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01 001 Agriculture General
Ch. 1 Rules of Procedure Governing Pesticide Hearings
(Note: Chapter 1 a joint rule with 01-026.)
Ch. 2 Rules for Adoption of Market Orders Affecting Agricultural Commodities
Ch. 3 Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program
Ch. 4 Rules for Adoption of Apple Market Orders and Apple Market Agreements
Ch. 5 Maine Potato Council: Financial Reports and Out-of-State Travel
Ch. 6 Petition for Agency Rulemaking
Ch. 7 Adoption of Agricultural Land Interest Form
Ch. 9 Rules Requiring Use of Best Management Practices for Growing Crops
to Minimize Cross Contamination
Ch. 10 Rules for the Agricultural Compliance Program
Ch. 11 Rules of Procedure Governing Award of Dates for Agricultural Fairs
Ch. 12 Agricultural Fairs - Licensing
Ch. 13 Agricultural Fairs Performance Evaluation
Ch. 20 Apple Market Order
Ch. 25 Rules for Adoption of Fresh Blueberry Market Orders
Ch. 26 Fresh-Pack Blueberry Market Order
Ch. 30 Quarantine (Potato)
Ch. 31 Rules for Operation of Potato Marketing Improvement Fund
Ch. 32 Rules for Operation of Agricultural Marketing Loan Fund
Ch. 33 Rules Governing the Agricultural Development Grant Program
Ch. 36 Rules Governing the Maine Farms for the Future Program
Ch. 37 Rules Governing the Voluntary Municipal Farm Support Program
Ch. 41 Fresh Broccoli Market Order
Ch. 50 Rules for the Determination of Insufficient Veterinary Services
Ch. 60 Maine Milk Pool - Operation
Ch. 61 Maine Milk Pool - Cost of Administration
Ch. 62 General Fund Money Distributed to Maine Dairy Farmers
(Note: Chapter 62 is a joint rule with 01-015.)
Ch. 100 Grievance Procedures for the Handicapped
Ch. 106 Standard Grades for Apples
Ch. 111 Official Standards for Egg Grades
Ch. 117 Official Standard for Maple Syrup Grades
Ch. 122 Fee Schedule for Inspection of Agricultural Commodities
Ch. 123 Distribution of Proceeds from Potato License Surety Bonds
Ch. 125 Official Classification, Grades and Standards for Potatoes Packed in Maine
Ch. 126 Official Use of Blue, White and Red State Trademark
Ch. 131 Bonding Schedule for Dealers in Agriculture Commodities / Dry Beans
Ch. 135 Official Use of State of Maine Quality Trademark
Ch. 136 Official State of Maine Grades and Standards for Milk and Milk Products
for Use with the State of Maine Quality Trademark
Ch. 137 Official State of Maine Grade for Bottled Water
Ch. 139 Official Standards for Christmas Trees
Ch. 141 Official Standards for Grades of Milled Lumber
Ch. 143 Maine Quality Trademark, Standards and Grades for Bunched Italian Sprouting
Broccoli
Ch. 170 Rules for Administration of Maine Agriculture Promotion Assistance Matching
Fund
Ch. 201 Rules Governing Licensed Livestock Dealers
Ch. 202 Rule for the Intrastate Movement of Sheep and Goats
Ch. 203 Rule for the Participation in the Maine Chronic Wasting Disease
Surveillance Program
Ch. 204 Rule for the Licensing Requirements for Farmed Cervids
Ch. 205 Rules Governing Poultry Disease Control Fund
Ch. 206 Prevention and Control of Certain Diseases of Domestic Animals and Poultry
Ch. 207 Control of Equine Infectious Anemia
Ch. 208 Handling of Domestic Animals and Poultry Vaccines
Ch. 209 Livestock Commission and Community Auctions
Ch. 210 Poultry for Immediate Slaughter
Ch. 211 Rules for the Disposal of Animal Carcasses
Ch. 212 Rules Governing Procurement, Storage, Distribution and Use of Brucellosis
Vaccine
Ch. 216 Rules Governing the Sale of Dogs and Cats and Importation of Dogs and Cats
for Resale or Adoption
Ch. 220 Importation of Certain Deer into Maine
Ch. 223 Rules for the Operation of Commercial Large Game Shooting Areas
Ch. 226 Rules Governing the Administration of Certain Substances to Animals Entered in
Pulling Competitions
Ch. 240 Guidelines for Feeding Fish Waste and Other Liquid Based Feed Systems to Swine
Ch. 250 American Ginseng
Ch. 252 Regulations Governing Certification of Seed Potatoes in the State of Maine
Ch. 253 Official Seed Potato Grade for Maine Certified Seed Potatoes
Ch. 255 Imported Seed Potatoes
Ch. 257 Rules Governing the Establishment and Operation of Seed Potato Production
