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Agencies:
- 01-001: Agriculture - General
- 01-013: Maine Potato Marketing Committee (statutory authority repealed)
- 01-015: Maine Milk Commission
- 01-017: Maine State Harness Racing Commission
- 01-019: Soil and Water Conservation Commission (repealed; see 01-001 Chapters 801 - 806)
- 01-020: Maine Agricultural Bargaining Board
- 01-026: Board of Pesticides Control
- 01-303: Pull Events Commission
- 01-669: Maine Forest Service
- 01-670: Bureau of Parks and Lands
- 01-672: Land Use Planning Commission
- 04-056: Conservation - General (moved to 01-670)
- 04-058: Maine Forest Service (moved to 01-669)
- 04-059: Bureau of Parks and Lands (moved to 01-670)
- 04-061: Land Use Planning Commission (moved to 01-672)
- 04-063: Bureau of Public Lands (obsolete; chapters transferred to 01-670, chapters 51 - 54) and
- Rules relocated to Agriculture from the former State Planning Office
01 001 Agriculture - General
- Ch. 1 (Word) Rules of Procedure Governing Pesticide Hearings (Note: Chapter 1 a joint rule with 01-026.)
- Ch. 2 (Word) Rules for Adoption of Market Orders Affecting Agricultural Commodities
- Ch. 3 (Word) Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
- Ch. 4 (Word) Rules for Adoption of Apple Market Orders and Apple Market Agreements
- Ch. 5 (Word) Maine Potato Council: Financial Reports and Out-of-State Travel
- Ch. 6 (Word) Petition for Agency Rulemaking
- Ch. 7 (Word) Adoption of Agricultural Land Interest Form
- Ch. 8 (Word) Rules for Department Grant Awards and Appeals
- Ch. 9 (Word) Rules Requiring Use of Best Management Practices for Growing Crops to Minimize Cross Contamination
- Ch. 10 (Word) Rules for the Agricultural Compliance Program
- Ch. 11 (Word) Rules of Procedure Governing Award of Dates for Agricultural Fairs
- Ch. 12 (Word) Agricultural Fairs - Licensing
- Ch. 13 (Word) Agricultural Fairs Performance Evaluation
- Ch. 20 (Word) Apple Market Order
- Ch. 25 (Word) Rules for Adoption of Fresh Blueberry Market Orders
- Ch. 26 (Word) Fresh-Pack Blueberry Market Order
- Ch. 30 (Word) Quarantine (Potato)
- Ch. 31 (Word) Rules for Operation of Potato Marketing Improvement Fund
- Ch. 32 (Word) Rules for Operation of Agricultural Marketing Loan Fund
- Ch. 33 (Word) Rules Governing the Agricultural Development Grant Program
- Ch. 34 (Word) Rules for Operation of Dairy Improvement Fund
- Ch. 35 (Word) Rules for Operation of the Maine Healthy Soils Fund
- Ch. 36 (Word) Rules Governing the Maine Farms for the Future Program
- Ch. 37 (Word) Rules Governing the Voluntary Municipal Farm Support Program
- Ch. 38 (Word) Rules for the Operation of the Farmers Drought Relief Fund
- Ch. 41 (Word) Fresh Broccoli Market Order
- Ch. 50 (Word) Rules for the Determination of Insufficient Veterinary Services
- Ch. 61 Maine Milk Pool Cost of Administration (see 01-015, Maine Milk Commission, Chapter 61)
- Ch. 62 (Word) General Fund Money Distributed to Maine Dairy Farmers (Note: Chapter 62 is a joint rule with 01-015.)
