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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
March 14, 2025 - Hybrid in Room 101 Deering Building, Augusta
Additional Items Added March 10, 2025
- Letter From Stephanie Lash (PDF)
- Letter From Stephen L. Graham (PDF)
- Minutes of the January 15, 2025 Board Meeting (PDF)
- Letter to the Board from Douglas Cole of Rockport (PDF)
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Consideration of a Request for Financial Support from Maine Mobile Health (PDF)
- Minutes of the December 6, 2024 Board Meeting (PDF) and January 15, 2025 Board Meeting (PDF)
- Variance Request for MDOT (PDF)
- Request to Extend Special Local Need [24(c)] Registration for Express® Herbicide with TotalSol (FMC Corporation) for Spot Application and Bunchberry Control in Lowbush Blueberries (PDF)
- Request for Variance Permit from Irving Woodlands and JBI Helicopters
- Spruce Budworm Control in Northern Maine
- Consideration of Consent Agreement with Mosquito Squad of Southern Maine, Scarborough
- Consideration of Consent Agreement with Stephen Antonson of Rockport
- Other Old and New Business
- Variance Permit for CMR01-026, Chapter 29, New England Spray Tech, Shapleigh, ME (PDF)
- EPA Announces Proposed Registration of New Pesticide Florylpicoxamid (PDF)
- EPA Shares Fish and Wildlife Service’s Final Endangered Species Act Biological Opinion for Methomyl (PDF)
- Proposed Falmouth Municipal Ordinance (PDF)
- LD 356: An Act to Require Notification of Certain Outdoor Pesticide Applications (PDF)
- Final Service Container Policy (PDF)
Meeting Archive
2025
January 15, 2025- Hybrid at the Augusta Civic Center, Kennebec/Penobscot Room
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- Consideratopm of a Request for Financial Support from Maine Mobile Health (PDF)
- Service Container Labeling Policy (PDF)
- BPC Informational Videos (PDF)
- Complaint Overview for CY 2024 and CY 2023
- Other Old and New Business
- EPA Releases Draft Biological Opinion for Carbaryl for Public Comment (PDF)
- EPA Finalizes Settlement and Announces New Tracking Websiteb for Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program Data Call-In Notices (PDF)
- Annual Obsolete Pesticide Collection Program Fall 2024 Update (PDF)
- Overview of 2025 Pesticide Product Registration Renewal Progress
- EPA Announces Interim Decisions on Chlorothalonil, Thiophanate-methyl, and Carbendazim (PDF)
2024
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)
2023
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
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]
June 9- Hybrid in Rm 118 Marquardt Building, Augusta
Additional Item Added June 6, 2023
- Portland Press Herald Article Published June 6, 2023 (PDF) (link to article)
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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)
April 7, 2023- Hybrid in Rm 101 Deering Building, Augusta
Items Added April 4, 2023
- 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]
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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
March 15, 2023- Hybrid in Rm 118 Marquardt Building, Augusta
Items added March 13, 2023
- Article submitted by Heather Spaulding, MOFGA [PDF]
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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
February 24, 2023- Hybrid in Rm 101 Deering Building, Augusta
Items Added February 22, 2023
- Letter from Crop Life America Regarding LD 264 [PDF]
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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]
January 20, 2023- Remote Emergency Board Meeting via Microsoft Teams Platform
- Agenda [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)
January 11, 2023- Hybrid in Rm 101 Deering Building, Augusta
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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]
2022
December 2, 2022- Hybrid, Rm 118 Marquardt Building, Augusta
Items Added November 29, 2022
- 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]
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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
October 21, 2022 at Rm 101 Deering Building, Augusta
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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?
August 5, 2022 at 9:00 AM via the Teams Platform
Materials Distributed at the August 5, 2022 Meeting
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
June 17, 2022 at 9:00 AM via the Teams Platform
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
May 6, 2022 at 9:00 AM
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
April 1, 2022 at 9:00 AM
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
February 25, 2022 at 9:00 AM
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
January 14, 2022 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
Items Added January 11, 2022
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
2021
November 19, 2021 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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?
October 8, 2021 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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?
August 27, 2021 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
Additonal items added after deadline
- Letter Regarding LD 155 [PDF]
- Powered Application of Disinfectants Email [PDF]
- Letter From Maine Association of Independent Schools [PDF]
Items Added August 24, 2021
- 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]
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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]
- 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?
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
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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]
[CANCELLED] June 4, 2021 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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]
April 16, 2021 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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]
March 5, 2021 at 9:00 AM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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]
January 20, 2021 at 1:00 PM on the Microsoft Teams Platform
Items Added January 19, 2021
Original Items
Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents
- 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
Past Board Meeting Minutes as Adopted in PDF Format
- 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