maine (PDF)
- Consideration of Consent Agreement for TruGreen Lawncare of Westbrook, Maine (PDF)
- Consideration of Consent Agreement for Insight Pest Solutions Maine, LLC of Falmouth, Maine (PDF)
- Consideration of Consent Agreement for Prime Cut Landscaping of Scarborough, Maine (PDF)
- Other Old and New Business
- EPA Update: EPA Takes Action to Protect People from PFAS that Leach from Plastic Containers into Pesticides and Other Products (PDF)
February 2, 2024- Remote Emergency Board Meeting via Microsoft Teams Platform
- Agenda (PDF)
- Rulemaking Record on the Proposed Amendments to Chapter 41 (PDF)
- LD 2189: Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 41:
Special Restrictions on Pesticide Use, a Major Substantive Rule of
the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Board
of Pesticides Control (PDF) - 2012 Plant-Incorporated-Protectant Committee Report (PDF)
CANCELED-January 10, 2023- Hybrid Augusta Civic Center, Kennebec/Penobscot Room
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Minutes of December 1, 2023 Meeting (PDF)
- Update on Implementation of LD 1770: Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Transition to Electronic Submission of Pesticide Sales and Use Data
- Draft Adjuvant Policy (PDF)
- Adjuvant Reporting Start Date
- Request for 24(c) Registration for Arsenal Herbicide Applicators Concentrate (PDF)
- Consideration of Consent Agreement for Certified Pest Management of Chelsea, Maine (PDF)
- Consideration of Consent Agreement for Mosquito Squad of Southern Maine of Scarborough, Maine (PDF)
- Consideration of Consent Agreement for TruGreen Lawncare of Westbrook, Maine (PDF)
- Consideratrion of Consent Agreement for Insight Pest Solutions Maine, LLC of Falmouth, Maine (PDF)
- Other Old and New Business
- EPA Update: EPA Takes Action to Protect People from PFAS that Leach from Plastic Containers into Pesticides and Other Products (PDF)
December 1, 2023- Hybrid in Rm 101 Deering Building, Augusta
Item Added November 28, 2023
- BPC Budget Synopsis (Excel)
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Minutes of the October 13, 2023 Board Meeting (PDF)
- Funding Request for DACF IPM Program (PDF)
- Workshop Session to Review the Rulemaking Record on the Proposed Amendments to Chapter 41 (PDF)
- Update on Implementation of LD 1770: Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Transition to Electronic Submission of Pesticides Sales and Use Data (PDF)
- Draft Adjuvant Policy (PDF)
- Pesticide Regulatory Changes Announced by EPA regarding Bulletins Live! Two and the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (PDF) (PDF)
- Update on Agricultural Container Recycling in Maine by Mark Hudson
- Consideration of Consent Agreement with Green Shield Pest Solutions Saco, Maine (PDF)
- Other Old and New Business
- EPA request for comment on WHITE PAPER: Benefits of the Adoption of Structured Content and Digital Pesticide Labels (PDF)
- EPA Update: EPA Issues Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Public Comment to Seek Additional Information on Use of Pesticide Treated Seed and Paint (PDF)
- EPA Update: EPA Releases Draft Biological Evaluations of Dinotefuran and Acetamiprid Effects on Endangered Species (PDF)
- EPA Update: EPA Publishes New Webpage to Answer Frequently Asked Questions on the EPA/FDA Whitepaper on Modernizing Oversight of Products for Animals Regulated as Pesticides or New Animal Drugs (PDF)
- EPA Update: The Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology (PDF)
- EPA Update: EPA Proposes Updates to Strengthen the Safer Choice Standard (PDF)
- EPA Update: EPA Approves Strengthened Pesticide Safety Plans for Certifying Applicators (PDF)
- Article: Federal appeals court sides with agriculture on chlorpyrifos (PDF)
October 13, 2023- Hybrid in Rm 101 Deering Building, Augusta
- BPC proposed changes to Chapter 20
- Version 1: Original Version Unspecified (DOCX)
- Version 2: Specifying Section 7 (B) Applies to Same Applicator (DOCX)
- Version 3: Specifying Section 7 (B) Applies to Different Applicators Same Company(DOCX)
Item Added October, 10, 2023
- BPC Expenditure Report (Excel)
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Minutes of the September 1, 2023 Board Meeting (PDF)
- Workshop Sesson to Review the Rulemaking Record on the Proposed Amendments to Chapters 20, 31, 32 and 41
- LD 1770 Sales and Use Reporting
- Revised BPC Budget Review (Excel)
- Discussion About Registration of Repellent Clothing
- Memo and Supporting Documents (PDF)
- Update on Agricultural Container Recycling in Maine
- Other Old and New Business
- EEE Press Release (PDF)
- Press Release on Drone Use in Herbicide Applications in Maine (PDF)
- Variance Permit for CMR01-26 Chapter 29, RCL Services, LLC (PDF)
- Variance Permit for CMR01-26 Chapter 29, Midcoast Conservancy (PDF)
- EPA Update: DCPA (Dacthal) Technical Product Suspended (PDF)
- EPA Update: New Active Ingredient Fluazaindolizine Registered (PDF)
- EPA Update: Proposes New Mitigations for TCVP (PDF)
- EPA Update: Upcoming Webinar on Understanding Bulletins Live! Two November 9, 2023 (PDF)
- EPA Update: Approves New Mitigations for Cyantraniliprole as Part of ESA Protections (PDF)
- EPA Update: Public Comment Period on Proposal to Register Novel Pesticide Technology for Potato Crops (PDF)
September 1, 2023- Hybrid Public Hearing on Rulemaking Followed by Meeting in Rm 101 Deering Building, Augusta
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Public Hearing on Proposed Rule Amendments to Chapters 20, 31, 32 and 41 (PDF)
- Minutes of the July 21, 2023 and July 27, 2023 Board Meetings (PDF) (PDF)
- State of Maine Certification & Training Plan (PDF)
- EPA Letter of Approval for Maine Certification & Training Plan (PDF)
- LD 1770 Sales & Use Reporting Memo (PDF)
- Funding Request for DACF IPM Program (PDF)
- Endangered Species Act (ESA) Changes Approaching for Pesticide Registration & Labeling
- Directory to below documents (PDF)
- Draft Herbicide Strategy Framework to Reduce Exposure of Federally Listed Endangered and Threatened Species and Designated Critical Habitats from the Use of Conventional Agricultural Herbicides (PDF)
- Vulnerable Listed (Endangered and Threatened) Species Pilot Project: Proposed Mitigations, Implementation Plan, and Possible Expansion (PDF)
- State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Comments regarding EPA’s Vulnerable Listed (Endangered and Threatened) Species Pilot Project (PDF)
- EPA Vulnerable Species Pilot Project (PPT)
- EPA Proposed Herbicide Strategy (PPT)
- Discussion About Registration of Repellent Clothing (PDF)
- Other Old & New Business
July 27, 2023- Remote Emergency Board Meeting via Microsoft Teams Platform
July 21, 2023- Hybrid in Rm 101 Deering Building, Augusta
Additonal Item Added July 18, 2023
- Letter to the Board from Luanne Timmerman [PDF]
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Minutes of the June 9, 2023 [PDF]
- Draft Adjuvant Policy [PDF]
- LD 1770 Sales & Use Reporting Memo[PDF]
- LD 1770 "Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Transition to Electronic Submission of Pesticides Sales and Use Data" [PDF]
- Review and Discussion of Potential Rulemaking Topics [PDF]
- Concept Rulemaking Lanugage [PDF]
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Starbucks [PDF]
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Amerlia and Arthur Bond [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- Email from Chantal Longo-Guess[PDF]
- Exerpt from LD 258 "An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2025" [PDF]
- EPA Requires Additional Mitigation Measures for Seresto Pet Collars[PDF]
- Portland Press Herald Article Published June 6, 2023 (PDF) (link to article)
- Minutes of the April 7, 2023 Board Meeting (PDF)
- Review of Board Responsibilities and Procedures
- Election of Officers
- Review fo the Board Budget (PDF)
- LD 1770 Sales & Use Reporting
- Discussion and Update on Container Fluorination (PDF) (PDF)
- Staff Memo on Possible Addition of Balsam Wooly Adelgid to the Board's Policy on Approved Invasive Invertebrate Pests On Ornamental Vegetation In Outdoor Residential Landscapes For Neonicotinoids Exemption (PDF)
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Davey Tree Expert Company Gorham, Maine (PDF)
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Osmose Utilities Services, Inc (PDF)
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Cannabis Culture (PDF)
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Cunningham Cultivation (PDF)
- Other Old and New Business
- Policy on Clarification of Distribution (PDF)
- Letter From Xavier Asbridge of IPM of New Hampshire on the use of neonicotinoids in residential landscapes for invasive species (PDF)
- Email and article from Heather Spaulding, MOFGA (PDF)
- LD 1960: “An Act to Support Farming in Maine by Extending the Deadline for Manufacturers of Products Containing Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances to Report on Those Products”
- EPA Update: "EPA Completes Scientific Testing of Pesticide Products for PFAS" (PDF)
- Center for Biological Diversity: PFAS Contamination of Pesticide Products (PDF)
- Posting- Board of Pesticides Control Director Position (PDF)
- Letter from Graham Zorn, Crop Life America (CLA) and Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment (RISE) [PDF]
- EPA Letter to Various Parties about Fluorinated Polyolefin Containers [PDF]
- FDA Letter to Manufacturers, Distributors, and Users of Fluorinated Polyethylene Food Contact Articles [PDF]
- BPC Budget Synopsis [PDF]
- Minutes of the February 24, 2023 [PDF] and March 15, 2023 Board Meetings [PDF]
- Review of the Board Budget [PDF]
- Review and Discussion of Potential Rulemaking Topics [PDF]
- Staff Memo on Proposed Water Quality Monitoring Related to Aerial [PDF]
- Staff Memo on Clarification of Distribution [PDF]
- Staff Memo on Potential Cancellation of Special Local Need (SLN), Section 24(c) Registrations [PDF]
- Staff Memo on Possible Addition of Elongate Hemlock Scale to the Board’s Policy on Approved Invasive Invertebrate Pests On Ornamental Vegetation In Outdoor Residential Landscapes For Neonicotinoids Exemption [PDF] [PDF]
- Consideration of Consent Agreement with BD Grass & Sons, Blaine, Maine [PDF]
- Consideration of Consent Agreement with Mosquito Deleto, Sandown, New Hampshire [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- Update on 2023 pesticide product registration
- Variance Permit for CMR01-26 Chapter 29, Maine Department of Transportation [PDF]
- Variance Permit for CMR01-26 Chapter 29, RWC, Inc [PDF]
- Letter from Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) regarding recently collected pesticide product registration related affidavits and confidentiality [PDF]
- Possible bill on use and sales reporting
- Update on container barrier treatments
- Article submitted by Heather Spaulding, MOFGA [PDF]
- Update on 2023 Pesticide Product Registration Renewal Progress
- Syngenta Letter Re Maine Product Registration Renewal [PDF]
- Legislative Response to the BPC Letter Regarding LD 2019 and Container Rulemaking
- Review and Discussion of Potential Rulemaking Topics [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- Letter from Crop Life America Regarding LD 264 [PDF]
- Minutes of the December 2, 2022 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Minutes of the January 11, 2023 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Minutes of the January 20, 2023 Emergency Board Meeting [PDF]
- Report on 2022 Work Accomplished and Request for Funds for Mosquito Monitoring from the Integrated Pest Management Program [PDF]
- Staff Memo: Status of Commercial Category 7C in Chapter 31 [PDF]
- Staff Memo: Residential Property [PDF]
- Review and Discussion of Potential Rulemaking Topics [PDF]
- Discussion of Staff Report Describing the Nature of Herbicide Applications on School Grounds in Maine [PDF]
- Staff Memo: Clarify the Definition of Adjuvants to Include/Exclude Colorants [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- BPC Letter re LD 2019 and Container Rulemaking [PDF]
- Update on 2023 pesticide product registration renewal progress
- Update on LD 8—An Act to Increase Support for the Modernization of the Board of Pesticides Control by Increasing the Annual Pesticide Registration Fee
- Report from the University of Maine to BPC and ACF Committee on Pesticide Safety Education and Training in 2022 [PDF]
- Agenda [PDF]
- Consideration of a Request for Financial Support from Maine Mobile Health [PDF]
- Consideration of a Request to Extend Special Local Need [24(c)] Registration for Sandea Herbicide (Canyon Group and Gowan Company) to Manage Perennial Broadleaf Weeds in Lowbush Blueberries in the Nonbearing Year [PDF]
- Toxicological Memo [PDF]
- Discussion of Work Completed and Proposed by the Massachusetts Glyphosate Commission [PDF]
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Avesta Housing, Portland, Maine [PDF]
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Green Thumb Lawn Services, Brewer, Maine [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- Letter from Jody Spear and article from Biological Conservation [PDF]
- Overview of 2022 certification trainings
- Overview of 2023 pesticide product registration renewal progress
- LD 8—An Act to Increase Support for the Modernization of the Board of Pesticides Control by Increasing the Annual Pesticide Registration Fee [PDF]
- Recent EPA complaint pertaining to container fluorination [PDF]
- Letter to Board from CropLife Amercia and Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment [PDF]
- Public comment to Board Regarding Rodent Bait [PDF]
- EPA Proposes New Mitigation Measures for Rodenticides, Including Pilot for Protecting Endangered Species [PDF]
- Corteva Agriscience Letter Regarding Extension of Special Local Need Request [PDF]
- Minutes of the October 21, 2022 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Request to Extend Special Local Need [24(c)] Registration for Callisto Herbicide (Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.) for Broadleaf Weeds in Lowbush Blueberries in the Bearing and Nonbearing Years [PDF]
- Toxicological Memo—Callisto [PDF]
- Request to Extend Special Local Need [24(c)] Registration for Milestone Herbicide (Corteva Agrisciences) for Herbaceous Broadleaf Weeds and Woody Plants for Forest Site Preparation [PDF]
- Toxicological Memo—Milestone [PDF]
- Discussion of Progress on the Risk Assessment of Herbicide Use On School Grounds And Human Health Impacts As Proposed by the Medical Advisory Committee and Directed by the Board [PDF]
- Discussion of Progress on Water Quality Monitoring Related to Aerially Applied Herbicides in Forestry [PDF]
- Discussion of Sales and Use Reporting [PDF]
- Discussion of a Possible Board Planning Session [PDF]
- Discussion of Pesticide Product Affidavit Submission and By Request Limited Duration Extensions [PDF]
- Discussion of Reciprocal Certification of Applicators Based On Certification Issued by Another State [PDF]
- Discussion of Guidelines for In-person, Virtual, Taped Video, and On-line Recertification Courses [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- Minutes of the August 5, 2022 Board Meeting [PDF]
- LD 2019—An Act To Require the Registration of Adjuvants in the State and To Regulate the Distribution of Pesticides with Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances [PDF]
- Staff Memo: Summary of the August 5, 2022 Board Discussion of Pesticide Container Regulation [PDF]
- Staff Memo: PFAS Container Contamination Updates [PDF]
- EPA's Study of PFAS Leaching from Fluorinated HDPE Containers [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- Variance Permit for CMR01-26 Chapter 29, Green Thumb Lawn Services [PDF]
- Variance permit for CMR01-26 Chapter 29, Green Thumb Lawn Services [PDF]
- Variance permit for CMR01-026 Chapter 29, Green Thumb Lawn Services [PDF]
- Board Member Remote Participation Policy [PDF]
- Adopted--Policy on Emergency Permitting for Neonicotinoids Exemption [PDF]
- Adopted--Policy on Approved Invasive Invertebrate Pests on Ornamental Vegetation in Outdoor Residential Landscape [PDF]
- EPA Memo--EPA Proposes to Stop Authorized Use of Certain PFAS In Pesticide Products [PDF]
- Published Article—Targeted analysis and Total Oxidizable Precursor assay of several insecticides for PFAS [PDF]
- Mosquito Monitoring [DOC]
- NEVBD Pesticide Resistance Monitoring Overview 2022 [PDF]
- NEVBD Pesticide Resistance Specimen Submission Form [PDF]
- Culex pipiens Collection Kit [PDF]
- Minutes of the June 17, 2022 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Continuing Discussion on Annual Funding to Maine CDC for Mosquito Monitoring
- LD 2019—An Act to Require the Registration of Adjuvants in the State and to Regulate the Distribution of Pesticides with Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances [PDF]
- Links to associated 49 CFR Sections referenced in above documents:
- Adoption of Proposed Rule Amendments to Chapter 41 [PDF]
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Nervous Ticks, Edgecomb, Maine [PDF]
- Board Discussion/Review of Penalties and Assessment Rationale [PDF]
- Consideration/Adoption of Board Policies Relative to Invasive Invertebrate Pests and Emergency Uses of Neonicotinoids [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- Minutes of the May 6, 2022 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Public Hearing on Proposed Rule Amendments to Chapter 41 [PDF]
- Report on Annual Funding to Maine CDC for Mosquito Monitoring [PPTX]
- LD 2019—An Act To Require the Registration of Adjuvants in the State and To Regulate the Distribution of Pesticides with Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances [PDF] Staff Memo [PDF]
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Caribou Country Club, Caribou, Maine [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- Chlorpyrifos Use Permit Policy for Applicators Intending to Use Existing Stocks of Chlorpyrifos [PDF]
- Press Inquiry about SLN Decision
- Other Items?