Areas
Ch. 259 Minimum Standards for Planting Potatoes
Ch. 261 Field Seed Certification
Ch. 265 Discontinuation of Maine Apple Tree Pool
Ch. 266 Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Quarantine
Attachment: List of State and Counties with Known Hemlock Woolly
Adelgid Infestations (Note: the attachment is in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)
Ch. 267 License Fees to Sell Nursery Stock
Ch. 268 Pine Shoot Beetle Quarantine
Ch. 270 Maine Apiary Rules and Regulations
Ch. 271 Qypsy Moth Quarantine
Ch. 272 European Larch Canker Quarantine
Ch. 273 Criteria for Listing Invasive Terrestrial Plants
Ch. 302 Method of Sale of Commodities
Ch. 303 Packaging and Labelling
Ch. 304 Weights and Measures
Ch. 306 Regulations for Adoption of Type Evaluation of Weighing and Measuring
Devices
Ch. 307 Fees for Testing Weighing and Measuring Devices
Ch. 308 Roadside Advertising of Gasoline and Gasoline Pricing
Ch. 309 Multiple Draft Weighing
Ch. 311 Commercial Feed
Ch. 312 Pet Food
Ch. 313 Seeds
Ch. 315 Agricultural Liming Materials Regulations
Ch. 329 Rules Governing Maine Milk and Milk Products
Ch. 330 License Fees to Manufacture and Sell Food and Beverages
Ch. 331 State of Maine Food Code 2001 (a joint chapter with 10-144 Ch. 200)
Ch. 332 Rabbit Processing
Ch. 333 Official Grades For Sardines Packed in Louisiana Hot Sauce (1/4 Size Cans)
Ch. 334 Packing of Sardines
Ch. 335 Official Grades for Sardines in Mustard Sauce (1/4 and 3 1/4 Size Cans)
Ch. 336 Official Grades for Sardines in Tomato Sauce (l/4 and 3 1/4 oz. Size Cans)
Ch. 337 Official Grades for Sardines in Oil Packed in 1/4 and 3 1/4 oz. Size Cans
Ch. 338 Official Grades for Sardines in Mustard Sauce Packed in 15 oz. Oval Cans
Ch. 339 Official Grades for Sardines in Tomato Sauce Packed in 15 oz. Oval Cans
Ch. 340 Sardine Inspection Tax
Ch. 341 Bakeries (Commercial, Retail and Distributors)
Ch. 342 Cider and Apple Juice
Ch. 343 Food Processing and Manufacturing
Ch. 344 Food Storage Warehouses
Ch. 345 Home Food Manufacturing
Ch. 346 Rules Governing Meat and Poultry Inspection and Licensing
Ch. 347 Maple Syrup Processing
Ch. 348 Poultry Slaughter and Processing with Grower/Producer Exemption
Ch. 349 Ethylene Dibromide (EDB): Tolerance Levels in Food Products
Ch. 350 Regulations under the Maine Commercial Fertilizer Law
Ch. 351 Packaged Ice Manufacturing and Processing
Ch. 352 Fallow Deer Processing
Ch. 353 Licensing of Deer for Domestic Food
Ch. 354 Country of Origin Labeling on Produce
Ch. 355 Labeling of Post-Harvest Treatments
Ch. 357 Food Salvage
Ch. 358 Manufacturing of Potentially Hazardous Foods
Ch. 359 Rules Governing the Processing / Handling / Storing / Labeling of
Smoked, Cured and Salted Fish
Ch. 360 Responsibilities of Manufacturers, Distributors, Dealers and
Redemption Centers under the Returnable Beverage Container Law
Ch. 365 Field Sanitation
Ch. 375 Determination of Safety and Sufficiency of Dam or Reservoir
Ch. 380 Wood Measurement Rules - General Provisions
Ch. 381 General Requirements for Wood Transactions
Ch. 382 Measurement of Wood and Declaration of Quantity
Ch. 383 Measurement and Prompt Furnishing of Measurement Tally Sheets
Ch. 384 Wood Measurement Rules - Complaints and Investigations
Ch. 385 Wood Measurement Rules - Licensing of Wood Scalers
Appendices (in Adobe .pdf format)
Ch. 502 Regulations for Treatment of Animals in Schools
Ch. 551 Rules for Conduct of Agricultural Viability Program
Ch. 552 Rules for Conducting the Continuation Phase of the Agricultural Viability
Program
Ch. 560 Standards for Compost Products
Ch. 565 Nutrient Management Rules
Attachments to Chapter 565 (3.7 megabytes)
Ch. 600 Rules Regarding the Disposal of Cull Potatoes
Ch. 701 Rules Governing Animal Welfare
Ch. 702 Rules For the Low Income Spay/Neuter Program
Ch. 703 Rules for the Care and Treatment of Elephants
Ch. 721 Rules for the Permanent Identification of Wolf Hybrids
Ch. 751 Rules Governing Arborist Licensing, Testing, and Enforcement in the State of Maine
(formerly 02-287, Arborist Examining Board, Ch. 1 - "Definitions.")