- Ch. 100 (Word) Grievance Procedures for the Handicapped
- Ch. 106 (Word) Standard Grades for Apples
- Ch. 111 (Word) Official Standards for Egg Grades
- Ch. 117 (Word) Official Standard for Maple Syrup Grades
- Ch. 122 (Word) Fee Schedule for Inspection of Agricultural Commodities
- Ch. 123 (Word) Distribution of Proceeds from Potato License Surety Bonds
- Ch. 125 (Word) Official Classification, Grades and Standards for Potatoes Packed in Maine
- Ch. 126 (Word) Official Use of Blue, White and Red State Trademark
- Ch. 131 (Word) Bonding Schedule for Dealers in Agriculture Commodities / Dry Beans
- Ch. 135 (Word) Official Use of State of Maine Quality Trademark
- Ch. 136 (Word) Official State of Maine Grades and Standards for Milk and Milk Products for Use with the State of Maine Quality Trademark
- Ch. 137 (Word) Official State of Maine Grade for Bottled Water
- Ch. 139 (Word) Official Standards for Christmas Trees
- Ch. 141 (Word) Official Standards for Grades of Milled Lumber
- Ch. 143 (Word) Maine Quality Trademark, Standards and Grades for Bunched Italian Sprouting Broccoli
- Ch. 144 (Word) Standards for the Use of the State of Maine Quality Trademark on Molluscan Shellfish
- Ch. 170 (Word) Rules for Administration of Maine Agriculture Promotion Assistance Matching Fund
- Ch. 201 (Word) Rules Governing Licensed Livestock Dealers
- Ch. 202 (Word) Rule for the Intrastate Movement of Sheep and Goats
- Ch. 203 (Word) Rule for the Participation in the Maine Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance Program
- Ch. 204 (Word) Rule for the Licensing Requirements for Farmed Cervids
- Ch. 205 (Word) Rules Governing Poultry Disease Control Fund
- Ch. 206 (Word) Prevention and Control of Certain Diseases of Domestic Animals and Poultry
- Ch. 207 (Word) Control of Equine Infectious Anemia
- Ch. 208 (Word) Handling of Domestic Animals and Poultry Vaccines
- Ch. 209 (Word) Livestock Commission and Community Auctions
- Ch. 210 (Word) Poultry for Immediate Slaughter
- Ch. 211 (Word) Rules for the Disposal of Animal Carcasses
- Ch. 212 (Word) Rules Governing Procurement, Storage, Distribution and Use of Brucellosis Vaccine
- Ch. 213 (Word) Rules for the Salmonella Enteritidis Risk Reduction and Surveillance Program for Commercial Egg-Type Flocks
- Ch. 216 (Word) Rules Governing the Sale of Dogs and Cats and Importation of Dogs and Cats for Resale or Adoption
- Ch. 220 (Word) Importation of Certain Deer into Maine
- Ch. 223 (Word) Rules for the Operation of Commercial Large Game Shooting Areas
- Ch. 226 (Word) Rules Governing the Administration of Certain Substances to Animals Entered in Pulling Competitions
- Ch. 240 (Word) Guidelines for Feeding Fish Waste and Other Liquid Based Feed Systems to Swine
- Ch. 250 (Word) American Ginseng
- Ch. 252 (Word) Regulations Governing Certification of Seed Potatoes in the State of Maine
- Ch. 253 (Word) Official Seed Potato Grade for Maine Certified Seed Potatoes
- Ch. 255 (Word) Imported Seed Potatoes
- Ch. 257 (Word) Rules Governing the Establishment and Operation of Seed Potato Production Areas
- Ch. 259 (Word) Minimum Standards for Planting Potatoes
- Ch. 261 (Word) Field Seed Certification
- Ch. 265 (Word) Discontinuation of Maine Apple Tree Pool
- Ch. 266 (Word) Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Quarantine
- Ch. 267 (Word) License Fees to Sell Nursery Stock
- Ch. 270 (Word) Maine Apiary Rules and Regulations
- Ch. 272 (Word) European Larch Canker Quarantine