- Minutes of the April 1, 2022 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Consideration of a Request for Variance from Chapter 29 from Davey Tree Expert Company—Railroad Division, to Treat Railroad Rights-of-way in Maine
- Review and Potential Adoption of Proposed Amendments to Chapter 20 and Re-initiating Rulemaking for Chapter 41 [PDF]
- Chlorpyrifos Use Permit Policy for Applicators Intending to Use Existing Stocks of Chlorpyrifos, Purchased Before January 1, 2022, On Sites Other Than Crops Intended For Human Consumption [PDF]
- Review of the Board Budget [PDF]
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Brownies Landscaping, Whitefield, Maine [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- LD 2019—An Act To Require the Registration of Adjuvants in the State and To Regulate the Distribution of Pesticides with Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances [PDF]
- LD 2021—An Act To Collect Pesticide Sales and Use Records for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public
- Variance Permit for CMR 01-026 Chapter 29, Vegetation Control Services, Inc.—Robinson’s Wood, Cape Elizabeth [PDF]
- Variance Permit for CMR 01-026 Chapter 29, New England Spray Technologies—Marginal Way, Ogunquit [PDF]
- Update on risk assessment of herbicide use on school grounds and human health impacts as proposed by the Medical Advisory Committee
- Minutes of the February 25, 2022 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Overview of Board Member Responsibilities
- Review and Potential Adoption of Proposed Amendments to Chapters 20 and 41
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Caleb Bell, Senior of New Limerick, Maine [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- LD 2019—An Act To Require the Registration of Adjuvants in the State and To Regulate the Distribution of Pesticides with Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances [PDF]
- LD 2021—An Act To Collect Pesticide Sales and Use Records for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public [PDF]
- EPA Letter to Various Parties about Fluorinated Polyolefin Containers [PDF]
- Variance Permit for CMR 01-026 Chapter 29, Vegetation Control Services, Inc. [PDF]
- Other items?
- Minutes of the January 11, 2022 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Report on 2021 Work Accomplished and Request for Funds for Mosquito Monitoring from the Integrated Pest Management Program [PDF]
- Adaura, LLC Request for 24(c) Registration for GoalTenderTM Herbicide
- Public Hearing on Proposed Rule Amendments to Chapters 20 and 41 [PDF]
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement With Green Shield Pest Solutions [PDF]
- Election of Officers
- Other Old and New Business
- Summary of 2022 Ag Trades Show Activities--Pietroski
- Executive Order 41 FY 20/21 Proposed Water Quality Project--Bryer [PDF]
- Briefing on LD 519 (MAC and Herbicide Use on School Grounds) Report for the Legislature’s ACF Committee—February 15, 2022
- Briefing on LD 264 (PFAS) Report for the Legislature’s ACF Committee—February 17, 2022
- Briefing on LD 524 (Collection of Pesticide Use and Sales Information) Report for the Legislature’s ACF Committee—February 24, 2022
- Other items?
- Report on Funds Collected by the University of Maine System From the Pesticide Container Fee [PDF]
- Executive Order 41: Draft Report on the Review of Aerial Application of Herbicides for Forest Management [PDF]
- Interim Report of the Board of Pesticides Control Medical Advisory Committee to the 130th Maine State Legislature on LD 519 and Herbicides Applied on School Grounds [PDF]
- Public Hearing on Proposed Rule Amendments to Chapters 20 and 41 [PDF]
- Minutes of the November 19, 2021 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Request for Financial Support from the Maine Mobile Health Program and the Eastern Maine Development Corporation [PDF]
- Medical Advisory Committee Interim Report on Herbicide Use at Schools and Human Health
- Other Old and New Business
- LD 264 Final Report [PDF]
- LD 524 Final Report [PDF]
- Executive Order 41 FY 20/21 Listening Session and Final Report
- Staff Update on the Contract for Testing Center Exam Administration [PDF]
- CropLife Article on First U.S. T-30 Drone Approval Granted [PDF]
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Literature Review on Unmanned Aerial Spray Systems in Agriculture [PDF]
- Other items?
- Minutes of the August 16, 2021 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Minutes of the October 8, 2021 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Request to extend a Special Local Need [24(c)] Registration for Arsenal Herbicide with
Applicators Concentrate for Increased Surfactant Rate When Used in Combination with
Glyphosate for Jack Pine, Red Spruce and White Spruce Release [PDF] - Staff Memo: Feasible Definition of PFAS in Pesticide Products [PDF]
- Continued Review of Potential Rulemaking Concepts Pertaining to LD 155 (neonicotinoids used in residential turf/landscape management) and Discussion of Next Steps for Proposed Rulemaking in Response to LD 264 (PFAS affidavits and registration of pesticide products) and LD 316 (chlorpyrifos use prohibition) [PDF]
- 10 Cities Project [PDF] [PDF]
- 2021 Preliminary Water Quality Monitoring Related to Aerially Applied Herbicides in Forestry [PDF]
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Mosquito Squad of Southern Maine, Scarborough, Maine [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- Obsolete Pesticide Collection Results [PDF]
- LD 264 Final Report—January 15, 2022
- LD 519 Final Report—February 1, 2022
- LD 524 Final Report—January 1, 2022
- Executive Order 41 Final Report—Due January 2, 2022
- Medical Advisory Committee Update
- Other items?
- Minutes of the August 27, 2021 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Introduction of Dr. Hillary Peterson, Integrated Pest Management Specialist with the
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry - Staff Memo: Introduction of Laboratory Equipment for Pesticide Analyses [PDF]
- Staff Memo: Feasible Definition of PFAS in Pesticide Products [PDF]
- Review of Potential Rulemaking Concepts Pertaining to LD 155 (neonicotinoids used in residential turf/landscape management) and LD 264 (registration affidavits related to PFAS and container fluorination)
- 2021 Preliminary Water Quality Monitoring Related to Aerially Applied Herbicides in Forestry
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Central Exterminating Services, Inc., Lincolnville, Maine [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- Obsolete Pesticide Collection Press Release [PDF]
- LD 1503—An Act to Stop Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Pollution
- EPA’s Analytical Chemistry Branch Method for the Analysis of PFAS in an Oily Matrix [PDF]
- Comments in Response to LD 155 and 524 Received After the August Board Meeting [PDF] [PDF]
- Massachusetts Spotted Lanternfly Pest Alert [PDF]
- Medical Advisory Committee Update
- Other Items?
- Letter Regarding LD 155 [PDF]
- Powered Application of Disinfectants Email [PDF]
- Letter From Maine Association of Independent Schools [PDF]
- Letter from the Educational Plant Maintenance Association of Maine [PDF]
- Letter from the Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment (LD 264) [PDF]
- Letter from the Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment (LD 155) [PDF]
- Email from Mosquito Squad of Southern Maine [PDF]
- Minutes of the July 16, 2021 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Stakeholder Information Gathering Work Session on LD 155—Resove, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Prohibit the Use of Certain Neonicotinoids for Outdoor Residential Use [PDF]
- Stakeholder Information Gathering Work Session on LD 264—Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control To Gather Information Relating to Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the State [PDF]
- Stakeholder Information Gathering Work Session on LD 524—Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control To Research Workable Methods To Collect Pesticide Sales and Use Records for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public [PDF]
- Discussion of Powered Application of Disinfectants and Licensing Requirements [PDF]
- Review of Potential Rulemaking Concepts Pertaining to LD 316—An Act To Prohibit the Use of Chlorpyrifos [PDF]
- Proposed Ad Hoc Member of the Medical Advisory Committee [PDF]
- Consideration of Enforcement Action with Mosquito Squad of Southern Maine [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- State Plan update (Pietroski)
- Online Exams update (Pietroski)
- Governor’s Office Executive Order 41 FY 20/21 update (Patterson) [PDF]
- LD 808—An Act to Repeal the Pesticide Container Fee and Tick Laboratory and Pest management Fund [PDF]
- Final Remote Meeting Policy [PDF]
- Revised Medical Advisory Committee Policy [PDF]
- Other items?
