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Archive of Board Meeting Agendas and Accompanying Documents
- October 17, 2008, Agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the September 12, 2008, Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Draft Policy for Submission and Review of 24(c) Registration Requests [PDF or RTF]
- 4. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with P.R. Webster Professional Groundskeeping Inc. [PDF]
- 5. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Snowmans Oil and Soil Inc. [PDF]
- 6. Review of Draft Rules on Aerial Spraying and Drift [Note: No public input may be received for this agenda item]
- Chapter 10 Proposed [PDF or RTF]
- Chapter 22 Proposed [PDF or RTF]
Chapter 28 Proposed [PDF or RTF]
Recent Comments Received [PDF]
- 7. Other Old or New Business
- a. E-mail from Thomas Woodruff of Falmouth, Maine, regarding pesticide use and sign posting for lawn applications—G. Fish
- PDF]
- b. E-mail from Marsha Mongell of Rockport, Maine, regarding pesticide use and regulations—H. Jennings [PDF]
- c. Review of the current Board policy for accepting public comments during non-rulemaking periods—P. Schlein [PDF]
- d. Update on Bt Sweet Corn Registration Requests—H. Jennings
- e. Other?
- 8. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 9. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest [PDF]
- September 12, 2008, Agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the August 1, 2008, Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. DuPont Request for 24(c) Registration for DuPontTM Express® Herbicide with TotalSol for Control of Bunchberry in Lowbush Blueberries
- a. Memo on Toxicity [PDF or RTF]
- b. Memo on Environmental Fate [PDF or RTF]
- c. Comments Received [PDF]
- 4. Discussion of Board Process for Submission and Review of 24(c) Registration Requests
- Memo from Board Registrar [PDF or RTF]
- 5. Continued Discussion About Approaches to Address Public Concerns About Aerial Spraying
- a. Summary of Board Consensus of Aerial Concepts [PDF or RTF]
- b. Summary of Non-Rulemaking Comments as of 8/31/08 [PDF or RTF]
- c. Comments Received [PDF]
- 6. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Waterville Schools [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Scotts Lawn Service [PDF]
- 8. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Hands of Thyme [PDF]
- 9. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Belle Vue Farm [PDF]
- 10. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Paris Farmers Union [PDF]
- 11. Other Old or New Business
- a. Variance Permit Issued to Green Thumb Lawn Service for Chapter 22—H. Jennings [PDF]
- b. Update on Board member appointments—H. Jennings
- c. Letter to Nancy Oden—H. Jennings [PDF or RTF]
- d. New Correspondence from Nancy Oden—H. Jennings [PDF]
- e. Update on Colony Collapse Disorder—Anthony Jadczak
- f. Other?
- Letter from Thomas Woodruff of Falmouth, Maine, regarding pesticide use and sign posting for lawn applications [PDF]
- 12. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 13. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest [PDF]
- August 1, 2008, agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the June 13, 2008, Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Introduction of Tamas Peredy, Director of the Northern New England Poison Center
- 4. Revisions to the Board Policy for the Medical Advisory Committee
- Draft revised MAC policy [PDF or RTF]
- 5. DuPont Request for 24(c) Registration for DuPontTM Express® Herbicide with TotalSol for Control of Bunchberry in Lowbush Blueberries
- 24(c) registration materials [PDF]
- Comments received [PDF]
- 6. Discussion of Board Process for Reviewing Monsanto Company’s Registration Request for MON 89034 and MON 89034 x MON 88017
- Monsanto registration materials [PDF]
- 7. Continued Discussion About Approaches to Address Public Concerns About Aerial Spraying
- Memo from staff [PDF or RTF]
- Comments received [PDF]
- 8. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Vaughn Rasartaff [PDF]
- 9. Update on the Agricultural Health Study
- Presentation by Lebelle Hicks [PDF or PPT (PowerPoint)]
- 10. Other Old or New Business
- a. Additional Variance Requests Approved for Chapters 22 and/or 29—H. Jennings
- b. Slide Show on the Back Cove Project—G. Fish
- c. Letter to Nancy Oden—H. Jennings [PDF or RTF]
- d. Other?