(This new version also absorbed Ch. 752, 753, and 754.)
Ch. 802 Disbursal of Challenge Grant Funds
(formerly 01-019, Soil and Water Conservation Commission, Ch. 10)
Ch. 803 Election of Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors
(formerly 01-019, Soil and Water Conservation Commission, Ch. 15)
Ch. 806 Advisory Rulings
(formerly 01-019, Soil and Water Conservation Commission, Ch. 40)
01 013 Maine Potato Marketing Committee (statutory authority repealed)
01 015 Maine Milk Commission
Ch. 1 Orders
Ch. 3 Schedule of Minimum Prices for Milk (see http://www.maine.gov/agriculture/mmc/prihis.htm)
Ch. 4 Marketing Areas
Ch. 5 Dealer Cost Accounting and Reporting System
Ch. 6 Inspection of Records, Books and Accounts
Ch. 7 Advisory Rulings
Ch. 10 Accounting Review of 1979 Dealer Data
Ch. 11 Dealer and Subdealer Delivery Route Information
Ch. 13 Retail Cost Studies
Ch. 14 30 Days Notice
Ch. 20 Prevention of Destructive Competition
Ch. 26 Producer Margins
Ch. 27 Retail Margins
Ch. 28 Milk Promotion Fee
Ch. 29 Dealer Margins
Appendix A: Milk Pricing by the Maine Milk Commission
Appendix B - Part 1: 430,000 Gallon Model Plant (Adobe .pdf format)
Appendix B - Part 2: 325,000 Gallon Model Plant (Adobe .pdf format)
Appendix C: Pricing Schedule Example (Adobe .pdf format)
Ch. 62 General Fund Money Distributed to Maine Dairy Farmers
01 017 State Harness Racing Commission
Ch. 1 Administration
Ch. 3 Officials and Race Track Personnel
Ch. 5 Tracks
Ch. 7 Racing
Ch. 9 Sire Stakes
Ch. 11 Medication and Testing
Ch. 13 Pari-Mutuel
Ch. 15 Off-Track Betting
Ch. 17 Rule Violations; Penalties
Ch. 19 Protests, Appeals and Race Date Assignment Hearings
Ch. 21 General Hearing Procedures
01 019 Soil and Water Conservation Commission (Note: the Commission was repealed and its
regulatory authority transferred to 01-001, Department of Agriculture,
Food and Rural Resources, effective July 4, 1996.
The rule chapters were renumbered and relocated to 01-001, Chapters 801 - 806.)
01 020 Maine Agricultural Bargaining Board
Ch. 1 Rules of the Agricultural Bargaining Board
Ch. 2 Conduct of Public Hearings
Ch. 3 Rules of Procedure for the Maine Agricultural Bargaining Board
01 026 Board of Pesticides Control
Ch. 10 Definitions and Terms
Ch. 20 Special Provisions
Ch. 21 Pesticide Container Disposal and Storage
Ch. 22 Standards for Outdoor Application of Pesticides by Powered
Equipment in Order to Minimize Off-Target Deposition
Ch. 24 Pesticide Storage Facility Standards / Pesticide Distributors
Ch. 26 Standards for Pesticide Applications and Notification for All Occupied Buildings
Except K-12 Schools
Ch. 27 Standards for Pesticide Application and Public Notification in Schools
Ch. 28 Notification Provisions for Outdoor Pesticide Applications
Ch. 29 Standards for Water Quality Protection
Ch. 31 Certification and Licensing Provisions / Commercial Applicators
Ch. 32 Certification and Licensing Provisions / Private Applicator
Ch. 33 Certification and Licensing Provisions / Private Applicators of General
Use Pesticides
Ch. 34 Certification and Licensing Provisions / Dealers
Ch. 35 Certification and Licensing Provisions / Spray Contracting Firms
Ch. 36 Certification and Licensing Provisions / Monitors and Spotters for Forest
Insect Aerial Spray Program
Ch. 40 Maine Restricted and Limited-Use Pesticides
Ch. 41 Special Restrictions on Pesticide Use
Ch. 50 Record Keeping and Reporting Requirements
Ch. 51 Notice of Aerial Pesticide Applications
Ch. 60 Designation of Critical Pesticide Control Areas
Ch. 70 Adjudicatory Proceedings
Ch. 80 Advisory Rulings
Ch. 90 Complaints
01 303 Pull Events Commission
Ch. 15 Rules for Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents
of Pulling Events