- Minutes of the April 16, 2021 Board Meeting [PDF]
- LD 155—Resove, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Prohibit the Use of Certain Neonicotinoids for Outdoor Residential Use [PDF]
- LD 264—Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control To Gather Information Relating to Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the State {PDF]
- LD 316—An Act To Prohibit the Use of Chlorpyrifos [PDF]
- LD 519—An Act To Protect Children from Exposure to Toxic Chemicals [PDF]
- LD 524—Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control To Research Workable Methods To Collect Pesticide Sales and Use Records for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public [PDF]
- Executive Order 41 FY 2021 [PDF]
- Review of 2021 Legislative and Governor Directives [PDF]
- Medical Advisory Committee Policy Revision [PDF]
- Consent Agreement [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- Email from Asher Putterman [PDF]
- Letter from Conservation Law Foundation and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility [PDF]
- Letter from Versant Power [PDF]
- Variance Permit for CMR 01-026 Chapter 29, Maine Department of Transportation, Bureau of Maintenance & Operations [PDF]
- Variance Permit for CMR 01-026 Chapter 29, RWC, Inc. [PDF]
- Variance Permit for CMR 01-026, Chapter 29, Asplundh Tree Expert Co. - Railroad Division [PDF]
- Variance Permit for CMR 01-026, Chapter 29, Acadia National Park [PDF]
- LD 226—An Act To Limit the Use of Hydrofluorocarbons To Fight Climate Change [PDF]
- LD 771—An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certification [PDF]
- LD 1159—An Act to Amend the Membership Requirements of the Board of Pesticides Control [PDF]
- Minutes of the April 16, 2021 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Continuation of the BPC Budget Review with a Focus on the Cost of MePERLS Support, Mainetenance, Hosting, and Licensing
- Other Old and New Business
- Email from Asher Putterman [PDF]
- Letter from Conservation Law Foundation and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility [PDF]
- Letter from Versant Power [PDF]
- LD 125—An Act to Prohibit the Aerial Spraying of Glyphosate and Other Synthetic Herbicides for the Purpose of Silviculture
- LD 155—Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Prohibit the Use of Certain Neonicotinoids for Outdoor Residential Use [PDF]
- LD 264—An Act to Prohibit Aerial Application of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances [PDF]
- LD 316—An Act to Prohibit the Use of Chlorpyrifos [PDF]
- LD 519—An Act to Protect Children from Exposure to Toxic Chemicals
- LD 524—An Act to Require Schools to Submit Pest Management Activity Logs to the Board of Pesticides Control and the Posting of Inspection Results for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public
- LD 808—An Act to Clarify the Funding for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory
- LD 1158—An Act Regarding the Application of Certain Pesticides for Nonagricultural Use
- LD 1159—An Act to Amend the Membership Requirements of the Board of Pesticides Control
- LD 1599—An Act to Provide Maine People with Access to Information Regarding the Use of Pesticides in Maine
- Variance Permit for CMR 01-026 Chapter 29, Maine Department of Transportation, Bureau of Maintenance & Operations [PDF]
- Variance Permit for CMR 01-026 Chapter 29, RWC, Inc. [PDF]
- Variance Permit for CMR 01-026 Chapter 29, Asplundh Tree Expert Co.- Railroad Division [PDF]
- Variance Permit for CMR 01-026 Chapter 29, Acadia National Park [PDF]
- Minutes of the March 5, 2021 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Report on Annual Funding to Maine CDC for Mosquito Monitoring
- Updated Reporting on Pesticide Poisonings in Maine [PDF}
- Soggy Lawns [PDF]
- Review of Board Member Terms and Appointments
- Continuation of the BPC Budget Review with a Focus on the Cost of MePERLS Support, Mainetenance, Housing and Licensing
- Other Old and New Business
- LD 125—An Act to Prohibit the Aerial Spraying of Glyphosate and Other Synthetic Herbicides for the Purpose of Silviculture—possible work session week of April 26, 2021
- LD 155—Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Prohibit the Use of Certain Neonicotinoids for Outdoor Residential Use—divided report March 9, 2021 [PDF]
- LD 264—An Act to Prohibit Aerial Application of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances—work session not scheduled
- LD 316—An Act to Prohibit the Use of Chlorpyrifos—work session April 20, 2021
- LD 519—An Act to Protect Children from Exposure to Toxic Chemicals—voted out of committee April 8, 2021—divided report
- LD 524—An Act to Require Schools to Submit Pest Management Activity Logs to the Board of Pesticides Control and the Posting of Inspection Results for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public—tabled April 8, 2021 to be scheduled with the hearing for LR 1896—An Act To Provide Maine People with Access to Information Regarding the Use of Pesticides in Maine
- LD 808—An Act To Clarify the Funding for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory—hearing not scheduled [PDF]
- LD 1158—An Act Regarding the Application of Certain Pesticides for Nonagricultural Use—hearing scheduled April 13, 2021 [PDF]
- LD 1159—An Act To Amend the Membership Requirements of the Board of Pesticides Control—hearing scheduled April 13, 2021 [PDF]
- Spruce Budworm in Maine
- Policy Regarding Interpretation of CMR 01-01A, Chapter 26 Section 3(B) Notification and Posting in the Context of Powered Application of General Use Antimicrobial Pesticides for Routine Cleaning [PDF]
- Update on EPA investigation of container fluorination, pesticides, and PFAS
- Proposed municipal ordinance—Westmanland [PDF]
- Seresto collars
- EPA proposed cancellation of pentachlorophenol [PDF]
- Minutes of the January 20, 2021 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Report on 2020 Work Accomplished and Request for Funds for Mosquito Monitoring From the Integrated Pest Management Program
- Draft Policy Regarding Interpretation of CMR 01-01A, Chapter 26 Section 3(B) Notification and Posting in the Context of Powered Application of General Use Antimicrobial Pesticides for Routine Cleaning [PDF]
- Election of Officers
- Other Old and New Business
- Repetitive Overseeding for Ecological Management of Grass Playing Fields. Horticultural Science, 2021. [PDF]
- LD 125 An Act to Prohibit the Aerial Spraying of Glyphosate and Other Synthetic Herbicides for the Purpose of Silviculture—hearing scheduled for March 2, 2021 [PDF]
- LD 155 Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Prohibit the Use of Certain Neonicotinoids for Outdoor Residential Use—work session scheduled for March 2, 2021 [PDF]
- LD 226 An Act to Limit the Use of Hydrofluorocarbons to Fight Climate Change [PDF]
- LD 264 An Act to Prohibit Aerial Application of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances [PDF]
- LD 316 An Act to Prohibit the Use of Chlorpyrifos—hearing scheduled for March 2, 2021 [PDF]
- LD 355 An Act to Require Pest Disclosure in All Real Estate Transactions [PDF]
- LD 519 An Act to Protect Children from Exposure to Toxic Chemicals [PDF]
- LD 524 An Act to Require Schools to Submit Pest Management Activity Logs to the Board of Pesticides Control and the Posting of Inspection Results for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public [PDF]
- University of Maine Extension Pesticides Education Report 2021 [PDF]
- University of Maine Pesticide Container Fee Report 2021 [PDF]
- Board of Pesticides Control Fund Report 2021 [PDF]
- Environmental Specialist II Direct Hire Bulletin [PDF]
- Environmental Risk Assessment Committee (ERAC) and Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) Policies
- Update on EPA Investigation of Container Fluorination [PDF]
- Minutes of the November 6, 2020 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Request for Financial Support from the Maine Mobile Health Prpgram and the Eastern Maine Development Corporation [PDF]
- Continuation of the BPC Budget Review with a Focus on the Cost of MEPERLS Support, Maintenance, Hosting, and Licensing
- Request for Special Local Need [24(c)] Registration for Express Herbicide with TotalSol (FMC Corporation) for Spot Application and Bunchberry Control in Lowbush Blueberries [PDF]
- Interpretation of CMR 01-01A, Chapter 26, Section 3(B) in the Context of Powered Application of General Use Antimicrobial Pesticides for the Management of SARS-CoV-2 [PDF]
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Daley Green Services DBA Green Home Solutions, Belfast, Maine [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- 2022: Jan 14, Feb 25, April 1, May 6, June 17, August 5, October 21, December 2
- 2021: Jan 20, Mar 5, April 16, July 16, August 27, October 8
- 2020: Jan15, Feb 28, June 2, July 24, August 17, September 18
- 2019: Jan 16, Mar 8, April 19, Jun 7, July15, Sept13, Nov8
- 2018: Jan 10, Feb 23, April 6, May 18, June 1, July 13, August 15, November 16
- 2017: Jan 11, Feb 17, March 31, May 12, June 23, October 27
- 2016: Jan 13, Feb 19, March 25, May 13, August 19, September 23, November 4, December 16
- 2015: Jan 14, April 24, June 5, July 10, August 28, November 13, December 18
- 2014: Jan 8, Feb 21, March 28, May 16, June 27, August 8, Sept 12, Oct 24, Dec 5
- 2013: Jan 18, March 1, April 12, May 24, July 26, Sept 6, Oct 18, Dec 13
- 2012: Feb 24, March 12, March 30, May 11, Feb 12, June 15, July 27, Sept 7, Oct 26, Dec 7
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- Minutes of the September 18, 2020 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Presentation from the Office of Marijuana Policy (OMP) on the Regulation of Pesticide Use
in Maine Cannabis Production [PDF] - Continuation of the BPC Budget Review with a Focus on the Cost of MEPERLs Support,
Maintenance, Hosting, and Licensing [PDF] - Consideration of the EPA Special Local Need [FIFRA Section 24(c)] Request to Extend the
Use of Sandea Herbicide (Canyon Group and Gowan Company) to Manage Perennial
Broadleaf Weeds in Lowbush Blueberries in the Non-Bering Year [PDF] - Consideration of a Board Policy to Assess the Standard Registration Fee for Review of
Section 24(c) Registrations [PDF] - Consideration of a Board Policy on Approaches for Confirming Attendance of Live, On-line Recertification Training Courses [PDF]
- Other Old and New Business
- 2020 Obsolete Pesticide Program Review [PDF]
- Ag Trades Show Update
- Fall Recertification Programming Review
- Minutes of the July 24, 2020 Regular and August 17, 2020 Emergency Board Meetings [PDF]
- Request for Variance From Chapter 29 for White Grub Management in Harpswell [PDF]
- Additional Requests for Limited Duration Exemptions From Commercial Certification/Licensing for Custodial Staff Applying General Use Antimicrobials with Powered Application Equipment for the Purposes of Routine Cleaning in Facilities Open to the Public [PDF]
- Review of 2017-2019 Complaints/Inquiries Summary [PDF]
- Continuation of the BPC Budget Review [PDF]
- Proposed Policy on Facilitating Efficiency and Communication with the Maine Pesticide Notification Registry for Non-Agricultural Pesticide Applications [PDF]
- Board IPM Outreach/Education Campaign
- Other Old & New Business
- Variance Permit to Elizabeth Farrell for Control of Japanese Knotweed in New Poland [PDF]
- Variance Permit to Basswood Environmental, LLC for Control of Invasive Plants in Cape Elizabeth [PDF]
- Revised Biological Policy Pertaining to Browntail Moth Control [PDF]
- Executive Order of the Governor 7 FY 20/21 [PDF]
- Schedule of Future Meetings
- Agenda [PDF]
- Letter from Educational Plant Maintenance Association [PDF]
- School Custoidial Certification for Powered Application of General Use Antimicrobials Memo [PDF]
- Minutes of the June 2, 2020 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Report on Annual Funding to Maine CDC for Mosquito Monitoring [PDF]
- Request to Extend Special Local Need [24(c)] Registration for Milestone Herbicide (Corteva Agriscience) for Herbaceous Broadleaf Weed and Woody Plants for Forest Site Preperation [PDF]
- Review of Biological Pesticides for Treatment of Browntail Moth near Marine Waters [PDF]
- Proposed Minimum Standards for Live and Pre-recorded Online Recertification Courses [PDF]
- Updating the Notification Process to Facilitate Improved Communication [PDF]
- Review of Budget [PDF]
- Water Quality Monitoring Proposal [PDF]
- Other Old & New Business
- Variance Permit for Taylor's Invasive Plant Control [PDF]
- Future Format for Board Meetings
- Schedule of Future Meetings
- Letter from Lauchlin Titus [PDF]
- Letter from UMaine Cooperative Extension Maine Pesticide Safety Education Program for 2020-2021 [PDF]
- Certification and Licensing ProgramUpdate
- Neonicotinoid Registration Reviews [PDF]
- Pesticide Container Fee Webpage
- Notification Update
- Budget Update
- Variance Permit for Asplundh Tree Experts—Railroad Division [PDF]
- Variance Permit for Dubois Contracting [PDF]
- Letter from Emera Maine [PDF]
- Water Quality Monitoring Update
- Falmouth Municipal Ordinance [PDF]
- Minutes of the January 15, 2020 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Report on 2019 Work Accomplished and Request for Funds for Mosquito Monitoring From Integrated Pest Management Program [PDF]
- Request to Extend Special Local Need [24(c)] Registration for Asulox Herbicide (UPL NA Inc.) for Braken Fern in Wild Blueberries [PDF}
- Board Review of Notification Requirements
- Other Items of Interest
- LD 2069 [PDF]
- LD 2070 [PDF]
- LD 2082 [PDF]
- LD 2083 [PDF]
- Forestry Report and Public Law 2019 Chapter 84 [PDF]
- Board of Pesticides Control 2019 Government Evaluation Act Report [PDF]
- Policy Describing the Environmental Risk Assessment Committee [PDF]
- Policy Describing the Medical Advisory Committee [PDF]
- Public Law 2020 Chapter 584 and Fiscal Note [PDF]
- Policy on Allowable Pesticides for Control of Browntail Moth Within 250 Feet of Marine Waters [PDF]
- Neonicotinoid Registration Reviews
- Lorsban Manufacture
- Email and article From Jody Spear [PDF]
- Second Email and Article From Jody Spear [PDF]
- Letter From Paul Schlein [PDF]
- Email From JoAnn Myers [PDF]
- Minutes of the November 8, 2019 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Request for Financial Support for the Maine Migrant Health Program and the Eastern Maine Development Corporation [PDF]
- Request for Financial Support for the Maine State Apiarist CLEAR Training [PDF]
- Request to Review Board Notification Requirements [PDF]
- Discussion of Board Approved Products for Control of Browntail Moth Within 250 feet of Marine Waters [PDF]
- Request for Funding to Support Americorps Steward [PDF]
- Consideration of Consent Agreement with Triest Ag Group, Greenville, North Carolina [PDF]
- Consideration of Consent Agreement with TruGreen Lawncare, Westbrook [PDF]
- Correspondence
- Email and Article from Jody Spear [PDF]
- Other Items of Interest
- LD 1888 [PDF]
- Email from Lauchlin Titus [PDF]
- Bulletin from Lauchlin Titus [PDF]
- Presentation from Lauchlin Titus [PDF]
- Minutes of the September 13, 2019 Meeting [PDF]
- Program Overview for Maine State Apiary Program [PDF]
- Request to Review Board Notification Requirements [PDF]
- Presentation and Review of the Board of Pesticides Control, DACF, State of Maine Certification Plan [PDF]
- 2019 Obsolete Pesticide Collection Review [PDF]
- Progress Report on Collaborative Efforts to Reevaluate the Pesticide Active Ingredients Allowed for Control of Browntail Moth Near Marine Waters (Memo and list of potential products) [PDF]
- General Discussion of the Fumigation Practices and Fumigation Regulation in Maine
- Government Evaluation Act Program Evaluation Report
- Funding an Education Campaign Around IPM and Other Pesticide Related Topics
- Other items of interest
- 129th Legislature Second Regular Session [PDF]
- Email from Greg Tarbox [PDF]
- Email from Abigail A.Fuller [PDF]
- Email from Avery Yale Kamila [PDF]
- Email from Margaret Williams [PDF]
- Email from Hattie McCarthy [PDF]
- Email from Karen Snyder [PDF]
- Email from Beth Randall [PDF]
- Email sent at request of Jeff Taylor [PDF]
- 2018 Biddeford Pool Trust Invasive Species Management Plan [PDF]
- Minutes of the July 15, 2019 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Consideration of a Request for a Variance from Chapter 29 from Taylor's Invasive Plant Control to Treat Invasive Plants for Biddeford Pool Land Trust [PDF]
- Update Regarding Staffing Changes [PDF]
- Other Items of Interest
- Obsolete pesticides press release [PDF]
- Staff updates
- Water Quality
- Certification Program
- State Plan
- Pesticide Risk Assessment for Management of Browntail Moths Near Marine Waters
- Board Meeting 5:00 pm
- Listening Session 5:30 pm
- Resumption of Board Meeting
- USDA Forest Service Decision Memo [PDF]
- Highway 20 Trees Facilitated Learning Analysis [PDF]
- Photos [PDF]
- Minutes of the June 7, 2019 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Continued Discussion About an Education Campaign Around IPM