- New correspondence regarding pesticide applications at Lincolnville condominiums [PDF]
- 11. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 12. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles [PDF]
- June 13, 2008, agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the May 2, 2008, Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. DuPont Request for 24(c) Registration for DuPontTM Coragen® Insect Control on Potatoes [PDF]
- Letter from Lauchlin Titus [PDF]
- 4. Consideration of DEP Concerns About Runoff from Lawn Pesticide Applications [PDF]
- Letter from Lynne Barnard [PDF]
- 5. Discussion About When to Reestablish the Medical Advisory Committee (MAC)
- 6. Continued Discussion About Approaches to Address Public Concerns About Aerial Spraying
- Memo: Buffers and Other Approaches to Minimizing Off-Target Drift [PDF or RTF]
- Appendix to above memo [PDF or RTF]
- Summary of Recent Maine Board of Pesticides Control Discussions on Aerial Spraying and Drift [PDF or RTF]
- Comments received in response to above summary [PDF]
- 2008 aerial spraying permit conditions for Tulare County, California, submitted at Board meeting by Heather Spalding, MOFGA [PDF]
- 7. Correspondence from Nancy Oden Regarding Pesticides and Bee Mortality [PDF]
- UDSA Agricultural Research Service article (6/08): Colony Collapse Disorder—A Complex Buzz [PDF]
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- a. Variance Requests Approved for Chapters 22 and 29—H. Jennings [PDF]
- b. Other?
- Bangor Hydro Electric Company 2008 Spray Plan [PDF]
- 9. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles and Correspondence [PDF]
- May 2, 2008, agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the March 28, 2008, Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Consideration of a Variance Request from RWC, Inc. Pursuant to Chapter 29, Section 6. [PDF]
- 4. Consideration of a Variance Request from the Maine Department of Transportion (MDOT), Environmental Office Pursuant to Chapter 29, Section 6. [PDF]
- 5. Consideration of a Variance Request from MDOT for Roadside Brush and Other Nuisance Weed Control Pursuant to Chapter 29, Section 6. [PDF]
- 6. Continued Discussion About Approaches to Address Public Concerns About Aerial Spraying
- Memo Regarding Sensitive Areas Likely to be Occupied [PDF or RTF]
- Chapter 10 Section BBB [PDF or RTF]
- Brown tail moth nuisance law [PDF or RTF]
- MOFGA Response to Concepts for Improving Notification and Examples of Buffer Zones Established for Protection from Pesticide Drift [PDF]
- 7. Other Old or New Business
- a. Continuing Discussion of Pesticide Use Data—H. Jennings
- b. YardScaping Update—G. Fish
- c. Meeting with Jeffrey Smith—H. Jennings
- d. Other ?
- 8. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 9. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles and Correspondence [PDF]
- March 28, 2008, agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the February 29, 2008, Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Gowan Company Request for a 24(c) Registration for Use of Nexter Miticide/Insecticide on Greenhouse Tomatoes. [PDF]
- 4. Final Adoption of Major Substantive Rule Amendments, Chapter 26 and Chapter 29, Section 6
- Chapter 26 Resolve and Revised Basis Statement [PDF]
- Chapter 29 Resolve and Revised Basis Statement [PDF]
- 5. Consideration of Applications From Monsanto Ag Products to Register Yieldgard VT Rootworm/RR2 and Yieldgard VT Triple
- Memo and Monsanto Registration Materials [PDF]
- 6. Continued Discussion About Approaches to Address Public Concerns About Aerial Spraying
- Memo on Recommendations for Site Planning and Identification of Sensitive Areas for Aerial Spraying [PDF or RTF]
- 7. Adoption of Board Policy Clarifying the Definitions of Spray Contracting Firm
- 8. Discussion of Criteria for Variances to Chapter 29, Section 6
- Variance request from Falmouth Country Club [PDF]
- Variance request from Kebo Valley Golf Club [PDF]
- 9. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with TruGreen Chemlawn, Inc., of Westbrook [PDF]
- 10. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Purely Organics of York Harbor [PDF]
- 11. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Service Master of Saco [PDF]
- 12. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with David Register of Lisbon [PDF]
- 13. Other Old or New Business
- a. Update on Replacement for Lee Humphreys—H. Jennings
- b. Continuing Discussion of Pesticide Use Data—H. Jennings
- c. YardScaping Update—G. Fish
- d. Other ?
