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Who we are
The Board of Pesticides Control (BPC) is Maine's lead agency for pesticide regulation. The BPC is attached to the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources for administrative and staffing purposes. Policy decisions are made by a seven-member, public board. The BPC staff consists of ten full-time and four seasonal Maine Department of Agriculture employees.
By statute the members must include three persons knowledgeable about pesticides in agriculture, forestry or commercial applications. One person must have a medical background and another must hold a faculty position in either agronomy or entomology at the University of Maine. The remaining two members are selected to represent expertise in environmental issues. All members are nominated by the Governor and approved by the Legislature. Members serve for four-year terms and are eligible for renomination.
Board members
- Carol A. Eckert, MD, physician, Sheepscot Valley Medical Center, Coopers Mills (medical expertise)
- Lee Humphreys, market gardener, Meadowsweet Farm, Warren (environmental expertise)
- John M. Jemison, Jr.,* water quality and soil specialist, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Orono (water quality and soil specialist)
- Thomas H. Qualey, potato grower, Sherman (agricultural expertise)
- Daniel J. Simonds,* forestry consultant, Rangley (forestry expertise)
- Richard E. Stevenson, Jr.,* commercial applicator, Modern Pest Services, Brunswick (commercial applicator expertise)
- Clyde Walton, landscape architect, Fayette (environmental expertise)
*licensed pesticide applicator
Board members may be contacted through the BPC office.
BPC staff
Board and Board-related meetings
TYPE OF MEETING |
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AGENDA |
| Board of Pesticides Control |
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 |
9:30 AM |
TBA |
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| Board of Pesticides Control |
Friday, July 27, 2007 |
9:30 AM |
TBA |
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| Plant-Incorporated Protectants Technical Review Committee |
Monday, July 9, 2007 |
9:00 AM |
Orono:
University of Maine, Pest Management Office |
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| Board of Pesticides Control |
Friday, June 22, 2007 |
9:30 AM |
Fairfield: Maine State Performance and Training Facility, 10 Mountain Avenue |
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| Pesticide Drift Stakeholders Committee |
Monday, June 11, 2007 |
1:00 PM–
4:00 PM |
Bangor: Penobscot County Cooperative Extension Office, 307 Maine Avenue |
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| Board of Pesticides Control |
Friday, May 11, 2007
CANCELLED |
9:30 AM |
Fairfield: Maine State Performance and Training Facility, 10 Mountain Avenue |
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| Board of Pesticides Control |
Friday, April 13, 2007 |
9:30 AM |
Fairfield: Maine State Performance and Training Facility, 10 Mountain Avenue |
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| Board of Pesticides Control |
Friday, March 16, 2007 (snow date 3/23) |
9:30 AM |
Waterville:
Hampton Inn—Colby Thomas Room, 425 Kennedy Memorial Drive |
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| Board of Pesticides Control |
Friday, February 16, 2007 (snow date 2/23) |
9:30 AM |
Waterville:
Hampton Inn—Colby Thomas Room, 425 Kennedy Memorial Drive |
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| Board of Pesticides Control |
Friday, January 26, 2007
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9:30 AM |
Waterville:
Hampton Inn—Colby Thomas Room, 425 Kennedy Memorial Drive |
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| Board of Pesticides Control |
Friday, December 15 |
9:30 AM |
Waterville:
Hampton Inn—Colby Thomas Room, 425 Kennedy Memorial Drive |
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| Board of Pesticides Control |
Friday, November 17 |
9:30 AM |
Waterville:
Hampton Inn—Colby Thomas Room, 425 Kennedy Memorial Drive |