- Ch. 273 (Word) Criteria for Listing Invasive Terrestrial Plants
- Ch. 274 (Word) Rules for Growing Hemp
- Ch. 275 (Word) Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine
- Ch. 302 (Word) Method of Sale of Commodities
- Ch. 303 (Word) Packaging and Labelling
- Ch. 304 (Word) Weights and Measures
- Ch. 306 (Word) Regulations for Adoption of Type Evaluation of Weighing and Measuring Devices
- Ch. 307 (Word) Fees for Testing Weighing and Measuring Devices
- Ch. 308 (Word) Roadside Advertising of Gasoline and Gasoline Pricing
- Ch. 309 (Word) Multiple Draft Weighing
- Ch. 311 (Word) Commercial Feed
- Ch. 312 (Word) Pet Food
- Ch. 313 (Word) Seeds
- Ch. 315 (Word) Agricultural Liming Materials Regulations
- Ch. 329 (Word) Rule Governing Maine Milk and Milk Products
- Ch. 330 (Word) License Fees to Manufacture and Sell Food and Beverages
- Ch. 331 (Word) State of Maine Food Code 2001 (a joint chapter with 10-144 Ch. 200)
- Ch. 332 (Word) Rabbit Processing
- Ch. 333 (Word) Official Grades for Sardines Packed in Louisiana Hot Sauce (1/4 Size Cans)
- Ch. 334 (Word) Packing of Sardines
- Ch. 335 (Word) Official Grades for Sardines in Mustard Sauce (1/4 and 3 1/4 Size Cans)
- Ch. 336 (Word) Official Grades for Sardines in Tomato Sauce (l/4 and 3 1/4 oz. Size Cans)
- Ch. 337 (Word) Official Grades for Sardines in Oil Packed in 1/4 and 3 1/4 oz. Size Cans
- Ch. 338 (Word) Official Grades for Sardines in Mustard Sauce Packed in 15 oz. Oval Cans
- Ch. 339 (Word) Official Grades for Sardines in Tomato Sauce Packed in 15 oz. Oval Cans
- Ch. 340 (Word) Sardine Inspection Tax
- Ch. 341 (Word) Bakeries (Commercial, Retail and Distributors)
- Ch. 342 (Word) Cider and Apple Juice
- Ch. 343 (Word) Food Processing and Manufacturing
- Ch. 344 (Word) Food Storage Warehouses
- Ch. 345 (Word) Home Food Manufacturing
- Ch. 346 (Word) Rules Governing Meat and Poultry Inspection and Licensing
- Ch. 347 (Word) Birch and Maple Syrup Processing
- Ch. 348 (Word) Poultry Slaughter and Processing with Grower/Producer Exemption
- Ch. 349 (Word) Ethylene Dibromide (EDB): Tolerance Levels in Food Products
- Ch. 350 (Word) Regulations under the Maine Commercial Fertilizer Law
- Ch. 351 (Word) Packaged Ice Manufacturing and Processing
- Ch. 352 (Word) Domesticated Deer Processing
- Ch. 353 (Word) Licensing of Deer for Domestic Food
- Ch. 354 (Word) Country of Origin Labeling on Produce
- Ch. 355 (Word) Labeling of Post-Harvest Treatments
- Ch. 357 (Word) Food Salvage
- Ch. 358 (Word) Manufacturing of Potentially Hazardous Foods
- Ch. 359 (Word) Rules Governing the Processing / Handling / Storing / Labeling of Smoked, Cured and Salted Fish
- Ch. 360 Responsibilities of Manufacturers, Distributors, Dealers, Initiators of Deposit, Contracted Agents and Redemption Centers under the Returnable Beverage Container Law (relocated to 06-096 Ch. 426)
- Ch. 361 (Word) On Farm Raising, Slaughter and Processing of Less Than 1000 Ready-to-Cook Whole Rabbits Carcasses
- Ch. 365 (Word) Field Sanitation
- Ch. 375 (Word) Determination of Safety and Sufficiency of Dam or Reservoir
- Ch. 380 (Word) Wood Measurement Rules - General Provisions
- Ch. 381 (Word) General Requirements for Wood Transactions
- Ch. 382 (Word) Measurement of Wood and Declaration of Quantity
- Ch. 383 (Word) Measurement and Prompt Furnishing of Measurement Tally Sheets
- Ch. 384 (Word) Wood Measurement Rules - Complaints and Investigations
- Ch. 385 (Word) Wood Measurement Rules - Licensing of Wood Scalers
