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Maine Board of Pesticides Control

December 7, 2012, Board Meeting

IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE

Augusta: AMHI Complex, 90 Blossom Lane, Deering Building, Room 319—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 October 26, 2012, Board Meeting [PDF or Word]
- 3. Overview of Likely Responses to Human Health Risks Arising from Mosquito-Borne Pathogens
  - Presentation by Dr. Stephen Sears
    - Arboviral Overview of the US and Maine [PDF]
    - Historical Arboviral Surveillance in Maine [PDF or Word]
    - Maine Arboviral (Mosquito-borne) Illness Surveillance, Prevention and Response Plan, 2012 Season [PDF or Word]
    - Efficacy of Mosquito-Control Aerial Spraying in Massachusetts [PDF]
  - Pest Management Activity Log [PDF]
- 4. Adoption of Proposed Amendments to Chapters 10, 27, and 50, and the Proposed Repeal of Chapter 21
  - Rulemaking Documents
    - Chapter 10 [PDF]
    - Chapter 21 [PDF]
    - Chapter 27 [PDF]
    - Chapter 50 [PDF]
- 5. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with TruGreen Lawncare of Westbrook [PDF]
- 6. Consideration of a Consent Agreement with The Lawn Dawg of Portland [PDF]
- 7. Discussion of the Board’s Homepage
- 8. Other Old or New Business
  - a. Other?
- 9. Schedule of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Pesticide Articles and Studies, October–November 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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