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Maine Board of Pesticides Control

October 26, 2012, Board Meeting

IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE

Augusta: AMHI Complex, 90 Blossom Lane, Deering Building, Room 170—Show Map
Time: 8:30 am

Agenda (complete) [PDF or Word]
Agenda (condensed) with Links to Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the September 7, 2012, Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Workshop Session to Review the Rulemaking Record on the Proposed Amendments to Chapters 10, 27, and 50, and the Proposed Repeal of Chapter 21
  - Written comments received [PDF]
  - Written comments received as part of oral testimony [PDF]
  - Summary of Comments [PDF or Word]
  - Chapter 10 proposed [PDF or Word]
  - Chapter 27 proposed [PDF or Word]
    - BMPs for Athletic Fields & School Grounds [PDF]
- 4. Update on 2012 Arboviral Activities
- 5. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with TruGreen Lawncare of Westbrook [PDF]
- 6. Other Old or New Business
  - a. Request for pesticide notification registry for beekeepers—H. Jennings [PDF]
  - b. Chapter 20—Emergency Amendment—H. Jennings [PDF or Word]
  - c. Letter from Russell Libby, MOFGA, regarding rulemaking for mosquito control—H. Jennings [PDF}
  - d. Other?
- 7. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 8. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, September–October 2012 [PDF]

NOTES

The Board Meeting Agenda and most supporting documents are posted one week before the meeting on the Board website at www.thinkfirstspraylast.org.
- Any person wishing to receive notices and agendas for meetings of the Board, Medical Advisory Committee, or Environmental Risk Advisory Committee must submit a request in writing to the Board's office. Any person with technical expertise who would like to volunteer for service on either committee is invited to submit their resume for future consideration.
- 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 Paul Schlein, Public Education Specialist, at the Board's office. 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 Procedures Act), and comments must be taken according to the rules established by the Legislature.

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