- Appendices (PDF)
- Ch. 400 (Word) Administrative Cost Grants
- Ch. 401 (Word) Income Replacement
- Ch. 402 (Word) Support for No-Cost Technical Assistance
- Ch. 403 (Word) Infrastructure Investment Grants
- Ch. 404 (Word) Assistance Obtaining New Loans
- Ch. 405 (Word) Real Estate Purchases
- Ch. 406 (Word) Competitive Research Grants
- Ch. 407 (Word) Financial Support for PFAS Blood Serum Testing
- Ch. 408 (Word) Financial Support for Mental Health Care
- Ch. 502 (Word) Regulations for Treatment of Animals in Schools
- Ch. 551 (Word) Rules for Conduct of Agricultural Viability Program
- Ch. 552 (Word) Rules for Conducting the Continuation Phase of the Agricultural Viability Program
- Ch. 560 (Word) Standards for Compost Products
- Ch. 565 (Word) Nutrient Management Rules
- Attachments (PDF)
- Ch. 575 (Word) Permitting of Solar Energy Developments on High-Value Agricultural Land
- Ch. 600 (Word) Rules Regarding the Disposal of Cull Potatoes
- Ch. 701 (Word) Rules Governing Animal Welfare
- Ch. 702 (Word) Rules for the Companion Animal Sterilization Program
- Ch. 703 (Word) Rules for the Care and Treatment of Elephants
- Ch. 721 (Word) Rules for the Permanent Identification of Wolf Hybrids
- Ch. 751 (Word) Rules Governing Arborist Licensing, Testing, and Enforcement in the State of Maine (formerly 02-287, Arborist Examining Board, Ch. 1 - "Definitions.") (This new version also absorbed Ch. 752, 753, and 754.)
- Ch. 802 (Word) Disbursal of Challenge Grant Funds (formerly 01-019, Soil and Water Conservation Commission, Ch. 10)
- Ch. 803 (Word) Election of Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors (formerly 01-019, Soil and Water Conservation Commission, Ch. 15)
- Ch. 806 (Word) Advisory Rulings (formerly 01-019, Soil and Water Conservation Commission, Ch. 40)
01 013 Maine Potato Marketing Committee (statutory authority repealed)
01 015 Maine Milk Commission
- Ch. 1 (Word) Orders
- Ch. 3 Schedule of Minimum Prices for Milk (see /dacf/milkcommission/minimum.shtml)
- Ch. 4 (Word) Marketing Areas
- Ch. 5 (Word) Dealer Cost Accounting and Reporting System
- Ch. 6 (Word) Inspection of Records, Books and Accounts
- Ch. 7 (Word) Advisory Rulings
- Ch. 10 (Word) Accounting Review of 1979 Dealer Data
- Ch. 11 (Word) Dealer and Subdealer Delivery Route Information
- Ch. 13 (Word) Retail Cost Studies
- Ch. 14 (Word) 30 Days Notice
- Ch. 20 (Word) Prevention of Destructive Competition
- Ch. 26 (Word) Producer Margins
- Ch. 27 (Word) Retail Margins
- Ch. 28 (Word) Milk Promotion Fee
- Ch. 29 (Word) Dealer Margins
- Ch. 60 (Word) Maine Milk Pool - Operation
- Ch. 61 (Word) Maine Milk Pool Cost of Administration
- Ch. 62 (Word) General Fund Money Distributed to Maine Dairy Farmers
01 017 State Harness Racing Commission
- Ch. 1 (Word) Administration
- Ch. 3 (Word) Officials and Racetrack Personnel
- Ch. 5 (Word) Tracks
- Ch. 7 (Word) Racing
- Ch. 9 (Word) Sire Stakes
- Ch. 11 (Word) Medications, Prohibited Substances and Testing
- Ch. 13 (Word) Pari-Mutuel Wagering
- Ch. 15 (Word) Off-Track Betting
- Ch. 17 (Word) Rule Violations; Penalties
- Ch. 19 (Word) Protests, Appeals and Race Date Assignment Hearings
- Ch. 21 (Word) General Hearing Procedures
01 019 Soil and Water Conservation Commission (Note: the Commission was repealed and its regulatory authority transferred to 01-001, Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, effective July 4, 1996. The rule chapters were renumbered and relocated to 01-001, Chapters 801 - 806.)