- Overview of AAPCO Board of Directors Meeting with the US Forest Service about Aminocyclopyrachlor Damage in Deschutes National Forest
- Request from Integrated Pest Management Program for Funds for Rodent Academy [PDF]
- Other Items of Interest
- Chapter 243 Public Law—An Act To Ensure Funding for Certain Essential Functions of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program (LD 1273) [PDF]
- Chapter 84 Resolves—Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control To Work with the Forest Products Industry to Monitor Aerial Herbicide Applications (LD 1691) [PDF]
- Amended Basis Statement for Chapter 50 [PDF]
- Email and article from Jody Spear [PDF]
- Second email from Jody Spear [PDF]
- Agenda [PDF]
- Combined agenda items
- Minutes of the April 19, 2019 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Workshop Session to Review the Rulemaking Record on the Proposed Amendments to Chapters 10, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 36, and 50 [PDF]
- Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Tick Talk of Rockport, Maine [PDF]
- Election of Officers
- Other Items of Interest
- CMP 2019 Foliar Herbicide Plan [PDF]
- Letter from Emera Maine [PDF]
- Letter from ACF Committee re Government Evaluation Act Review [PDF]
- 2011 GEA Report [PDF]
- IPM Council suggestion to consider re-establishing its Plant-Incorporated Protectants Technical Review Committee [PDF]
- Variance Permit for Asplundh Tree Experts—Railroad Division [PDF]
- Variance Permit for RWC, Inc. [PDF]
- Variance Permit for the Maine Department of Transportation [PDF]
- LD 908— An Act To Require Schools To Submit Pest Management Activity Logs and Inspection Results to the Board of Pesticides Control for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public [PDF]
- LD 1273—An Act To Ensure Funding for Certain Essential Functions of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program [PDF]
- LD 1518— An Act To Establish a Fund for Portions of the Operations and Outreach Activities of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory and To Increase Statewide Enforcement of Pesticide Use [PDF]
- LD 1691—An Act To Ban Use of Aerial Herbicide Spraying for the Purpose of Deforestation [PDF]
- Schedule of Future Meetings
- Budget Projection through December 2019 [PDF]
- Quote from Stratosphere for Software Development [PDF]
- Draft Minutes of the March 8, 2019 Board Meeting [PDF]
- For Item 4 Funding for University of Maine Extension PSAT and PSEP Position
- Minutes of the March 8, 2019 Board Meeting (not yet available)
- Continuing Discussion of Funding for CDC for Mosquito Monitoring [PDF]
- Funding for University of Maine Extension PSAT and PSEP Position
- Discussion About the Use of Permethrin to Control Browntail Moth Within 50-250 Feet of Marine Waters
- Continuing Discussion About Development of Additional Functionality Within Existing MEPERLS Framework of Digital Inspection Flows and Digital Reports for Submission of Existing Annual Pesticide Use and Sales Reports
- IPM
- Correspondence
- Email and article from Jody Spear [PDF]
- Other Items of Interest
- Update of certification activities—John Pietroski, Manager of Licensing and Certification
- Variance requests, use of certain active ingredients within 25 feet of water
- Status of Rulemaking—no public comments were received
- Status of LD 908— An Act To Require Schools To Submit Pest Management Activity Logs and Inspection Results to the Board of Pesticides Control for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public
- LD 1273—An Act To Ensure Funding for Certain Essential Functions of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program [PDF]
- LD 1518— An Act To Establish a Fund for Portions of the Operations and Outreach Activities of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Diagnostic and Research Laboratory and To Increase Statewide Enforcement of Pesticide Use [PDF]
- Schedule of Future Meetings
- Agenda [PDF]
- Combined agenda items
- Request for Special Local Need [24(c)] Registration for Express Herbicide with TotalSol (FMC Corporation) for Spot Application and Bunchberry Control in Lowbush Blueberries [PDF 3.3MB]
- Rulemaking Package [PDF .5K]
- CFR 2017 Title 40 Volume 26 Part 171 Subpart B [PDF]
- CFR 2017 Title 40 Volume 26 Part 171-201 [PDF]
- All others [PDF 2.7K]
- Memo from Pam Bryer, toxicologist re SLN for Express Herbicide (item 6) [PDF]
- Email and article from Jody Spear [PDF]
- Public Hearing on Proposed Rule Amendments to Chapters 10, 26, 27, 31, 32, and 50 and Repeal of Chapter 36
- Minutes of the January 16, 2019 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Overview of Mosquito-borne Diseases and Monitoring in Maine [PDF]
- Request from Integrated Pest Management Program for Funds for Mosquito Monitoring [PDF]
- Request for Special Local Need [24(c)] Registration for Express Herbicide with TotalSol (FMC Corporation) for Spot Application and Bunchberry Control in Lowbush Blueberries [PDF]
- Review of Proposed Surface Water Testing for 2019 [PDF]
- Request to Fund Development of Additional Functionality Within Existing MEPERLS Framework of Digital Inspection Flows and Digital Reports for Submission of Existing Annual Pesticide Use and Sales Reports
- Correspondence
- Letter from Linda Titus, Ag Matters [PDF]
- Other Items of Interest [PDF]
- Montana Universal Pesticide Analysis (Water) June 2018
- LD 643 An Act To Provide Funding to Municipalities Severely Affected by Pest Infestations
- LD 785 Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control To Educate the Public on the Proper Use of Pesticides and To Promote Integrated Pest Management
- LD 796 An Act To Reestablish the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources and the Department of Conservation
- LD 889 An Act To Require the Labeling of Foods Made with Nanotechnology
- LD 908 An Act To Require Schools to Submit Pest Management Activity Logs and Inspection Results to the Board of Pesticides Control for the Purpose of Providing Information to the Public
- Schedule of Future Meetings
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Draft Minutes of the November 16, 2018 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Request for Financial Support from the Maine Mobile Health Program and the Eastern Maine Development Corporation [PDF]
- 4. Maine Cooperative Extension Request to Extend FIFRA Section 24(c) Registration (ME-130001) Malathion 8 Flowable for Use on Blueberries [PDF]
- 5. Maine Cooperative Extension Request to Extend FIFRA Section 24(c) Registration (ME-170001) Malathion 8 Flowable for Use on Caneberries [PDF]
- 6. Maine Cooperative Extension Request to Extend FIFRA Section 24(c) Registration (ME-170002) Malathion 8 Aquamul for Use on Blueberries [PDF]
- 7. Review of Proposed Groundwater Testing for 2019 [PDF]
- 8. Update on Water Quality Monitoring Activities [PDF]
- 9. Correspondence
- 10. Other Items of Interest
- a. LD 36 An Act To Change the Composition of the Board of Pesticides Control [PDF]
- 11. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 12. Adjourn
- Letter from Linda Titus, AgMatters [PDF]
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Draft Minutes of the August 15, 2018 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Review of Rulemaking Concepts
- 4. Review of Pesticide Self-Service Sign [PDF]
- 5. Discussion of Board Priorities and Proposed Planning Session [PDF]
- 6. Review of Budget [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Wise Acres Farm, Kenduskeag [PDF]
- 8. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Paul Finden and Emily Rogals, Belfast [PDF]
- 7. Correspondence
- Email and article from Jody Spear [PDF]
- 8. Other Items of Interest
- Updated brochure Licensing Requirements for Pesticide Applicators in the State of Maine [PDF]
- New BPC Magnet
- Article Field Evaluation of Commercially Available Small Unmanned Aircraft Crop Spray Systems [PDF]
- Press Relase: EPA Announces Changes to Dicamba Registration [PDF]
- A National Road Map For Integrated Pest Management Revised September 2, 2018, USDA, EPA [PDF]
- Oregon Temporary Rule: Limitations on Pesticides Containing Aminocyclopyrachlor [PDF]
- Chlorpyrifos
- 9. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Draft Minutes of the August 15, 2018 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Review of Budget [PDF]
- 4. Review of Pesticide Self-Service Sign [PDF]
- 5. Discussion of Board Priorities and Proposed Planning Session
- 6. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Wise Acres Farm, Kenduskeag [PDF]
- 7. Correspondence
- None received
- 8. Other Items of Interest
- Updated brochure Licensing Requirements for Pesticide Applicators in the State of Maine [PDF]
- New BPC magnet
- Ninth Circuit Court Opinion On Petition for Review of an Order of the Environmental Protection Agency—Chlorpyrifos Tolerances [PDF]
- Article Field Evaluation of Commercially Available Small Unmanned Aircraft Crop Spray Systems [PDF]
- 9. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- Agenda [PDF]
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents (except second article from Karen Synder (below) [PDF 4MB]
- Draft Minutes of the July 13, 2018 Board Meeting [PDF]
- Email and attachment from Jody Spear [PDF]
- Email and attachment from George and Patricia Egbert [PDF]
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Draft Minutes of the July 13, 2018 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Mainely Ticks, Windham [PDF]
- 4. Correspondence
- 5. Other Items of Interest
- Central Maine Power Co. v. Town of Lebanon, 1990 (submitted by Mark Randlett, Assistant Attorney General) [PDF]
- Staff memo re pesticide self-service sign [PDF]
- Worker Protection Standard updated brochures
- Variance permit issued to Mark Eaton for control of invasive phragmites in York [PDF]
- Variance permit issued to Piscataqua Landscaping and Tree Service for control of invasive buckthorn, honeysuckle, and bittersweet in Shepard’s Cove, Kittery [PDF]
- 6. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 7. Adjourn
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Draft Minutes
- 3. Review of Pesticide Sign for Self-Service Areas [PDF]
- 4. State Plan with EPA [PDF]
- 5. Review of Website [PDF]
- 6. Annual Report to the Eastern Plant Board [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Roof Cleaning Solutions of Oakland [PDF]
- 8. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Witherly’s Green House & Garden Center of Hermon [PDF]
- 9. Correspondence
- Other Items of Interest
- Variance permit issued to Ron Lemin, Jr. for control of Japan.se barberry and honeysuckle on Nautilus Island in Castine Harbor [PDF]
- Variance permit issued to Acadia National Park for control of several invasive plants at multiple locations within the park [PDF]
- Variance permit issued to Andrew Powers for control of invasive plants in Cape Elizabeth [PDF]
- Variance permit issued to the Town of Newport for control of poison ivy along the Durham Bridge [PDF]
- FAA Presentation at Pre-SIFREG Meeting May 15, 2018 [PDF]
- 9. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Board Director Appointment
- 3. Request from Integrated Pest Management Program for Funds for Mosquito Monitoring
- 4. Adjourn
- From Kathy Murray, re Item 3
- From Pay Bryer re Item 8a
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Draft Minutes of the April 6, 2018 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Request from Integrated Pest Management Program for Funds for Mosquito Monitoring [PDF]
- 4. Review of Pesticide Sign for Self-Service Areas [PDF]
- 5. Continuing Discussion of the Board's Role in Public Education
- 6. Discussion about Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Agricultural Purposes
- 7. Election of Officers
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- Is Bt toxic to lobsters? Staff response to question raised at April 8 meeting [PDF]
- Letter from B.K. Keller, Northport, Maine [PDF]
- Portland Flower Show brief
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Aerial Applications-Presentation from South Carolina [PDF]
- Variance permit for control of invasive species in Biddeford to Vegetation Management Services, Inc. [PDF]
- Variance permit for control of invasive species in Great Pond to Vegetation Management Services, Inc. [PDF]
- Variance permit for control of weeds in rights-of-way to Department of Transportation [PDF]
- Variance permit for control of weeds on the Fort Kent levee along the St. John and Fish Rivers to Dubois Contracting [PDF]
- Job Posting: Pesticide Safety Education Program Professional [PDF]
- 9. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- Wisconsin Aerial Regulations [PDF]
- 3. Continuing Discussion Around Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- Email received from Lauchlin Titus [PDF]
- Email received from Jesse O'Brien [PDF]
- Portland Press Herald article "LePage looks to override local pesticide rules in 30 municipalities" [PDF]
- Portland Press Herald article "Places in Maine that control pesticide use" [PDF]
- 22 M.R.S.1471-U Municipal Ordinances [PDF]
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Draft Minutes of the February 23, 2018 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Continuing Discussion Around Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
- 4. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Black Kettle Farm of Lyman, Maine [PDF]
- 5. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Penquis, Bangor, Maine [PDF]
- 6. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Riverview Psychiatric Center, Augusta, Maine [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of Consent Agreement with White’s Weed Control of Palmyra, Maine [PDF]
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- LD 1853 [PDF]
- 9. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Draft Minutes of the January 10, 2018 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Overview of Board Member Responsibilities
- 4. Other Old and New Business
- Schedule of Future Meetings
- Adjourn
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Draft Minutes of the October 27, 2017 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Request for Financial Support from the Maine Mobile Health Program and the Eastern Maine
Development Corporation [PDF] - 4.Recent Staff Activities Highlights and Updates
- 5. Presentation from Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences Regarding Their Recent Registration Requests for
Several New Bt Corn Products - 6. Constituent Request to Address the Board Regarding Right of Way Treatment Issues [PDF]
- 7. Discussion of Absorbing Fees for Credit Card Payments for Licenses and Product Registrations [PDF]
- 8. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Service Master Elite of Saco, Maine [PDF]
- 9. Referral of Unresolved Consent Agreement with PLD Group of Augusta, Maine [PDF]
- 10. Other Old and New Business
- Articles and correspondence submitted by Board constituents
- Variances approved (all Chapter 29, Section 6)
[PDF]
- VanDusen, Maine DOT Environmental Office, invasive plants in remediated and constructed wetlands
- Schedule of Future Meetings
- Adjourn
- Article submitted by John Jemison (added 10/25) [PDF]
- Obsolete Pesticide Collection information distributed at meeting
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Draft Minutes of the June 23, 2017 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Consideration of Registration Requests for Several New Bt Corn Products
- All documents [PDF]
- 4. Inquiry and Complaint Summary
- 5. Continuing Discussion of Funding for University of Maine Cooperative Extension PSAT and PSEP Position [PDF]
- 6. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Weyerhaeuser Company of Fairfield, Maine [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Town of Ogunquit, Maine [PDF]
- 8. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Green Thumb Lawn Service, Brewer, Maine [PDF]
- 9. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Frederick’s Property Preservation of Dixmont, Maine [PDF]
- 10. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Dependable Pest Solutions of Rochester, New Hampshire [PDF]
- 11. Other Old and New Business
- Manchester Municipal Ordinance [PDF]
- Articles and correspondence submitted by Board constituents [PDF]
- Nancy Caudle Johnson email
- Claire Adams, et al, Lincoln County News letter
- Jody Spear, Portland Press Herald article
- Variances approved (all Chapter 29, Section 6)
[PDF]
- Farrell, knotweed on her own property along Carrabassett River
- High Pine Environmental, LLC, Phragmites in Kittery
- Burman Land and Tree, LLC, invasive plants in Vassalboro
- Baxter State Park, invasive plants
- Schedule of Future Meetings
- Adjourn
- Agenda [PDF]
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents [PDF 7.4 MB]
- Additional documents sent 6/20/17
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Draft Minutes
- 3. Overview of Regulations Regarding the Use of Unmanned Aircraft for Pesticide Application