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| Board of Pesticides Control |
Friday, October 13 |
9:30 AM |
Augusta:
Pine Tree Arboretum—Viles Conference Room, 153 Hospital Street |
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| Board of Pesticides Control |
Friday, September 15 |
9:30 AM |
Waterville:
Hampton Inn—Colby Thomas Room, 425 Kennedy Memorial Drive
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- April 13 , 2007, 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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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
- Cover Memo [PDF or RTF]
- Potential Make-up of Stakeholders [PDF or RTF]
- 6. Review of Draft Report to the Legislature Pursuant to Public Law 2006, Chapter 553 [PDF or RTF]
- 7. Other Old or New Business
- Technical Committee Issues & Update—L. Hicks
- Chapter 26 Update—G. Fish
- 8. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 9. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest
- October 13, 2006, Agenda (condensed) and Supporting Documents
- 1. Introductions of Board and Staff
- 2. Minutes of the September 15, 2006 Board Meeting [PDF or RTF]
- 3. Review of Draft Browntail Moth Report to Legislature
- Draft ERAC Summary for the Board [PDF or RTF]
- 4. Review of Additional Housekeeping Amendments to the Board's Rules [PDF or RTF]
- 5. Continued Discussion about Forming a Stakeholders Committee to Address Aerial Application Issues
- Cover Memo [PDF or RTF]
- Drift Committee Discussion Topics Cover Memo [PDF or RTF]
- Drift Committee Topics [PDF or RTF]
- Technical Aerial Drift Committee Meeting Agenda [PDF or RTF]
- Potential Stakeholders [PDF or RTF]
- 6. Review of Draft Best Management Practices (BMPs) for the Application of Turf Pesticides and Fertilizers [PDF or RTF]
- Pesticide Active Ingredient Rating Report [PDF]
- Friends of Casco Bay/Maine Board of Pesticides Control Stormwater Pesticide Analysis [PDF]
- 7. Review of Draft Browntail Moth Spray Monitoring Report [PDF]
- 8. Other Old or New Business
- a. Yardscaping Update—G. Fish
- b. Technical Committee Update—H. Jennings
- 9. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- 10. Adjourn
- Miscellaneous Articles of Interest
- September 15, 2006, Agenda (condensed) and Supporting Documents
- 2. Minutes of the July 21, 2006 Board Meeting [PDF]
- 3. Development of Technical and Stakeholder Committees to Address Aerial Application Issues
- 4. Review of Public Record from the Browntail Moth Public Information Gathering Meeting and Discussion of Legislative Report Due January 2, 2007
- Note: There are 11 written and 4 oral comments. Please see agenda item 2 for the oral comments. For the written comments, please contact the Board office to request copies.
- 5. Review of Draft Language to Prohibit Unauthorized Pesticide Applications
- Cover Memo [PDF or RTF]
- Draft of New Language [PDF]
- 6. Review of Draft Language to Provide a Hardship Waiver Mechanism for the Fee Associated with the Maine Pesticide Notification Registry
- 7. Review of Draft Report for the 2006 Ground Water Monitoring of Hexazinone
[PDF or RTF]
- 8. Update of Board Planning Session Priorities [PDF or RTF]
- Legislative Priorities [PDF or RTF]
- 9. Other Old or New Business
- a. ERAC Update—L. Hicks [PDF or RTF]
- b. Lawn BMP Committee Update—G. Fish
- c. Legislative Update—H. Jennings
- d. Variance Granted to the City of Bangor to Control Weeds Under Guardrails and Woody Brush Along City Streets and Roads—H. Jennings
- 10. Schedule and Location of Future Meetings
- October 13, 2006 is the tentative date for the next Board Meeting
- 11. Adjourn
- Past Board meeting minutes [PDFs]:
- 2007: Jan. 26 , Feb. 16, Mar. 16
- 2006: Jan. 27, Jan. 20, Feb. 24, Mar. 31, May 12, July 21, Sep. 15, Oct. 13, Nov. 17, Dec.15
- 2005: Oct. 28, Sep 9, July 29, June 17, Apr. 15, Mar. 18, Feb. 18, Jan. 14
- 2004: Dec. 17, Nov 5, Oct. 8, Sep 8, Jul. 21, Jun. 4, Apr. 23, Mar. 19, Jan. 23
Regulations under development
As pest concerns and pesticides change or evolve, so do regulations:
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