01 020 Maine Agricultural Bargaining Board
- Ch. 1 (Word) Rules of the Agricultural Bargaining Board
- Ch. 2 (Word) Conduct of Public Hearings
- Ch. 3 (Word) Rules of Procedure for the Maine Agricultural Bargaining Board
01 026 Board of Pesticides Control
- Ch. 10 (Word) Definitions and Terms
- Ch. 20 (Word) Special Provisions
- Ch. 22 (Word) Standards for Outdoor Application of Pesticides by Powered Equipment in Order to Minimize Off-Target Deposition
- Ch. 24 (Word) Pesticide Storage Facility Standards / Pesticide Distributors
- Ch. 26 (Word) Standards for Pesticide Applications and Notification for All Occupied Buildings Except K-12 Schools
- Ch. 27 (Word) Standards for Pesticide Application and Public Notification in Schools
- Ch. 28 (Word) Notification Provisions for Outdoor Pesticide Applications
- Ch. 29 (Word) Standards for Water Quality Protection
- Ch. 31 (Word) Certification and Licensing Provisions / Commercial Applicators
- Ch. 32 (Word) Certification and Licensing Provisions / Private Applicators
- Ch. 33 (Word) Certification and Licensing Provisions / Private Applicators of General Use Pesticides
- Ch. 34 (Word) Certification and Licensing Provisions / Dealers
- Ch. 35 (Word) Certification and Licensing Provisions / Spray Contracting Firms
- Ch. 36 Certification and Licensing Provisions / Monitors and Spotters for Forest Insect Aerial Spray Program (repealed)
- Ch. 40 (Word) Maine Restricted and Limited-Use Pesticides
- Ch. 41 (Word) Special Restrictions on Pesticide Use
- Ch. 50 (Word) Record Keeping & Reporting Requirements
- Ch. 51 (Word) Notice of Aerial Pesticide Applications
- Ch. 60 (Word) Designation of Critical Pesticide Control Areas
- Ch. 70 (Word) Adjudicatory Proceedings
- Ch. 80 (Word) Advisory Rulings
- Ch. 90 (Word) Complaints
01 303 Pull Events Commission
- Ch. 15 (Word) Rules for Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents of Pull Events
01 669 Maine Forest Service
- Ch. 1 (Word) White Pine Blister Rust, Quarantine on Currant and Gooseberry Bushes
- Ch. 2 (Word) Spark Arresters
- Ch. 4 (Word) Silvicultural Treatment Designation and New Market Withdrawal
- Ch. 6 (Word) Railroad Right of Way Fire Prevention Plans
- Ch. 20 (Word) Forest Regeneration and Clearcutting Standards
- Ch. 21 (Word) Statewide Standards for Timber Harvesting and Related Activities in Shoreland Areas
- Ch. 23 (Word) Timber Harvesting Standards to Substantially Eliminate Liquidation Harvesting
- Ch. 24 (Word) Boundary Paint Marking Standards
- Ch. 25 (Word) Standards for Placing Wood into Stream Channels to Enhance Cold Water Fisheries Habitat
- Ch. 26 (Word) Forest Operations Notification Standards
- Ch. 27 (Word) Standards for Timber Harvesting and Timber Harvesting-related Activities within Unorganized and Deorganized Areas of the State
- Ch. 29 (Word) Fee Schedule
- Ch. 30 (Word) Prior Approval Process and Stop Work Orders
- Ch. 35 (Word) Browntail Moth Mitigation Fund
- Ch. 501 (Word) Use of Fireplaces and Outdoor Grills
1 670 Bureau of Parks and Lands
- Ch. 1 (Word) Rules for State Parks and Historic Sites
- Ch. 2 (Word) Rules and Regulations for the Allagash Wilderness Waterway