- 14. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 15. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest [PDF]
- February 29, 2008, agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the January 25, 2008, Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Continued Discussion About Approaches to Address Public Concerns About Aerial Application
- Memo from Board Staff [PDF or RTF]
- 4. Review of Board Definitions of Spray Contracting Firm
- Memo from Gary Fish [PDF or RTF]
- 5. Review of 2007 Planning Session Priorities
- Memo from Henry Jennings [PDF or RTF]
- 6. Discussion of an Annual Summary of BPC Complaints
- Memo and Attachments from Ray Connors [PDF]
- 7. Other Old or New Business
- a. Legislative Update—H. Jennings
- b. Other ?
- 8. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 9. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest [PDF]
- January 25, 2008, agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the December 14, 2007, Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Request from Training Development Corporation for Grant to Help Support a Worker Protection Safety Training Program for Summer 2008
- Letter from the Training and Development Corporation [PDF or RTF]
- 4. Adoption of Amendments to Chapters 26, 29 and 41
- Chapter 26 basis and business impact statements, response to comments, and proposed rule [PDF]
- Chapter 29 basis and business impact statements, response to comments, and proposed rule [PDF]
- Chapter 41 basis and business impact statements, response to comments, and proposed rule [PDF]
- 5. Review of Comments Received and Continuing Discussion on Issues Relating to Aerial Spraying and Spray Drift
- Memo and table from Henry Jennings on aerial spraying and spray drift [PDF]
- Written comments received on aerial spraying and spray drift [PDF]
- 6. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Sterling Insect-Lawn Control, Inc., of Gorham [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Mainely Grass, Inc., of York [PDF]
- 8. Election of Officers
- 9. Other Old or New Business
- a. Board-approved training for Bt corn—G. Fish
- b. 2007 Registration Update—W. Smith [PDF]
- c. Combining the Pesticides Registrar and Water Quality Specialist Positions—W. Smith [PDF]
- d. Central Maine Power Company's Transmission Right-of-Way Vegetation Management Plan for 2008—H. Jennings [PDF]
- e. Report of Safer Chemicals Task Force—H. Jennings
- f. Other ?
- 10. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 11. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest [PDF]
- December 14, 2007, agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Public Information Gathering Hearing on Aerial Spraying and Spray Drift
- 3. Minutes of the November 16, 2007, Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 4. Consideration of Three Applications from Syngenta Biotechnology to Register Bt Field Corn Products [PDF or RTF]
- 5. Workshop Session to Review Proposed Rulemaking Amendments to Chapters 10, 26, 29 and 41
- Transcript of November 16, 2007, Public Hearing and all written comments received [PDF—large file, 8.5 MB]
- Draft Reponse to Comments on Chapter 41 [PDF]
- 6. Other Old or New Business
- a. Monsanto review of the Bt corn caddisfly study [PDF]
- b. Budget Update – H. Jennings
- 7. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 8. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest [PDF]
- November 16 , 2007, agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to Chapters 10, 26, 29 and 41
- 3. Minutes of the October 5, 2007, Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 4. Adoption of Board Policy on Acceptable Forms of Verifiable Authorization
- Proposed Policy on Verifiable Authorization [PDF or RTF]
- 5. Discussion of Board Policy on Accepting Electronic Comments Pertaining to Board Agenda Topics
- Memo and Proposed Policy [PDF or RTF]
- 6. Review of Planning Session Discussion on Aerial Drift Concerns
- Memo and Review of Discussion [PDF or RTF]
- 7. Review of the Board's Budget
- 8. Prioritization of Topics from the Board Planning Session
- 9. Other Old or New Business
- a. National Academy of Science Study on Bt Corn Effects on Caddisflies