- 4. Continuing Discussion of Rulemaking Priorities
- 5. Continuing Discussion of Funding for University of Maine Cooperative Extension PSAT and PSEP Position
- Position descriptions from James Dill [PDF]
- 6. Draft Interim Policy Regarding Interpretation of “Dominated by Emergent or Aquatic Plants” as Used in Chapter 29 Section 6A(V) [PDF]
- 7. Chapter 29 Variances
- 8. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Jason Douin of JD Groundscapes Inc. of Augusta, Maine [PDF]
- 9. Other Old and New Business
- Letter to Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government from Board re LD 1505 An Act to Create Consistency in the Regulation of Pesticides [PDF]
- Pega business management software update and demo
- Status of complaint summary report: in progress, will be complete by next meeting
- Articles and correspondence submitted by Board constituents:
- Legislative items:
- Variances Renewed:
- Schedule of Future Meetings
- Adjourn
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Draft Minutes of the March 31, 2017 Board Meeting (posted 5/9) [PDF]
- 3. Consideration of Three Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIP) for Late Blight Control in Potatoes [PDF]
- 4. Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., Request for FIFRA Section 24(c) Registration for Callisto Herbicide on Lowbush Blueberries in the Bearing and Nonbearing Years [PDF]
- 5. Loveland Products, Inc., Request for FIFRA Section 24(c) Registration for Malathion 8 Aquamul on Blueberries [PDF]
- 6. Arkion Life Sciences LLC Request to extend FIFRA Section 24(c) Registration for the Use of Avipel Hopper Box (dry) Corn Seed Treatment to Discourage Consumption of Corn Seed by Grackles, Black Birds, and Crows [PDF]
- 7. Overview of Pesticide Laws that Currently Pertain the Use of Unmanned Aircraft for Pesticide Application
- 8.Continuing Discussion of Rulemaking Priorities
- Staff memo [PDF]
- Chapter 27 [PDF]
- Chapter 29 [PDF]
- Interim Policy to Delegrate Authority tot he Staff to Approve Requests for Variance from CRM 01-026 Chapter 29 for Control of Platns that Pose a Dermal Toxicity Hazard [PDF]
- Interim Policy to Delegate Authority to the Staff to Approve Requests for Variance from CMR 01-026 Chapter 29 for Control of Invasive Plants [PDF]
- 9. Discussion of the Definition of Wetlands as it Pertains to Chapter 29 Section 6
- 10. Discussion of Provision of Worker Protection Standard Handler and Worker Training by Licensed Agricultural Basic Pesticide Applicators [PDF]
- 11. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Goodall Enterprises DBA NaturaLawn of America of Bangor, Maine [PDF]
- 12. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Salmon Falls Resort & Golf Club LLC [PDF]
- 13. Request for Clarification of Minimum State-level Labeling Requirements for Minimum Risk (Section 25(b) of FIFRA) Pesticides [PDF]
- 14. Election of Officers
- Other Old and New Business
- Board fund report [PDF]
- Homeowner outreach update [PDF]
- Revised biological policy pertaining to browntail moth control [PDF]
- Email and article submitted by Heather Spalding [PDF]
- Email and letter submitted by Lynn Hower Allen [PDF]
- Email and articles submitted by Heather Spalding [PDF]
- CMP 2017 Foliar Herbicide Plan [PDF]
- Asplundh variance [PDF]
- RWC variance [PDF]
- Woodland Club variance [PDF]
- Schedule of Future Meetings
- Adjourn
- Documents from Jim Dill re Funding of Cooperative Extension Position [PDF]
- Email and article from Heather Spalding [PDF]
- LD 1505 An Act to Create Consistency in the Regulation of Pesticides [PDF]
- Potential amendments to LD 1505 [PDF]
- Correspondence received re LD 1505 [PDF]
- Email from Henry Jennings to Ron Dyer re Chapter 29 [PDF]
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Draft Minutes of the February 17, 2017 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 2a. Board Director Appointment
- 3. Continuing Discussion About the Board's Budget [PDF]
- 4. Review of the Annual Grant to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension for Manual Development
- 5. Discussion About the Board Subsidizing Speaker Costs to Help Contain the Costs of Jointly Sponsored Pesticide Applicator Training Seminars
- 6. Overview of Pesticide Laws that Currently Pertain to the Use of Unmanned Aircraft for Pesticide Application
- 7. Continuing Discussion of Rulemaking Priorities [PDF]
- 8. Consideration of Consent Agreeement with Greenscapes of Maine from Kennebunk, Maine [PDF]
- 9a. Determination of whether Bt should be added to the list of biological pesticides pursuant to Chapter 29, Section 5 [PDF]
- 9. Other Old and New Business
- Homeowner outreach update [PDF]
- Email and article submitted by Paul Schlein [PDF]
- Second email and article submitted by Paul Schlein [PDF]
- LD 993 An Act To Protect Pollinators from Neonicotinoid Pesticides [PDF]
- LD 594 An Act To Modify the Definition of “General Use Pesticide” [PDF]
- LD 699 An Act To Enact the Toxic Chemicals in the Workplace Act [PDF]
- LD 418 An Act To Educate the Public on the Proper Use of Pesticides and To Promote Integrated Pest Management Using Existing Resources [PDF]
- Schedule of Future Meetings
- Adjourn
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Draft Minutes of the January 11, 2017 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Dow AgroSciences Request for 24(c) Registration for GoalTenderTM Herbicide
- All documents [PDF]
- 4. Gowan Company, Inc., Request for FIFRA Section 24(c) Registration for Malathion 8 Flowable on Cane Berries
- All documents [PDF]
- 5. Board Discussion about the Use of Unmanned Aircraft to Conduct Aerial Pesticide Applications
- 6. Review of the BPC Budget
- 7. Rulemaking Timeline and Potential Rulemaking Topics
- 8. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Alfred Fugazzi, Stone Wall Farms of Lincoln, Maine [PDF]
- 9. Other Old or New Business
- Policy—Definition of Biological Pesticide as it Relates to Chapter 29 Section 5 [PDF]
- Policy on Allowable Pesticides for the Control of Browntail Moth Within 250 feet of Marine Waters [PDF]
- Variance for control of invasive plants on the Maine Audubon East Point Sanctuary property in Biddeford Pool [PDF]
- LD 174 An Act To Limit the Use of Pesticides on School Grounds [PDF]
- LD 418 An Act To Educate the Public on the Proper Use of Pesticides and To Promote Promote Integrated Pest Management Using Existing Resources [PDF]
- Email from Jody Spear [PDF]
- Letter from Wendell Caler [PDF]
- 10. Schedule of Future Meetings
- Additional Documents sent 2/14/17
- Letter and documents from Asplundh re Item 5 [PDF]
- Additional Documents distributed at meeting
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- Department Update on the Status of the Board Director Position
- 2. Draft Minutes of the December 16, 2016 Board Meeting[PDF]
- 3. Request from Maine Migrant Health Program and Eastern Maine Development Corporation to Help Support a Worker Safety Training Program for Summer 2017
- Letter from Maine Migrant Health Program [PDF]
- 4. Discussion of a 'Statute of Limitations' on the Pursuit of Complaints by the Board
- Letter from Darin Hammond [PDF]
- 5. Discussion of Board Approved Products for Control of Browntail Moth within 250 feet of Marine Waters
- Staff Memo [PDF]
- 6. Discussion of Interpretation of the Definition of 'Biological' within Chapter 29
- Staff Memo [PDF]
- 7. Review of BPC Budget
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- 9. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- Additional documents sent January 6, 2017 [All]
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- Department Update on the Status of the Board Director Position
- 2. Draft Minutes of the November 4, 2016 Board Meeting[PDF]
- 3. Presentation on Gulf of Maine Coastal Pesticide Study Update for 2015 [PDF]
- 4. Discussion of the Current Environmental Risk Assessment Committee (ERAC) Membership Update
- ERAC Policy [PDF]
- 5. Discussion of Board Approved Products for Control of Browntail Moth within 250 feet of Marine Waters
- 6. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Jasper Wyman & Son, Milbridge, Maine [PDF]
- 7. Other Old or New Business
- Legislative Report re LD 1678
- Update on Homeowner Education Activities
- 8. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 9. Adjourn
- Additional documents sent December 13, 2016 (All)
- Agenda [PDF]
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents with miscellaneous articles [PDF 623KB]
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the September 23, 2016 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Update on the Browntail Moth Population Trends in Maine [PDF]
- 4. Discussion of Board Approved Products for Control of Browntail Moth within 250 feet of Maine Waters
- Browntail Moth Presentation by Charlene Donahue [PDF]
- 5. Discussion of Pesticides Sales and Use Data Submitted to the Board
- 6. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Plants Unlimited, Inc., Rockport, Maine [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of Consent Agreement with TruGreen Lawncare, Westbrook, Maine [PDF]
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- BPC Obsolete Collection Overview
- Update on Homeowner Education Activities
- City of South Portland Pesticide Use Ordinance [PDF]
- 9. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- Additional Documents Sent After October 27
- Letter and Article to the Board from Schlein [PDF]
- Agenda [PDF]
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents with miscellaneous articles [PDF 1M]
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the August 19, 2016 [PDF]
- 3. Consideration of Enforcement Action Against Stone Wall Farms, Lincoln, Maine [PDF]
- 4. Consideration of Enforcement Action Against Joseph Fazekas, Harpswell, Maine [PDF]
- 5. Consideration of Consent Agreement with Granite Bay Care, Inc., Portland, Maine [PDF]
- 6. Overview of Historical Maine Lawn and Landscape Pesticide Use Estimates
- 7. Review and Discussion of Board Homeowner Education Efforts
- 8. Overview of Pesticide Sales and Use Data Submitted to the Board
- 9. Other Old or New Business
- 7. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 8. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies submitted to the Board, September 2016 [PDF 0.8M]
- Additional documents sent late—all [PDF 29M]
- Additional documents distrubuted at meeting
- Report of Pesticides Sales an Commercial User for Calendar Year 2000 [PDF]
- Agenda, updated 8/16/16 [PDF]
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents with miscellaneous articles [PDF 3.8M]
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents [PDF 1.5M]
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the March 25, 2016 [PDF] and May 13, 2016 (revised) [PDF] Board Meetings
- 3. Public Forum (limited to one hour)
- 4. Consideration of the EPA Special Local Need [FIFRA Section 24(c)] request to extend the use of Echo ZN, EPA Reg. 60063-4 for control of late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in long-season potatoes [PDF]
- 5. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with the Maine Seed Company, Wales of Wales, Maine [PDF]
- 6. Other Old or New Business
- 7. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 8. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, March 2016 [PDF 2.2M]
- Additional documents sent August 18
- Additional documents distributed at the meeting
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents with miscellaneous articles [PDF 6.8M]
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents [PDF 5.0M]
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the February 19 and March 25 Board Meetings [Not yet available]
- 3. Overview of Mosquito-borne Diseases and Monitoring in Maine
- 4. Review and Discussion of Board Homeowner Education Efforts and Available Funding
- 5. Consideration of the EPA Special Local Need [FIFRA Section 24(c)] request to extend the use of Bravo ZN, EPA Reg. 50534-201 and the State Supplemental Special Local Need (SLN) [FIFRA Section 24(c)] request to extend the use of Bravo ZN, EPA Reg. 50534-201-100 for control of late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in long-season potatoes
- All documents [PDF]
- 6.Consideration of the EPA Special Local Need [FIFRA Section 24(c)] request for the use of Omega 500F Fungicide, EPA Reg. 71512-1 and the State Supplemental Special Local Need (SLN) [FIFRA Section 24(c)] request to extend the use of Omega 500F Agricultural Fungicide, EPA Reg. 71512-1-100 as an in-furrow, banded spray on potatoes at planting for control of powdery mildew scab
- 7. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Moark of Turner, ME [PDF]
- 8. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Kendall Cooper of Buckfield, ME [PDF]
- 9. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Orkin Exterminating Company Inc. of Portland, ME [PDF]
- 10. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Sports Fields Inc. of Monmouth, ME [PDF]
- 11. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Black Bear Lawn Care of Orono, ME [PDF]
- 12. Other Old or New Business
- 13. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 14. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, March 2016 [PDF 1.8M]
- March 25, 2016
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the February 19, 2016 Board Meetings [PDF]
- 3. Consideration of the EPA Special Local Need [FIFRA Section 24(c)], EPA Reg. 81880-18, and State Supplemental Special Local Need [FIFRA Section 24(c)], EPA Reg. 81880-18-10163, Registration Request for Sandea Herbicide to control broadleaf weeds in lowbush blueberries in the non-bearing year
- All documents [PDF]
- 4. Update on Actionable Strategies Developed by Board Staff for Promoting Integrated Pest Management with Homeowners
- 5. Legislative Update
- 6.Election of Officers
- 7. Other Old or New Business
- 8. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 9. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, March 2016 [PDF 5.9M]
- February 19, 2016
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the January 13, 2016 Board Meetings (revised 2/25/16) [PDF]
- 3. Discussion of the Key Messages for Homeowner Outreach
- Staff Memo [PDF]
- 4. Update on Actionable Strategies Developed by Board Staff for Promoting Integrated Pest Management with Homeowners
- 5. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Jacob Boyington of Appleton Ridge Construction of Appleton, ME
- All documents [PDF]
- 6. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Priority Real Estate Group, LLC of Topsham, ME
- All documents [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Joseph Lemar of Dresden, ME
- All documents [PDF]
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- 9. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, February 2016 [PDF 5.9M]
- January 13, 2016 Agenda Complete [PDF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the November 13, 2015 and December 18, 2015 Board Meetings
- 3. Request from Maine Migrant Health Program and Eastern Maine Development Corporation to Help Support a Worker Safety Training Program for Summer 2016 [PDF]
- 4. Discuss List of Actionable Strategies Developed by Board Staff for Promoting Integrated Pest Management with Homeowners
- Staff Memo [PDF]
- 5. Other Old or New Business
- Email from Cynthia Ladderbush [PDF]
- Other
- 6. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 7. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, January 2016 [PDF]
- December 18, 2015 Agenda Complete [PDF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the November 13, 2015 Board Meeting
- Not yet available
- 3. Public Worksession to Discuss Strategies for Promoting Integrated Pest Management with Homeowners
- 4. Other Old or New Business
- 5. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 6. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, December 2015 [PDF 2M]
- November 13, 2015 Agenda Complete [PDF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the August 28, 2015 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Draft Response to the Legislative Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Concerning Rules for Public Parks and Playgrounds [PDF]
- 4. Letters from Various Constituents
- Letter from Paul Schlein [PDF]
- Letter from Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) [PDF]
- Letter from Friends of Casco Bay [PDF]
- Letter from Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) [PDF]
- Letter from Robert J. Tardy, Somerset Associates (added 11/10/15) [PDF]
- Letter from Jody Spear (distributed at meeting) [PDF]
- 5. Review of BPC Budget [PDF]
- 6. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with JBI Helicopters, Inc. of Exeter, New Hampshire [PDF]
- 7. Other Old or New Business
- Summary of Obsolete Pesticide Collection
- Update on transition plan to three year license/certification cycle
- Staff Update
- Variance Permit for control of Japanese knotweed in Minot [PDF]
- Variance Permit for control of invasive plants in ROWs in Falmouth [PDF]
- Other?
8. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 9. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, November 2015 [PDF 2.8M]
- August 28, 2015 Agenda Complete [PDF]
- NOTE: This meeting will be held at the University of Maine at Machias Science Building, Room 102 (campus map)
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents with miscellaneous articles [PDF 3.4M]
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents [PDF 1.7M]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the July 10, 2015 Board Meeting (revised 8/31/15) [PDF]
- 3. Review of the Hearing Record and Potential Adoption of Amendments to Chapters 31, 34, and 35 [PDF]
- 4. Letter from the Legislative Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry [PDF]
- Chapter 27 [PDF]
- 5. Other Old or New Business
- Variance Permit for control of phragmites on Chebeague Island [PDF]
- Variance Permit for control of poison ivy in Windham [PDF]
- Variance Permit for control of phragmites in roadside ditches along forest roads [PDF]
- Variance Permit for control of phragmites in York [PDF]
- Other?
6. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 7. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, August 2015 [PDF 1.7M]
- July 10, 2015 Agenda Complete [PDF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Public Hearing on Proposed Rule Amendments to Chapters 31, 34 and 35
- All documents [PDF]
- 3. Minutes of the June 5, 2015 Board Meeting (revised 7/10/15) [PDF]
- 4. Board Discussion About Herbicide Label Plant-Back Restrictions as They Apply to Cover Crops
- 5. Board Discussion About Further Streamlining of the Agency Licensing and Other Processes
- 6. Review of Letter from Justin Nichols Recommending Changes to the Board’s Posting Requirements
[PDF]
- Letter from Paul Schlein [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with the Town of Hartland [PDF]
- 8. Draft Policy Regarding Interpretation of CMR 01-026, Chapter 10, Section 2 (P) (2), Definition of Property Open to Use by the Public as Regards Outdoor Applications [PDF] Adopted Policy [PDF]
- 9. Other Old or New Business
- Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Pollinator Protection Plan [PDF]
- Other?
13. Schedule of Future Meetings
- Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Pollinator Protection Plan [PDF]
- 14. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, July 2015 [PDF 2.2M]
- June 5, 2015 Agenda Complete (Revised June 1) [PDF or Word]
- All Documents [PDF]
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the April 24, 2015 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Review of Draft “Guidance for the Application of Pesticides In Forest Settings In Order to Minimize the Risk of Discharges to Surface Waters” [PDF]
- 4. Interpretation of CMR 01-026, Chapter 10, Section 2 (P) (2), Definition of Property Open to Use by the Public as Regards Outdoor Applications [PDF]
- 5. Board Discussion About How to Handle Situations in Which a Property Owner Removes Signs Prior to the Required 48 Hours [PDF]
- 6. Board Discussion About Commercial Certification and Licensing Periods [PDF]
- 7. Board Discussion About Enforcement of the Ag Basic License Requirement
- 8. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Tractor Supply Company of Brentwood, TN [PDF]
- 9. Other Old or New Business
- Variance Permit for Maine Department of Transportation, Bureau of Maintenance & Operations [PDF]
- Variance Permit for RWC, Inc. [PDF]
- Variance Permit for Asplundh Tree Expert Co.—Railroad Division [PDF]
- Variance Permit for Dubois Contracting [PDF]
- Emera Maine Letter [PDF]
- Nancy Oden Letter [PDF]
- Memo and Survey of Land Trusts [PDF]
- Other?
- 10. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 11. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, June 2015 [PDF]
- April 24, 2015 Agenda Complete (revised 4-21-15) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes
- 3. Section 18 Emergency Registration Renewal Request for HopGuard to Control Varroa Mites in Honey Bee Colonies [PDF]
- 4. Final Adoption of Amendments to Chapters 22 and 28 [PDF]
- 5. Development of Guidelines for the Board Related to the Issuance of Variance Permits for Spraying Railroads Adjacent to Surface Waters
- Memo [PDF]
- Recommendations for Herbicide Use to Manage Vegetation in State of Maine Owned Railroad Rights-of-way [PDF]
- Railroad Herbicide Labels [PDF]
- Comparative Assessment of the Freshwater Aquatic Toxicity Profile for the Use of Indaziflam, Aminocyclopyrachlor, Imazapyr, and Metsulfuron-methyl For Railways—Bayer CropScience [PDF]
- Summary of Railroad Right of Way Label Information—Lebelle Hicks 2015 [PDF]
- 6. Review of Interim Guidelines for Forest Pesticide Applications Intended to Prevent Discharges of Pesticides to Waters of the State [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of a Board Policy Regarding Application of Pesticides to Unoccupied Hotel Rooms and Apartments
- 8. Interpretation of CMR 01-026, Chapter 10, Section 2 (P) (2), Definition of Property Open to Use by the Public as Regards Outdoor Applications [PDF]
- 9. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Dan Brown of Blue Hill [PDF]
- 10.Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Lucas Tree Experts Company of Portland [PDF]
- 11. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Theriault Lawn Care Inc. of Caribou [PDF]
- 12. Other Old or New Business
- Legislation [PDF]
- LD 708, An Act To Limit the Use of Pesticides on School Grounds
- LD 817, An Act Regarding Aerial Pesticide Spray Projects
- LD 1098, An Act To Protect Children from Exposure to Pesticides
- LD 1099, An Act To Establish a Fund for the Operations and Outreach Activities of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Animal and Plant Disease and Insect Control Laboratory
- LD 1105, An Act To Protect Populations of Bees and Other Pollinators
- LD 1106, An Act To Compensate Beekeepers for Hive Losses
- NPDES update (link for General Permit for the Discharge of Pesticides on BPC home page)
- 2015 ERAC Report to the Legislature [PDF]
- CMP Drift Management Plan [PDF]
- Variance Permit to The Woodlands Club [PDF]
- Variance Permit to Vegetation Control Service, Inc. for control of invasive plants in Biddeford Pool [PDF]
- Variance Permit to Vegetation Control Service, Inc. for the transmission line at the Kibby Wind Power Project [PDF]
- Letter to Health Care Facilities [PDF]
- *NEW Discussion of Federal Environmental Protection Agency Labeling Limiting Crop Planting Options After Certain Herbicide Applications
- EPA Response to question about cover crops [PDF]
- Other?