- Ch. 3 (Word) Maine State Aids to Navigation System
- Ch. 4 (Word) Rules and Regulations Governing Boating Facilities
- Ch. 5 (Word) Rules and Regulations for Lunch and Campsites in the Penobscot Corridor Lobster Lake and Chesuncook Lake
- Ch. 6 (Word) Designated Scenic Viewpoints of State or National Significance Located on Public Reserved Land or on a Publicly Accessible Trail Used Exclusively for Pedestrian Use for Consideration in the Permitting of Expedited Wind Energy Development
- Ch. 7 (Word) Rules for Snowmobile Program
- Ch. 8 (Word) Rules for Snowmobile Club Grant-in-Aid Program
- Ch. 9 (Word) Rules for Snowmobile Capital Equipment Grant-in-Aid Program
- Ch. 10 (Word) Rules for Snowmobile Disaster Relief Grant-in-Aid Program
- Ch. 15 (Word) General ATV Trail Guidelines ATV Trail Program Insurance
- Ch. 18 (Word) ATV Municipal/County Grant-In-Aid Program
- Ch. 51 (Word) Use of "Public Lands"
- Ch. 52 (Word) "Coastal Island Registry" Regulations
- Ch. 53 (Word) Submerged Lands Rules
- Ch. 54 (Word) Bear Baiting on Public Lands
- Ch. 55 (Word) Sunken Log Salvage Rules
- Ch. 56 (Word) Grievance Procedures for the Handicapped
- Ch. 57 (Word) Logging and Forestry Education Grant Program
- Ch. 160 (Word) Rules for ATV Club Trail Maintenance Grant-in-Aid Program
1 672 Land Use Planning Commission (formerly Land Use Regulation Commission)
- Ch. 1 (Word) Fee Schedule
- Ch. 2 (Word) Definitions
- Ch. 4 (Word) Rules of Practice
- Ch. 5 (Word) Rules for the Conduct of Public Hearings
- Ch. 10 Land Use Districts and Standards:
- Ch. 11 (Word) Administrative Regulations for Hydropower Projects
- Ch. 12 (Word) Land Use District Requirements - Metallic Mineral Exploration and Level C Mineral Exploration
- Ch. 13 (Word) Metallic Mineral Exploration and Mining Certifications
- Ch. 15 (Word) Guidelines for Private Roads or Ways in LURC Management Districts
- Ch. 16 (Word) Rules Relating to Large Lot Land Divisions
- Ch. 17 (Word) Reestablishment of Commission Jurisdiction
01 683 Land for Maine's Future
- Ch. 1 (Word) Definitions
- Ch. 2 (Word) Rules of Program Administration
04 056 Conservation - General (transferred to 01-670) 04 058 Maine Forest Service (transferred to 01-669) 04 059 Bureau of Parks and Lands (transferred to 01-670) 04 061 Land Use Planning Commission (transferred to 01-672) 04 063 Bureau of Public Lands (obsolete; see 01-670 Chapters 51-54)
Rules relocated to Agriculture from the former State Planning Office
- Ch. 1 (PDF) Kennebec River Resource Management Plan (.pdf)
- Ch. 10 (Word) Grievance Procedures for the Handicapped
- Ch. 201 (Word) Procedural Rule for Submission and Review of Zoning Ordinances
- Ch. 203 (Word) Subdivision Ordinance Review Criteria Rule
- Ch. 205 (Word) Procedural Rule for Submittal and Review of Municipal Growth Management Programs for a Certificate of Consistency
- Ch. 208 (Word) Comprehensive Plan Review Criteria Rule
- Ch. 210 (Word) Zoning Ordinance Review Criteria Rule
- Ch. 220 (Word) Methodology for Identification of Regional Service Centers
- Ch. 250 (Word) Methodology for Conducting a Scenic Inventory of Scenic Resources of State or National Significance Located in the State's Coastal Area