- Study and Press Release [PDF]
- Comments on Bt corn study received from Robert Tardy [PDF or RTF]
- Comments on Bt corn study received from Robert Fish [PDF]
- Additional study on Bt corn received from Andrei Alyokhin, University of Maine [PDF]
- b. Other
- 10. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 11. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest [PDF]
- October 5, 2007, agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the September 7, 2007, Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Final Review of Draft Best Management Practices (BMPs) for the Application of Turf Pesticides and Fertilizers
- 4. Review of Draft Rule Amendment to Chapter 26 of the Board's Rules
- Draft of Chapter 26 [PDF or RTF]
- 5. Continued Discussion About Acceptable Systems of “Verifiable Authorization”
- Memo from Henry Jennings to Board [PDF or RTF]
- 6. Continued Discussion of Potential Rulemaking Initiative to Regulate the Use of Bt Corn
- Draft of Chapter 41 [PDF or RTF]
- 7. Continued Discussion of Potential Changes to Address Concerns with Aerial Applications
- Memo from Lebelle Hicks to Board [PDF or RTF]
- 8. Continued Discussion Concerning Potential Development of Buffer Zones to Protect Surface Water
- Proposed new buffer language [PDF or RTF]
- 9. Discussion of BPC Planning Session
- 2006 Planning Session Priorities [PDF or RTF]
- 10. Other Old or New Business
- a. Update on the Back Cove YardScaping Demonstration Project—G. Fish
- People Places & Plants magazine article on the Back Cove Project [PDF]
- b. Comments received regarding Bt corn [PDF]
- c. Letter from Elizabeth Ashe Snow regarding collection of obsolete pesticides [PDF or RTF]
- d. Other
- 11. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 12. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest [PDF]
- September 7, 2007, agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
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Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the July 27, 2007 Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Green Thumb Lawn Service's Request for Variance for a Vegetation Management Program Along Roadway Curbing, Sidewalks and Median Strips in the City of Brewer [PDF]
- 4. Review of Staff Options to Address Concerns Voiced by the Structural Pest Control Industry Relating to Chapter 26 of the Board's Rules [PDF or RTF]
- 5. Clarification of Board Motion to Approve the Registration of Seven Bt Field Corn Products
- 6. Discussion of Potential Rulemaking Initiative to Regulate the Use of Bt Field Corn
- Cover Memo [PDF or RTF]
- Draft rule amendments for Chapter 41, Section 5 [PDF or RTF]
- Letter from Pioneer Hi-Bred International regarding Bt corn conditions [PDF]
- Memo from Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Assocation/Russell Libby regarding Bt corn conditions [PDF or RTF]
- Letter from Douglas Johnson, Maine Biotechnology Information Bureau [PDF]
- E-mail from Tracy Rood, Pioneer Hi-Bred International [PDF]
- 7. Discussion of Preliminary Rulemaking Language to Address Concerns with Aerial Applications
- Cover Memo [PDF or RTF]
- Draft rule amendments for Chapter 22 [PDF or RTF]
- Draft rule amendments for Chapter 28 [PDF or RTF]
- 7/27/07 Board meeting testimony from Heather Spalding/Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Assocation on aerial spray drift [PDF or RTF]
- Indiana Pesticide Drift Rule [PDF or RTF]
- 8. Continued Discussion of Rulemaking Proposal to Continue Restrictions Associated with Browntail Moth Applications Near Marine Waters [PDF or RTF]
- 9. Continued Discussion Concerning Potential Development of Buffer Zones to Protect Surface Water [PDF or RTF]
- 10. Discussion of BPC Planning Session
- 2006 Planning Session Priorities [PDF or RTF]
- 11. Other Old or New Business
- a. Update on the Back Cove YardScaping Demonstration Project - G. Fish
- Back Cove YardScaping Project Photographic Update [PDF]
- b. Comments received regarding Bt corn and aerial spraying in Maine [PDF]
- c. Other
- 12. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 13. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest [PDF]