13. Schedule of Future Meetings
- Legislation [PDF]
- 14. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, April 2015 [PDF 4.1M]
- January 14, 2015, 3:00 pm at the Agricultural Trades Show, Augusta Civic Center Agenda [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the December 5, 2014 Board Meeting—Postponed until next meeting
- 3. Request from Maine Migrant Health Program and Eastern Maine Development Corporation to Help Support a Worker Safety Training Program for Summer 2015 [PDF]
- 4. United Phosphorus, Inc., Request to Renew Its FIFRA Section 24(c), Special Local Need Registration for Asulox Herbicide (EPA# 70506-139) for Control of Bracken Fern on Low Bush Blueberries [PDF]
- 5. Consideration of a Staff Request to Refer an Enforcement Matter to the Office of the Attorney General [PDF]
- 6. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Charles A. Dean Hospital of Greenville [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Dan Davis of Corinna [PDF]
- 8. Update on Water Quality Monitoring Activities [PDF]
- 9. Update on Managed Pollinator Protection Plans [PDF]
- 10. Other Old or New Business
- Minutes of April 18, 2014 ERAC Meeting [PDF]
- Other
13. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 14. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, January 2015 [PDF 0.68M]
- December 5, 2014 Agenda (complete)( [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the October 24, 2014 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Consideration of a Board Policy Covering Acceptable Notification Methods for Commercial Pesticide Applications under Category 6B to Trails and Sidewalks [PDF]
- 4. Consideration of a Board Policy Covering Acceptable Methods for Commercial Applicators to Positively Identify the Proper Treatment Site
- 5. Consideration of a Request for Granting Continuing Education Credits for an Online Training Program [PDF]
- 6. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Servicios Sanchez, Inc., of East Boston, Massachusetts [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Mosquito Squad of Southern Maine of Rye, New Hampshire [PDF]
- 8. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Petro’s Ace Hardware of Auburn, Maine [PDF]
- 9. Presentation on State Specific Managed Pollinator Protection Plans
- Staff memo [PDF]
- 10. Interpretation of CMR 01-026, Chapter 10, Section 2 (P) (2), Definition of Property Open to Use by the Public
- Excerpt from Chapter 10 [PDF]
- 11. Formation of an Advisory Committee to Develop Guidelines Related to the Issuance of Variance Permits for Spraying Railroads Adjacent to Surface Waters
- 12. Other Old or New Business
- Other
13. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 14. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, November 2014 [PDF 3.5M]
- October 24, 2014 Agenda (complete)( [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the September 12, 2014 Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Consideration of Enforcement Action against Daniel Brown of Blue Hill, Maine [PDF]
- 4. Review and Potential Adoption of Proposed Amendments to Chapters 20, 22, 28, 31, 32, 33 and 41
- 5. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Province Lake Golf Club of Parsonsfield, Maine [PDF]
- 6. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Penobscot Cleaning Services, Inc. of Brewer, Maine [PDF]
- 7. Review of Board Policy Limiting Continuing Education Video Credits
- 8. Interpretation of Chapter 27, Section 2(B)(2) Requirements that IPM Coordinators Receive Comprehensive Training within One Year of Appointment
- 9. Other Old or New Business
- 10. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 11. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, May 2014 [PDF 1.1M]
- September 12, 2014 Agenda (complete)( [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the August 8, 2014 Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Workshop Session to Review the Rulemaking Record on the Proposed Amendments to Chapters 20, 22, 28, 31, 32, 33 and 41
- 4. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Maine Organic Therapy of Ellsworth, Maine [PDF]
- 5. Other Old or New Business
- ERAC sampling update—M. Tomlinson
- Pollinator Health and Safety Conference—G. Fish
- Other
- 6. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 7. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, May 2014 [PDF 1M]
- August 8, 2014 Agenda (complete)( [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Public Hearing on Proposed Rule Amendments to Chapters 20, 22, 28, 31, 32, 33, and 41 (Note: more information on the proposed amendments can be found at Current Rulemaking)
- 3. Minutes of the June 27, 2014 Board Meeting (revised 8/8/14) [PDF or Word]
- 4. Final Adoption of Amendments to Chapters 20, 22, and 51
- 5. Consideration of a Board Policy Interpreting “Food Production” for the Purposes of Determining Applicability of Public Law 2011, Chapter 169
- Draft Policy [PDF]
- 6. Interpretation of CMR 01-01A, Chapter 24, Section 7(D)
- Staff Memo [PDF]
- 7. Interpretation of CMR 01-026, Chapter 31, Section 1(E)(IV)
- Staff Memo [PDF]
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- 9. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, May 2014 [PDF 3.8M]
- June 27, 2014 Agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the March 28, 2014 and May 16, 2014 Board Meeting
- 3. Public Forum (limited to one hour)
- 4. Interpretation of the Term “food production” in the Context of the Agricultural Basic Pesticide Applicator License
- Staff memo [PDF]
- 5. Overview of Board of Pesticides Control Posting/Notification Requirements
- Staff memo and summary chart [PDF]
- 6. Mosquito-Borne Disease Update
- PL 2013 548 [PDF]
- 7. Other Old or New Business
- 12. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 13. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, May 2014 [PDF]
- May 16, 2014 Agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the March 18, 2014, Board Meeting (not yet available)
- 3. Consideration of the Syngenta Crop Protection Company’s Special Local Need [FIFRA Section 24(c)] Registration Request for Dual Magnum, EPA Reg. No. 100-816, to Reduce the Pre-plant Interval in Various Field Crops
- All documents [PDF]
- 4. Consideration of a Request for Variances from Chapters 22 and 29 from Asplundh Tree Expert Company–Railroad Division, to Treat Railroad Rights-of-way in Maine [PDF]
- 5. Review of Potential Rulemaking Concepts by Chapter
- 6. Overview of the Board of Pesticides Control Software Application Development Process Underway to Improve Work Flow Efficiency and Constituent Service
- 7. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Remedy Compassion of Auburn, Maine [PDF]
- 8. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Plants Unlimited of Rockport, Maine [PDF]
- 9. Review of Board Authority to Direct Staff to Participate in Legislative Hearings and Work Sessions
- 10. Election of Officers
- 11. Other Old or New Business
- 12. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 13. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, May 2014 [PDF]
- March 28, 2014 Agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the February 21, 2014, Board Meeting (revised 3/28/14) [PDF or Word]
- 3. Consideration of Complaint Filed by Donna Herczeg of Portland Concerning TruGreen Lawncare and Sterling Insect-Lawn Control
- 4. Consideration of a Request from Darin Hammond of Jasper Wyman's and Sons about Potential Rulemaking to Deregulate Hexazinone
- 5. Consideration of a Request from Ian Yates of Scotts Lawn Service of Gorham about the Board's Policy Relating to Verifiable Authorization of Commercial Pesticide Application Services
- 6. Section 18 Emergency Registration Renewal Request for HopGuard to Control Varroa Mites in Managed Honey and Commercial Bee Colonies
- All documents [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of the Canyon Group's Special Local need (FIFRA Section 24[c]) Registration Request for GWN 1715-O (EPA #81880-5) to Control Mites and Whiteflies on Greenhouse Tomatoes
- All documents [PDF]
- 8. Review of Revised Board Policy Relative to the Environmental Risk Advisory Committee
- 9.Review of Current Rulemaking Ideas
- Potential Rulemaking items for Board Consideration [PDF]
- 10. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Collins Lawn Insect Control, Inc., of Portland [PDF]
- 11. Other Old or New Business
- 12. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 13. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, March 2014 [PDF]
- February 21, 2014 Agenda (complete) (revised 2/21/14) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the January 8, 2014, Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Consideration of complaint Filed by Donna Herczeg of Portland Concerning TruGreen Lawncare and Sterling Insect-Lawn Control
- 4. Review of Board Policy Relative to the Environmental Risk Advisory Committee
- Policy [PDF]
- 5.Formation of an Environmental Risk Advisory Committee to Address Concerns about Potential Pesticide Impacts on Marine Invertebrates
- Draft Proposed ERAC Committee Members [PDF]
- 6.Review of Current Rulemaking Ideas
- Potential Rulemaking items for Board Consideration [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Atlantic Pest Solutions of Kennebunkport [PDF]
- 8. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Ramon Forestry Service, LLC of Clinton [PDF]
- 9. Consideration of a Consent Agreement withGateway Inn of Medway [PDF]
- 10. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Olde English village, LLC of South Portland [PDF]
- 11. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Jato Highlands Golf Course of Lincoln [PDF]
- 12. Other Old or New Business
- a. Friends of Penobscot Bay Offer to Assist with Coastal Sediment Sampling [PDF]
- b. Risk Assessment of Mosquito Adulticides [PDF]
- c. Report to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Regarding Grants and the Adequacy of the Product Registration Fee [PDF]
- d. Legislative Update
- LD 1744 An Act To Protect Maine Lakes [PDF]
- e. The Woodland Club Chapter 29 Variance [PDF]
- f. Central Maine Power Transmission Right-of-Way Vegetation Management Plan for 2014 [PDF]
- g. Beekeeper Petition to Discourage Large Retailers from Selling Neonicotinoids [PDF]
- 13. Discussion About the Approval Process Relating to a Registration Request for a Bt Soybean Product
- Label [PDF]
- 14. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 15. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, February 2014 [PDF 7MB or lower quality PDF 3.6MB]
- January 8, 2014 Agenda (complete) (revised 1/2/14) [PDF or Word]
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents (revised 1/2/14) [PDF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the December 13, 2013, Board Meeting (revised) [PDF]
- 3. Request from Maine Migrant Health program and Eastern Maine Development Corporation to Help Support a Worker Safety Training program for Summer 2014
- Letter [PDF]
- 4. Continuing Discussion of Planning Session Topics
- Staff memo [PDF]
- 5.Water Quality Monitoring
- Staff memo [PDF]
- 6.Review of Pesticide Bills Before the Legislature
- Bills (revised 1/2/14) [PDF]
- 7. Other Old or New Business
- 8. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 9. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, October/November 2013 [PDF]
- December 13 , 2013 Agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents [PDF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the October 18, 2013, Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Request for Amendment to Chapter 22, Standards for Outdoor Application of Pesticides by Powered Equipment in Order to Minimize Off-Target Deposition
- 4. Streamlining the Applicator Licensing Process
- 5.Review of Variance Policy for Chapter 29 [PDF or Word]
- 6. Increasing the Availability of Online Continuing Education Options
- 7. Review of the Board's Enforcement Policy
- 8. Review of the Board's Reciprocal License Policy [PDF]
- 9. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Barry Churchill of Fort Fairfield [PDF]
- 10. Update on Persistent Herbicides [PDF]
- 11. Other Old or New Business
- 12. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 13. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, October/November 2013 [PDF]
- October 18, 2013 Agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents [PDF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the September 6, 2013, Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Review of Ideas about Streamlining the Applicator Licensing Process [PDF or Word]
- 4. Review of Ideas for Improving How the Board Addresses Variance Requests [PDF or Word]
- 5.Review of Ideas for Increasing the Availability of Online Continuing Education Options [PDF or Word]
- 6. Review of the Boards Enforcement Protocol [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Lucas Tree Experts of Portland [PDF]
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- 9. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, SeptemberOctober 2013 [PDF]
- September 6, 2013 Agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents [PDF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the July 26, 2013, Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Request for Renewal of DuPont Special Local Need [24(c)] Registration for Express Herbicide with TotalSol for Control of Bunchberry in Lowbush Blueberries [PDF]
- 4. Review of Draft Policy on Exclusion Areas for Potential Aerial, Public-Health-Related, Mosquito-Control Programs [PDF]
- 5. Review of the 2012 Complaints/Inquiries Summary [PDF or Excel]
- 6. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Northeast Patients Group of Augusta [PDF]
- 7. Annual Planning Session [PDF]
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- 9. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, JulyAugust 2013 [PDF]
- July 26, 2013 Agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Single file of the agenda and all supporting documents [PDF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the May 24, 2013, Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Public Forum (limited to one hour)
- 4. Final Adoption of Major Substantive Rule Amendments to Chapter 27, Standards for Pesticide Application and Public Notification in Schools
- 5. Consideration of the Canyon Group's Special Local Need (FIFRA Section 24[c]) Registration Request for GWN 1715 (EPA #81880-4) to Control Mites and Whiteflies on Greenhouse Tomatoes
- All documents [PDF]
- 6. Review of Draft Policy on Exclusion Areas for Potential Aerial, Public-Health-Related Mosquito-Control Programs
- 7. Consideration of a Chapter 29 Variance Request from Boyle Associates to Treat Phragmites in Jordan Park Marsh in Old Orchard Beach [PDF]
- 8. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Sea Urchin Cottage of York [PDF]
- 9. Donsideration of a Consent Agreement with Northeast Agricultural Sales, Inc. of Detroit [PDF]
- 10.Other Old or New Business
- a. Legislative UpdateH. Jennings
- 2013 PL 290 (LD 903) An Act To Enhance the Development and Implemenation of Integrated Pest Management Programs [PDF]
- b. Legislative Hearing on Rule Amendments to Chapters 20, 22 and 51H. Jennings
- c. Staff Submission of Loveland Products Request for a 24(c) Registration Request for Malathion 8 Aquamul for Use on Lowbush BlueberriesM. Tomlinson
- State Label for Malation 8 Aquamul [PDF]
- d. Variance Permit for Green Thumb Lawn Care H. Jennings [PDF]
- e. other?
- a. Legislative UpdateH. Jennings
- 10. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 11. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, July 2013 [PDF]
- May 24, 2013 agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the March 1, 2013 and April 12, 2013, Board Meeting
- 3. Gowan company, Inc., Request for FIFRA Section 24(c) Registration for Malathion 8 Flowable on Cane Berries
- All documents relating to the registration request [PDF]
- 4. Adoption of the Proposed Amendments to Chapters 20, 22, and 51
- Summary of Comments and Responses for all chapters-DRAFT [PDF or Word]
- Chapter 20 proposed [PDF or Word]
- Chapter 20 Basis Statement proposed [PDF or Word]
- Chapter 20 Impact on Small business proposed [PDF or Word]
- Chapter 22 proposed [PDF or Word]
- Chapter 22 Basis Statement proposed [PDF or Word]
- Chapter 22 Impact on Small business proposed [PDF or Word]
- Chapter 51 proposed [PDF or Word]
- Chapter 51 Basis Statement proposed [PDF or Word]
- Chapter 51 Impact on Small business proposed [PDF or Word]
- 5. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with TrueGreen Lawncare of Wesbrook [PDF]
- 7. Other Old or New Business
- a. Legislative UpdateH. Jennings
- LD 718 An Act To Protect Maine Food Consumers' Right To Know about Genetically Engineered Food and Seed Stock [PDF]
- LD 1430 An Act To Clarify the Permitted Use of Aquatic Pesticides [PDF]
- LD 1531 An Act To Maintain Access to Safe Medical Marijuana [PDF]
- LD 292 Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry To Develop a Plan for the protection of the Public Health from Mosquito-borne Diseases [PDF]
- Summary of 126th Legislature Pesticide Related Bills [PDF]
- b. GMO Memo L. Hicks [PDF or Word]
- c. Variance Permits for Dubois Contracting H. Jennings [PDF]
- d. Variance Permit for Department of TransportionH. Jennings [PDF]
- e. Funding for Mosquito MonitoringH. Jennings
- f. Maine Public Service NoticeH. Jennings [PDF]
- g. Bangor Hydro NoticeH. Jennings [PDF]
- a. Legislative UpdateH. Jennings
- 10. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 11. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, JanuaryFebruary 2013 [PDF]
- April 12, 2013, agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the March 1, 2013, Board Meeting (minutes will be available at the next meeting)
- 3. Request from Maine Migrant Health Program and Eastern Maine Development Corporation to Help Support a Worker Safety Training Program for Summer 2013 [PDF]
- 4. Gowan Company, Inc., Request for FIFRA Section 24(c) Registration for Malation 8 Flowable on Low and High Bush Blueberries
- All documents relating to the registration request [PDF]
- 5. Workshop Session to Review the Rulemaking Record on the Proposed Amendments to Chapters 20, 22, and 51
- 6. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with TRP Logging of East Machias [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Firehouse Property Maintenance of Falmouth [PDF]
- 8. Discussion About Providing Support to Municipalities Considering Pesticide Ordinances and/or Policies [PDF or Word]
- 9. Other Old or New Business
- a. Legislative UpdateH. Jennings
- LD 903 An Act To Enhance the Development and Implementation of Integrated Pest Management Programs [PDF]
- LD 920 An Act To Prohibit Herbicide Spraying on Abandoned Railroad Lines [PDF]
- LD 961 An Act To Ensure Safe School Grounds [PDF]
- LD 1391 Resolve, To Provide a Pesticide Spraying Notificaiton Process [PDF]
- b. Variance Permit for Chapters 22 and 19 to RWC, Inc.H. Jennings [PDF]
- c. Variance Permits for Chapters 22 and 29 to DeAngelo Brothers, Inc.H. Jennings [PDF]
- d. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Bruce Hunter of Chebeauge IslandR. Connors [PDF]
- e. Consideration of Chapter 29 Variance Request to Treat Japanest Knotweed in Northeast HarborH. Jennings [PDF]
- Emails regarding variance [PDF]
- a. Legislative UpdateH. Jennings
- 10. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 11. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, JanuaryFebruary 2013 [PDF]
- March 1, 2013, agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Public Hearing on the Proposed Amendments to Chapters 20, 22, and 51
- 3. Minutes of the January 18, 2013, Board Meeting [PDF]
- 4. Presentation about the Maine Integrated Pest Management Council and Discussion about Possible Collaboration
- Maine IPM Council statute, annual report, and brochure [PDF]
- 5. Section 18 Emergency Registration Renewal Request for HopGuard to Control Varroa Mites in Managed Honey and Commercial Bee Colonies
- Section 18 paperwork for HopGuard [PDF]
- 6. Section 18 Emergency Registration Request for Apivar (Amitraz) to Control Varroa Mites in Managed Honey and Commercial Bee Colonies
- Section 18 paperwork for Apivar [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of a Chapter 29 Variance Permit Request from Southern Maine Forestry Services, Inc., to Control Invasive Plants in Scarborough, above the High-Water Mark Adjacent to the Ocean
- Variance permit paperwork [PDF]
- 8. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Essex Power Services, Inc., of Boston, Massachusetts [PDF]
- 9. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with J & S Oil Company of Manchester [PDF]
- 10. Discussion About Offering Commercial Certification Exams in Spanish
- Memo from Gary Fish [PDF]
- 11. Discussion of Board Policy Relating to Staff Participation in Municipal Meetings
- 12. Legislative Update
- 13. Election of Officers
- 14. Other Old or New Business
- 15. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 16. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, January–February 2013 [PDF]
- January 18, 2013, agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the December 7, 2012, Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Adoption of Proposed Amendments to Chapter 10
- 4. Consideration of the Plant Incorporated Protectants (PIP) Technical Committee Report [PDF or Word]
- 5. Consideration of Registration Requests for Two New Bt-corn Products
- All documents relating to Syngenta Bt-corn registration request [PDF]
- 6. Discussion about Potential Amendments to Chapter 20 in Order to Facilitate Public Health Mosquito Abatement Programs
- 7. Discussion of Board Priorities
- 8. Election of Officers
- 9. Other Old or New Business
- a. Central Maine Power Company’s 2013 Vegetation Management Plan [PDF]
- b. Other?
