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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

June 6, 2025 - Hybrid in Room 101 Deering Building, Augusta

Original Items

  • Agenda (PDF)
  • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents

  • Minutes of the April 25, 2025 Board Meeting (PDF)
  • Legislative Update (PDF)
  • Proposed 2025 Water Quality Assessment (PDF)
  • Spruce Budworm Program Update (PDF)
  • Tebufenozide and Bacillus thuringiensis sub. Kurstaki (BTk): Toxicity & Risk (PDF)
    • Other Old and New Business
      • Variance Permit for CMR01-026, Chapter 29, Parterre Ecological, Sea Spray, Biddeford (PDF)
      • Variance Permit for CMR01-026, Chapter 29, Parterre Ecological, Peaks Island (PDF)
      • Variance Permit for CMR01-026, Chapter 29, Wilkinson Ecological, Orcutt, Biddeford(PDF)
      • Variance Permit for CMR01-026, Chapter 29, Wilkinson Ecological, E. Point, Biddeford (PDF)
      • Variance Permit for CMR01-026, Chapter 29, Wilkinson Ecological, Abenakee Golf Club (PDF)
      • EPA Announces Proposed Registration of New Active Ingredient Isocycloseram (PDF)
      • EPA Releases Strategy to Better Protect Endangered Species from Insecticides Using Commonsense Practices, Provides Flexibilities to States and Growers (PDF)

    Meeting Archive

    2025

    January 15, 2025- Hybrid at the Augusta Civic Center, Kennebec/Penobscot Room

    Original Items

    • Agenda (PDF)
    • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

    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
      • Complaint Overview for CY 2024 (PDF)
      • Complaint Overview for CY 2023 (PDF)
      • Complaints/Inquiries CY 2024 Figure (PDF)
      • Complaints/Inquiries CY 2023 Figure (PDF)
    • 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)

    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 (PDF)
    • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

    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
      • Variance Application from JBI (PDF)
      • Chapter 22 Rules (PDF)
      • Chapter 51 Rules (PDF)
    • Spruce Budworm Control in Northern Maine
      • Risk Assessment of Bacillus thuringiensis, subspecies kurstaki (PDF)
      • Risk Assessment of Tebufenozide (PDF)
    • Consideration of Consent Agreement with Mosquito Squad of Southern Maine, Scarborough
      • Case Summary (PDF)
      • Full Consent Agreement (PDF)
    • Consideration of Consent Agreement with Stephen Antonson of Rockport
      • Case Summary (PDF)
      • Full Consent Agreement (PDF)
    • 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)

    April 25, 2025 - Hybrid in Room 101 Deering Building, Augusta

    Original Items

    • Agenda (PDF)
    • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

    Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents

    • Minutes of the March 14, 2025 Board Meeting (PDF)
    • Review of Board Proceedures and Responsibilities
    • Request to Reestablish EPA FIFRA, Section 24(c), registration for the use of Asulox Herbicide (PDF)
    • Consideration of a Request for Variance from CMR01-026 Chapter 29 from RWC. Inc, to Treat Railroad Rights-of-way in Maine (PDF)
    • Application for Emergency Use Permit to use Neonicotinoids in Rockport, ME (PDF)
    • Memo on the Proposed Amendment to Policy on Determining Allowable Pesticide Applications Pursuant to CMR 01-026, Chapter 29, Section 6 (PDF)
      • Revised Policy on Determining Allowable Pesticide Applications Pursuant to CMR 01-026, Chapter 29, Section 6(PDF)
      • Example RoundUp Custom Label(PDF)
    • 2025 Water Quality Update Memo (PDF)
    • Consideration of Consent Agreement with Emerald Valley Farms, LLC of Caribou (PDF)
    • Legislative Update
      • LD 356, An Act to Require Notification of Certain Outdoor Pesticide Applications (PDF)
      • LD 1132, An Act to Further Protect Low-impact Landscaping (PDF)
      • LD 1201, n Act to Protect Maine Agriculture and Farms by Exempting Certain Pesticides from Regulation (PDF)
      • LD 1323, An Act to Prohibit the Use of Neonicotinoid Pesticides and the Use and Sale of Neonicotinoid-treated Seeds (PDF)
      • LD 1557, An Act to Ensure Uniformity in the Regulation of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Pesticides (PDF)
      • LD 1697, An Act to Increase Penalties to Deter Violations of the Laws Regarding Improper Pesticide Use (PDF)
    • Other Old and New Business
      • Amended Blue Hill Municipal Ordinance (PDF)
      • Variance Letter and Permit for CMR01-026, Chapter 22, JBI Helicopters (PDF)
      • New pesticide active ingredient registration submitted in Maine: PDHP 25279 (PDF)
      • EPA Announces Changes to Pesticide Data Submission Process to Increase Efficiency and Reduce Burden (PDF)
      • EPA Announces Multiple Actions to Protect Endangered Species from Insecticide Carbaryl (PDF)

    2024

    December 6, 2024 - Hybrid in Room 101 Deering Building, Augusta

    Additonal Items

    • Budget Update (PDF)

    Original Items

    • Agenda (PDF)
    • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

    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 [PDF]
    • Combined Agenda Items [PDF]

    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 (PDF)
    • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

    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 (PDF)
    • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

    Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents

    • Public Hearing on Request to Designate Eagle Lake Water District Wellheads as a Critical Pesticide Control Area
      • Chapter 60 (PDF)
      • Eagle Lake Proposed Critical Pesticide Control Area Packet (PDF)
      • Eagle Lake Additional Information and Map (PDF)
    • 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 (PDF)
      • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

      Agenda (condensed) With Links to Supporting Documents

      • Public Hearing on Proposed Rule Amendments to Chapters 31, 32, and 50
        • Chapter 31 (PDF)
        • Chapter 32 (PDF)
        • Chapter 50 (PDF)
      • Minutes of the April 11, 2024 Board Meeting (PDF)
      • Bartlett Tree Expert's Request for 24(c) Registration for Arbotect
        • Staff Memo (PDF)
        • Supporting Documents (PDF)
      • Request to Designate Eagle Lake Water District Wellheads as a Critical Pesticide Control Area
        • Eagle Lake Proposal for Critical Pesticide Control Area (PDF)
        • Critical Area Response to Questions and Proposed Zone Map (PDF)
        • Proposed Protection Zone Map (PDF)
      • 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 (PDF)
      • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

      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)
        • Inspection Narrative (PDF)
        • Critical Area Response to Questions and Proposed Zone Map (PDF)
        • Point Source Contamination Map (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)
        • Maine Certification and Training Plan (PDF)
        • Chapter 31: Draft Language (PDF)
        • Chapter 32: Draft Language (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

       

      February 23, 2024- Hybrid in Rm 118 Marquardt Building, Augusta

      Item Added February 23, 2024

      • Draft LD 1770 Report(PDF)
      • List of PIP registrations(Excel)

      Original Items

      • Agenda (PDF)
      • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

      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 (PDF)
      • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

      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 (PDF)
    • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

    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 proposed changes to Chapter 20
  • Version 1: Original Version Unspecified (DOCX)
  • Version 2: Specifying Section 7 (B) Applies to Same Applicator (DOCX)
  • Version 3: Specifying Section 7 (B) Applies to Different Applicators Same Company(DOCX)
    • BPC Expenditure Report (Excel)

    Original Items

    • Agenda (PDF)
    • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

    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
      • Basis Statement For Adoption of CMR 01-026, Chapter 20, 31, 32 and 41 (PDF)
      • Rulemaking Statement of Impact on Small Business (PDF)
      • All Chapters (PDF)
      • Public Hearing Comment and Response (PDF)
    • LD 1770 Sales and Use Reporting
      • Memo on LD 1770: Resolve Directing the Board of Pesticides Control to Transition to Electronic Submission of Pesticides Sales and Use Data (PDF)
      • Chapter 50 Draft Language (PDF)
    • Revised BPC Budget Review (Excel)
    • Discussion About Registration of Repellent Clothing
      • Memo and Supporting Documents (PDF)
    • Update on Agricultural Container Recycling in Maine
      • Memo (PDF)
      • Maine DEP: Extended Producer Responsibility Program for Packaging (PDF)
    • 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 [PDF]
  • Combined Agenda Items [PDF]

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
    • Revised BPC Budget (PDF)
    • Obsolete Pesticide Collection Press Release (PDF)
    • Update on 2023 Adjuvant Registration (PDF)
    • Variance Permit for CMR01-26 Chapter 29, Kennebec Estuary Land Trust (PDF)
    • Variance Permit for CMR01-26 Chapter 29, Top Leaf, LLC (PDF)

July 27, 2023- Remote Emergency Board Meeting via Microsoft Teams Platform

  • Agenda [PDF]
  • Chapter 20 Concept Rulemaking with Additional Amendments [PDF]

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 [PDF]
  • Combined Agenda Items [PDF]

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

Original Items

  • Agenda (PDF)
  • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

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 [PDF]
  • Combined Agenda Items [PDF]

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]
    • Rulemaking Timeline [PDF]
    • CMR01-26 Chapter 41 [PDF]
    • Board Policy Concerning Positive Identification of Proper Treatment Site By Commercial Applicators [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 [PDF]
  • Combined Agenda Items [PDF]

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
    • BPC Letter to ACF Committee [PDF]
    • ACF Committee Letter to BPC [PDF]
  • Review and Discussion of Potential Rulemaking Topics [PDF]
    • Routine Technical Timeline for Emergency Rulemaking [PDF]
    • Major Substantive Rulemaking Timeline [PDF]
  • Other Old and New Business
    • Email From Eric Venturini, Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine [PDF]
    • Email From Robert Searle, Abenakee Club [PDF]
    • Email from Matthew Pellerin, Treworgy Family Orchards [PDF]

 

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 [PDF]
  • Combined Agenda Items [PDF]

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]
    • 40 CFR 171.201 Requirements For Direct Supervision of Noncertified Applicators By Certified Applicators [PDF]
    • The Administrative Procedure Act: Agency Rulemaking [PDF]
    • Title 7  §610 Rulemaking Powers of the Board [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

CANCELED-January 10, 2023- Hybrid Augusta Civic Center, Kennebec/Penobscot Room

Original Items

  • Agenda (PDF)
  • Combined Agenda Items (PDF)

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 [PDF]
  • Combined Agenda Items [PDF]

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]