- July 27, 2007, Agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the June 22, 2007 Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Decision on Applications to Register Seven Bt Field Corn Products (Note: In the interest of time, public comment will be limited)
- Cover Memo [PDF or RTF]
- Report of the PIP Technical Committee [PDF or RTF]
- Comments Received [PDF]
- 4. Review of the Report from the Stakeholders Committee on Aerial Application Issues
- Cover Memo and Report [PDF or RTF]
- Comments Cover Memo [PDF]
- Stakeholder Committee Comments [PDF]
- Public Comments Received [PDF]
- 5. Review of Staff Options to Address Concerns Voiced by the Structural Pest Control Industry Relating to Chapter 26 of the Board's Rules [PDF or RTF]
- 6. Continued Disscussion of Rulemaking Proposal to Continue Restrictions Associated with Browntail Moth Applications Near Marine Waters [PDF or RTF]
- 7. Continued Discussion Concerning Potential Development of Buffer Zones to Protect Surface Water [PDF or RTF]
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- a. Variance Permit Issued to Aroostook Arboriculture [PDF]
- b. Consent Agreement Negotiated Between the Office of Attorney General and The Turf Doctor [PDF]
- c. Update on the Back Cove YardScaping Demonstration Project [No Documents]
- d. Other [PDF]
- 9. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest [PDF]
- June 22, 2007, Agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) and Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the April 13, 2007 Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Discussion of Rulemaking Proposal to Continue Restrictions Associated with Browntail Moth Applications Near Marine Waters
- 4. Discussion of Concerns Voiced by the Structural Pest Control Industry Relating to Chapter 26 of the Board's Rules
- Cover Memo [PDF or RTF]
- Board Letter [PDF or RTF]
- Chapter 26 [PDF or RTF]
- 25(b) E-mail—1 [PDF]
- 25(b) E-mail—2 [PDF]
- 25(b) Spreadsheet [PDF]
- 5. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Maine Helicopters, Inc. of Whitefield [PDF or RTF]
- 6. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with The Lawn Ranger of Brunswick [PDF or RTF]
- 7. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Northeast Agricultural Sales, Inc. [PDF or RTF]
- 8. Discussion of Need/Benefit for Bt Corn Field Products
- Need/Benefit Information—Laughlin Titus [PDF or RTF]
- Need/Benefit Supporting Documents [PDF]
- Comments Received [PDF]
- 9. Preliminary Discussion about Acceptable Systems of "Verifiable Authorization"
- Cover Memo [PDF or RTF]
- Comments Received [PDF]
- 10. Continued Discussion Concerning Potential Development of Buffer Zones to Protect Surface Water
- Cover Memo [PDF or RTF]
- April 2007 Buffer Memo [PDF or RTF]
- New Draft Buffer Language [PDF or RTF]
- 11. Other Old or New Business
- a. Variance Permit Issued to the Maine Department of Transportation—H. Jennings [PDF]
- b. Variance Permit Issued to Basham Tree Services—H. Jennings [PDF]
- c. Letter from Bangor Hydo Outlining Its Substation Treatment Plans—H. Jennings [PDF]
- d. Legislative Update—H. Jennings [PDF]
- LD 1891
- LD 861
- LD 1698
- LD 1798
- e. PIP Technical Committee Update—J. Jemison
- f. Stakeholders Committee Update—J. Jemison
- g. Letter/Emails on Aerial Spraying—H. Jennings [PDF]
- h. Emails from Nancy Oden on Pesticides/Bees [PDF]
- 12. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 13. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest [PDF]
- April 13, 2007, Agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) and Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the March 16, 2006 Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Bayer CropScience Request for a 24C Registration to Use a Lower Rate of Provado 1.6 Flowable Insecticide to Control Blueberry Maggot on Low Bush Blueberry
- Memo, letters, registration forms [PDF]
- Provado label [PDF]
- 4. City of Augusta Request for Variance for a Vegetation Management Program Along Sidewalks and Median Strips [PDF]
- 5. Consideration of Three Applications for Registration for Bt Field Corn Products
- All related memos, applications, and labels [PDF]