- 10. Schedule of Future Meetings
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, November 2012–January 2013 [PDF]
- December 7, 2012, agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the October 26, 2012, Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Overview of Likely Responses to Human Health Risks Arising from Mosquito-Borne Pathogens
- Presentation by Dr. Stephen Sears
- Pest Management Activity Log [PDF]
- 4. Adoption of Proposed Amendments to Chapters 10, 27, and 50, and the Proposed Repeal of Chapter 21
- 5. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with TruGreen Lawncare of Westbrook [PDF]
- 6. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with The Lawn Dawg of Portland [PDF]
- 7. Discussion of the Board’s Homepage
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- a. Other?
- 9. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, October–November 2012 [PDF]
- October 26, 2012 agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the September 7, 2012, Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Workshop Session to Review the Rulemaking Record on the Proposed Amendments to Chapters 10, 27, and 50, and the Proposed Repeal of Chapter 21
- 4. Update on 2012 Arboviral Activities
- 5. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with TruGreen Lawncare of Westbrook [PDF]
- 6. Other Old or New Business
- 7. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 8. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, September–October 2012 [PDF]
- September 7, 2012, agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Public Hearing on the Proposed Repeal of Chapter 21 and Amendments to Chapters 10, 27, and 50
- 3. Minutes of the July 27, 2012, Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 4. Reconsideration of a Consent Agreement with Purely Organic Lawn Care, Inc., of York Harbor
- 5. Consideration of a Chapter 29 Variance Permit Request from Vegetation Control Services, Inc., to Control Woody Brush in Wetland Areas of the Transmission Line Connecting the Kibby Wind Power Project in Northwestern Maine [PDF]
- 6. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Woodford Street Apartments, LLC, of Cape Elizabeth [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Paul’s Lawn Care, Inc., of Biddeford [PDF]
- 8. Update on Arbovirus Monitoring Activities
- 9. Discussion of Potential Emergency Rulemaking to Facilitate Municipal Mosquito Control Programs
- 10. Variance Request from Chapter 29 to Control Common Reed (Phragmites australis) along Forested Roadsides in Northern Maine
- 11. Other Old or New Business
- a. Revised Interim Guidelines for Forest Pesticides ApplicationsH. Jennings [PDF or Word]
- b. Request for pesticide notification registry for beekeepers—H. Jennings [PDF]
- c. Other?
- Final Document Relating to FIFRA Section 18 Crisis Exemption for Use of Gowan Malathion 8 Flowable on Lowbush and Highbush Blueberries to Control Spotted Wing Drosophila [PDF]
- 12. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 13. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles, Studies, and Correspondence, July–August 2012 [PDF]
- July 27, 2012, agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the June 15, 2012, Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Public Information Gathering Work Session
- 4. Board Determination About Rulemaking Initiatives
- 5. Consideration of a Chapter 29 Variance Permit Request from Vegetation Control Services, Inc. to Control Woody Brush in Wetland Areas of the Transmission Line Connecting the Kibby Wind Power Project in North Western Maine
- Variance Request and Letter [PDF]
- 6. Section 18 Emergency Registration Request for HopGuard (potassium salt of hot beta acids) to Control Varroa Mites in Managed Honey and Commercial Bee Colonies
- Memo to Board from Mary Tomlinson [PDF]
- Section 18 Request, Label and MSDS [PDF]
- Letter of support from Tony Jadczak, State Apiarist [PDF]
- Letter of support from Erin MacGregor-Forbes, Pres., Maine Beekeepers Association [PDF]
- Letter of support from Lloyd Schantz. Beta Tec Hop Products, A Division of John I. Haas, Inc. [PDF]
- Five studies [PDF]
- 7. Development of the Board’s Pesticide Notification Message
- 8. Review of Forestry Best Management Practices Intended to Prevent Discharges of Pesticides to Waters of the State
- 9. Discussion About the Board's Catchphrase—"Think First – Spray Last"
- 10. Other Old or New Business
- 11. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 12. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles, Studies, and Correspondence, June–July 2012 [PDF]
- June 15, 2012, agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the May 11, 2012, Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Public Information Gathering Work Session
- 4. Consideration of NuFarm Americas Inc. Request for a FIFRA Section 24(c), Special Local Need Registration for NuFarm Ethephon 2 Plant Growth Regulator (EPA #228-660) for Use on Greenhouse Tomatoes
- All documents relating to the SLN request [PDF]
- 5. Development of the Board’s Pesticide Notification Message
- 6. Development of Forestry Best Management Practices Intended to Prevent Discharges of Pesticides to Waters of the State
- 7. Review of the 2011 Complaints/Inquiries Summary
- 8. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Atlantic Pest Solutions of Brunswick [PDF]
- 9. Other Old or New Business
- 10. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 11. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles, Studies, and Correspondence, May–June 2012 [PDF]
- May 11, 2012, agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staffs
- 2. Minutes of the February 24, March 12, and March 30, 2012, Board Meetings
- 3. Discussion of Potential Amendments to BPC Rules [PDF or Word]
- Policies Under Consideration for Rulemaking [PDF]
- 4. Discussion about Improving the Awareness and Operation of the Notification Provisions Contained in Chapter 28 [PDF or Word]
- 5. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Prospect Hill Golf Course of Auburn [PDF]
- 6. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Atlantic Turf Care of Falmouth [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Tripp Middle School, MSAD 52, of Turner [PDF]
- 8. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Purely Organic Lawn Care, Inc., of York Harbor [PDF]
- 9. Other Old or New Business
- a. Letter from Bangor Hydro regarding plan to hydraulically spray 50 electric substations—H. Jennings [PDF]
- b. Variance Permit for Chapter 29 to The Woodlands Club—H. Jennings [PDF or Word]
- c. Variance Permits for Chapters 22 and 29 to RWC, Inc.—H. Jennings [PDF or Word]
- d. Variance Permit for Chapter 29 to RCL Services, LLC, for Giant Hogweed—H. Jennings [PDF or Word]
- e. Variance Permits for Chapter 22 and 29 to the Maine Department of Transportation—H. Jennings [PDF or Word]
- f. Variance Permit for Chapter 29 to Dubois Contracting—H. Jennings [PDF or Word]
- g. Update on Avipel—M. Tomlinson [PDF or Word]
- h. Update on Revus—M. Tomlinson [PDF or Word]
- i. Update on webcasting/audiocasting Board meetings—P. Schlein
- j. Update on Chapter 41—H. Jennings
- k. Other?
- 10. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 11. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles, Studies, and Correspondence, February–May 2012 [PDF]
- March 30, 2012 agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Consideration of Enforcement Action against Hemmingway Orchard of Hebron
- 3. Final Adoption of Major Substantive Rule Amendments to Chapter 41
- 4. Other Old or New Business
- 5. Planning Session for the Board and Staff
- 6. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 7. Adjourn
- March 12, 2012 agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. FIFRA Section 18 Emergency Exemption Request for the Use of Revus® as a Potato Seed Piece Treatment
- All documents relating to the FIFRA Section 18 Emergency Exemption Request [PDF]
- 3. Adjourn
- February 24, 2012, agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the December 16, 2011, Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., Request for FIFRA Section 24(c) Registration for Callisto Herbicide on Low Bush Blueberries in the Bearing Year
- 4. FIFRA Section 18 Emergency Exemption Registration Request for the Use of Avipel to Reduce Bird Predation of Corn Seed [PDF or Word]
- 5. Request from Maine Migrant Health Program and Eastern Maine Development Corporation to Help Support a Worker Safety Training Program for Summer 2012 [PDF]
- 6. Discussion of Amendments to Chapter 21—Pesticide Container Disposal and Storage
- 7. Review of the Report Pursuant to Resolve 2011, Chapter 59, Approval of the Draft Best Management Practices and Discussion of Report Recommendations
- 8. Discussion of Refuges Relative to Chapter 41 and the New Blended Refuge Bt-corn Product
- 9. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Pulsifer Orchard of Cornish [PDF]
- 10. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Sullivan Property Management of Lewiston [PDF]
- 11. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Korhonen Land Care of Woodstock [PDF]
- 12. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Lucas Tree Experts Company of Portland [PDF]
- 13. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with Christian Bulleman III of Dresden [PDF]
- 14. Development of a New Pesticide Notification Registry
- Letters to the Board from Representatives Dill and Timberlake [PDF]
- 15. Election of Officers
- 16. Planning Session
- 17. Other Old or New Business
- a. Legislative Update—H. Jennings
- b. Product registration update—M. Tomlinson [PDF or Word]
- c. Water quality update—M. Tomlinson [PDF or Word]
- d. Brochure and other “advertising” regarding Agricultural Basic pesticide applicator license—G. Fish
- Agricultural Basic Pesticide License brochure [PDF]
- e. E-mail expressing concern about Bt-corn—H. Jennings [PDF]
- f. Central Maine Power Company’s Transmission Right-of-Way Vegetation Management Plan for 2012—H. Jennings [PDF]
- g. Other?
- 18. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 19. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles and Correspondence [PDF]
June 9- Hybrid in Rm 118 Marquardt Building, Augusta
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April 7, 2023- Hybrid in Rm 101 Deering Building, Augusta
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March 15, 2023- Hybrid in Rm 118 Marquardt Building, Augusta
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February 24, 2023- Hybrid in Rm 101 Deering Building, Augusta
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January 20, 2023- Remote Emergency Board Meeting via Microsoft Teams Platform
January 11, 2023- Hybrid in Rm 101 Deering Building, Augusta
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December 2, 2022- Hybrid, Rm 118 Marquardt Building, Augusta
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October 21, 2022 at Rm 101 Deering Building, Augusta
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August 5, 2022 at 9:00 AM via the Teams Platform
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June 17, 2022 at 9:00 AM via the Teams Platform
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May 6, 2022 at 9:00 AM
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April 1, 2022 at 9:00 AM
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February 25, 2022 at 9:00 AM
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January 14, 2022 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
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November 19, 2021 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
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October 8, 2021 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
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August 27, 2021 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
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Emergency Board Meeting August 16, 2021 at 9:00 AM in Room 101 of the Deering Building, 90 Blossom Lane, Augusta
July 16, 2021 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
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[CANCELLED] June 4, 2021 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
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April 16, 2021 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
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March 5, 2021 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
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January 20, 2021 at 1:00 PM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
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Past Board Meeting Minutes as Adopted [PDFs]:
Archive of Board Meeting Agendas and Accompanying Documents
November 6, 2020 at 9:00 AM on the Teams Meeting Platform
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September 18, 2020 at 9:00 AM on the Teams Meeting Platform
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Emergency Meeting of the Board to discuss a proposed limited duration exemption from commercial certification requirements for school custodial staff applying general use antimicrobial pesticides with powered application equipment for the purposes of routine cleaning in schools.
Video conference hosted in Microsoft Teams, to join the meeting:
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Meeting ID: 949 7662 8725
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Minutes of the February 26, 2020 Board Meeting [PDF]
Annual Report on Funding for the University of Maine Extension Manual Writer/PSEP Position [PDF]
Request to Extend Special Local Need [24(c)] Registration for Dual Magnum (Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC) for Yellow Nutsedge and Hairy Galinsoga in Vegetables [PDF]
Consideration of Consent Agreement with Bath Housing Authority, of Bath, Maine [PDF]
Consideration of Consent Agreement with Hughes Inc., of Freeport, Maine [PDF]
Consideration of Consent Agreement with The Turf Doctor Inc., of Augusta, Maine [PDF]
Election of Officer
Other Old and New Business
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March 8, 2019
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October 5, 2018—Cancelled
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August 15, 2018
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July 13, 2018
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June 1, 2018
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May 18, 2018 Note: There was not a quorum of board members present, so while the members present did discuss the items on the agenda, no formal action was taken. Matters that require formal Board action will be placed on a future agenda for consideration.
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April 6, 2018
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January 11, 2017
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December 16, 2016
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November 4, 2016
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September 23, 2016
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August 19, 2016
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May 13, 2016
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