- Memo: Committee to Review Plant Incorporated Pesticide Issues [PDF or RTF]
- Supplemental documents from Pioneer [PDF]
- Additional supplemental document from Pioneer [PDF]
- Monsanto 2007 Technology Use Guide [PDF]
- Comments received [PDF]
- 6. Adoption of Amendments to Chapters 40 and 41
- Chapter 40: proposed rule, response to comments, and basis statement [PDF]
- Chapter 41: proposed rule, response to comments, and basis statement [PDF]
- 7. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with the Barren View Golf Course of Jonesboro [PDF]
- 8. Discussion about Current Posting Requirements for Commercial Applicators and Whether the Board Should Considering Expanding the Requirements to Cover Additional Circumstances
- Board letter to Dolan [PDF]
- Memo to Board [PDF or RTF]
- 9. Continued Discussion Concerning Potential Development of Buffer Zones to Protect Surface Water [PDF or RTF]
- 10. Other Old or New Business
- a. Variance Permit Issued to RWC, Inc., of Westfield, MA [PDF]
- b. Legislative Update—H. Jennings
- c. Aerial Committee Updates
- d. Other
- 11. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 12. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest [PDF]
- March 16 , 2007, Agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) and Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the February 16, 2006 Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Consideration of Pioneer Hi-Bred International's and Dow AgroSciences LLC Applications for Registration for Three Bt Corn Products [Important: The applicants have requested that this item be tabled to a future meeting.]
- Lebelle Hicks cover memo and article, "Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods" [PDF]
- Dow AgroSciences/Pioneer applications, labels, and supporting articles [PDF]
- Additional supporting article submitted by Dow AgroSciences [PDF]
- 4. United Phosphorus, Inc. Request for 24C Registration for Devrinol 50-DF to Control Weeds in Cranberries
- Wes Smith cover memo, application, supporting letters, and other related materials [PDF]
- 5. Workshop Session to Review Comments on Proposed Rulemaking to Chapters 40 & 41
- 6. Preliminary Discussion about Acceptable Systems of "Verifiable Authorization"
- 7. Continued Discussion Concerning Potential Development of Buffer Zones to Protect Surface Water
- Draft buffer zone language [PDF or RTF]
- 8. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with GM Allen & Son, Inc.
- Summary and consent agreement [PDF]
- 9. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Cherryfield Foods, Inc.
- Summary and consent agreement [PDF]
- 10. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Greenscapes Lawn Care, Inc.
- Summary and consent agreement [PDF]
- 11. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with Lucas Tree Expert Company
- Summary and consent agreement [PDF]
- 12. Other Old or New Business
- a. Legislative Update H. Jennings
- b. Aerial Committee Updates
- c. Letter from Mary Dolan [PDF]
- d. Other
- 13. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 14. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest [PDF]
- February 16 , 2007, Agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) and Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the January 26, 2006 Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Section 18 Emergency Registration Renewal Request for Coumaphos to Control Varroa
Mites and Small Hive Beetles in Managed Honey Bee Colonies
- Cover Memo, Letter from State Apiarist, Letter to State Apiarist from Bayer HealthCare, CheckMite+ information [PDF]
- 4. Continued Discussion Concerning Potential Development of Buffer Zones to Protect Surface Water
- 5. Adoption of Housekeeping Amendments to Chapters 10, 20, 21, 27, 28 and 31
- Response to Comments (complete—all chapters, single file) [PDF or RTF]
- 6. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with JDB Inc. of Brewer [PDF or RTF]
- 7. Consideration of Staff Negotiated Consent Agreement with the Causeway Club Golf Course of Southwest Harbor [PDF or RTF]
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- a. Legislative Update H. Jennings
- b. YardScaping Update G. Fish
- c. Other ?
- 9. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest (9 in single file) [PDF]
- January 19, 2007, Agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) and Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the December 15, 2006 Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Approval of 2007 Blueberry Pest Management Plan for Deblois Critical Pesticide Control Area [PDF or RTF]
- 4. Presentation by Robert Moosmann of the Maine Department of Transportation on Possible Options for Weed/Brush Control Adjacent to Guardrails
- Wet Blade literature [PDF]
- 5. Workshop Session to Continue Reviewing Housekeeping Amendments to Chapters 10, 20, 21, 27, 28, 31, 40 and 41
- Chapter 20, proposed [PDF or RTF]
- Chapter 31, proposed [PDF or RTF]
- Chapter 40, proposed [PDF or RTF]
- Chapter 41, proposed [PDF or RTF]
- 6. Discussion of Possible Rulemaking Effort to Exempt Certain Pond Dyes From Some Restrictions in Chapter 41
- Chapter 41, proposed [PDF or RTF]—see section 4
- 7. Discussion of Possible Rulemaking Proposal to Reclassify Trichlorfon from State Limited Use to State Restricted Use
- Chapter 40, proposed [PDF or RTF]
- Chapter 41, proposed [PDF or RTF]—see section 2
- 8. Election of Officers
- 9. Discussion Concerning Potential Development of an Indoor Notification Registry
- 10. Discussion Concerning Potential Development of Buffer Zones to Protect Surface Water
- Memo: Buffers to Protect Surface Water, with Chapter 29, proposed [PDF or RTF]
- 11. Other Old or New Business
- a. Announcement that Heather Jackson, staff Water Quality Specialist, has accepted a job at DEP
- b. Legislative Update
- c. Applicability of Chapter 26 to Dormitory Rooms [PDF]
- d. Other?
- 12. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 13. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest
- December 15, 2006, Agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) and Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the November 17, 2006 Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Request from Training Development Corporation for Grant to Help Support a Worker Protection Safety Training Program for Summer 2007. [PDF]
- 4. Workshop Session to Review the Rulemaking Record on Proposed Revisions to Chapters 10, 20, 21, 27, 28, 31, 40 and 41
- Written Comments on Proposed Amendments to Chapters 10, 20, 21, 27, 28, 31, 40 and 41 [PDF]
- Board Dylox/Grub Control Reviews (Chapters 40, 41) [PDF]
- 5. Review of Draft Report to the Legislature Pursuant to Public Law 2006, Chapter 553
- Draft Report [PDF or RTF]
- Monitoring Report [PDF]
- Model Statute [PDF or RTF]
- 6. Review of Issues Relating to State Registration of Bt Forage Corn and Board Policy on Health/Resistance Reviews
- Cover Memo [PDF or RTF]
- Generic GMO Form Letter [PDF or RTF]
- EPA Biopesticides Registration Action Document [PDF]
- 7. Discussion Concerning Potential Development of an Indoor Notification Registry
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- a. 2006 Product Registration Summary - W. Smith [PDF or RTF]
- b. Letter on Vertebrate Pest Control from the National Pest Management Association - H. Jennings [PDF or RTF]
- c. Legislative Update - H. Jennings [PDF or RTF]
- d. Update on the Technical Committee on Drift - L. Hicks
- 9. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- a. Adjustments and/or Additional Dates?
- 10. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest
- November 17, 2006, Agenda (complete) [PDF or RTF]
- Agenda (condensed) and Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to Chapters 10, 20, 21, 27, 28, 31, 40 and 41
- 3. Minutes of the October 13, 2006 Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 4. Consideration of Board Policy to Designate Bedbugs as Public Health Pests Pursuant to Chapter 26 Section 4 (C) (2).
- 5. Selection of Stakeholder Committees to Address Aerial Application Issues
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