| 2016 |
Spring 2016 |
Maine Board of Pesticides Control 2015 Recap |
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| 2015 |
Spring 2015 |
Rule Changes Move Toward Legislative Approval |
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Winter 2014 |
Maine Board of Pesticides Control Continues with Rulemaking |
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Fall 2014 |
Maine Board of Pesticides Control Begins Rulemaking Process |
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Summer 2014 |
BPC Convenes Risk Advisory Committee |
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| 2014 |
Spring 2014 |
New Rules, Policy Changes and Warnings from BPC |
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July 2013 |
BPC Visits MOFGA |
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May 2013
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BPC Adopts Rules to Allow for Widespread Pesticide Spraying |
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| 2013 |
January, March, April |
Public to BPC: No Widespread Spraying to Fight Mosquitoes |
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2012
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February, March |
Maine BPC Chooses Not to Work on Rulemaking |
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May, June |
Board of Pesticides Control To Address Rulemaking |
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July, September |
Maine BPC Addresses Spraying Mosquitoes |
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December |
Maine Board of Pesticides Control Hears About EEE, WNV |
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| 2011 |
February |
BPC Releases 2010 Complaints and Inquiries List
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May, June, July |
BPC to Act on Repeal of Spray Notification Registry
What Would Christmas Be Without Diazinon? |
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October |
Proposed Rule Changes |
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November, December |
BPC Approves New Genetically Engineered Corn Product |
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| 2010 |
Dec. 2009 and January 2010 |
BPC on Notification, New Genetically Engineered Corn |
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March & April |
Notification Details, Another Bt Corn Approval, Repeated Rule Violations and Fines |
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May, Summer |
Refining the Pesticide Application Notification Registry |
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July, August, October |
BPC Works on Pesticide Notification Registry Report for Legislature |
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November, December |
BPC Adopts Policy on Homemade Pesticides, Notification Discussions Continue
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| 2009 |
January |
BPC Struggles with Aerial Spray Notification |
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March |
Maine BPC Approves Bt Sweet Corn |
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June |
Busy Months for Maine BPC |
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October |
Free Pesticide Spray Notification Registry Up and Running – Despite Issues |
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| 2008 |
May |
MDOT to Use Herbicides Along Roads
No Spray Agreements
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October |
BPC Addresses Aerial Spray, Genetically Engineered Sweet Corn, Violations |
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| 2007 |
April |
Plant Incorporated Pesticide (Bt Corn) Requests
BPC Website |
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June |
BPC Pressured by Structural Pest Control Industry
Listen to Maine Board of Pesticides Control deliberations online |
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July |
Maine BPC Approves Genetically-Engineered Bt Corn |
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November – December |
BPC Rules on Use of Genetically Engineered Corn |
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| 2006 |
January |
BPC Continues Work on Indoor Pest Control Standards
Pesticide Notification Registry
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February |
Indoor Pesticide Applications and Annual Emergencies
Schedule of Maine BPC Meetings
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March |
Pesticide Petition Hearings Find Little Common Ground |
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May |
Aerial Spraying, Organophosphates, Browntail Moth Control (May, June and July meetings in 2006) |
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September |
BPC Addresses Aerial Spraying |
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October |
BPC Reviews Browntail Moth Report |
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November |
BPC Addresses Rule Changes |
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| 2005 |
October |
Rules for Applying Pesticides Indoors: Two Decades and Counting |
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July & September |
Tax on Pesticides Considered |
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June |
Lawn Care Companies to Verify Location of Pesticide Applications |
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April |
BPC Discusses Chapter 60 Rule |
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March |
BPC Considers Protections for Chemically Sensitive |
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February |
Board Addresses Indoor Pesticide Applications |
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| 2004 |
Nov., Dec. + Jan. 2005 |
BPC Holds Final Hearing on Indoor Pesticide Regulations |
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September & October |
BPC Continues Work on Indoor Pesticide Application Regulations |
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June, July |
BPC Addresses Indoor Pesticide Application, Pool Operators and More |
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March, April |
Bee Pests, Railroad Weeds and Indoor Pesticide Applications Addressed |
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January |
2003 Blueberry Study Confirms Aerial Drift |
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| 2003 |
September |
BPC Won’t Repeal Rule for Pesticide Industry; Stings Aquacide Company for Violation |
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May, July, September, October |
Pesticide Industry Fights Aquatic Herbicide Rule; Consensus Rulemaking Meets Hostility |
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June |
BPC Rejects Dow Application; Valentine Referred to Consensus Rulemaking Process
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March, May |
Aquatic Herbicide Use Requires Permit and License |
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January 17 + December 6, 2002 |
Blueberry Herbicide Hexazinone Still Contaminating Maine Wells |
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| 2002 |
October |
Schools Must Use IPM, Notify Parents |
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September |
Machias Forum Addresses Hexazinone Contamination |
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July |
BPC Rejects Mandatory Universal Notification
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June |
Legislators React to Pesticides Sales Report, Public Hearings on School Pesticide Rule |
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Feb., Mar., May |
Wells Contaminiated by Pesticides Used On Blueberries; Worker Pesticide Safety Training Expanded
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January |
GMO application in the works; forum planned; Staff making progress in pesticides sales data analysis |
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| 2001 |
September |
BPC Addressing Pesticide Use in Schools; BPC Staff Position on Aquatic Pesticides Draws Fire from DEP |
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May, June, July |
Board of Pesticides Control Struggles with Data Collection Legislation |
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March, April |
Cooperative Extension Reports on Hexazinone Contamination |
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| 2000 |
November, December |
Organophosphates Detected in Downeast Rivers, Paul Gregory Receives Friend of Casco Bay Award
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September, November |
Access to Pesticides Records Debated, “Back to the Drawing Board” on Pesticide Sales Data
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May, June |
Potato Sprout Inhibitor Seriously Injures Bystander, Hope Critical Pesticides Control Area Approved |
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February, March, April |
Neighbors’ Right to Know Debated, BPC Prioritizes “Discretionary” Tasks
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| 1999 |
December |
BPC Public Hearing: Clash of Views on Proposed Pesticide Ban; Other Business |
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September, October |
Organic Growers to be Licensed by BPC? |
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July |
BPC Reprimands, Fines School Superintendent |
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May, June |
Update on Hexazinone Well Water Contamination
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February, March |
BPC Addresses Gap Between Resources and Responsibilities |
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| 1998 |
December |
BPC Addresses Genetic Engineering, Pesticide Use Reduction
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November |
Monsanto Retreat, Wild Blueberry Herbicide Woes
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September |
Deadline for Notification Registration |
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June, July |
BPC Approves Weak Notification Registry |
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Feb., March, May |
Pesticide Notification Registry Takes a Tailspin |
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| 1997 |
December |
BPC Nixes Genetically Engineered Corn |
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Sept., Oct. |
Does Maine Need Genetically Engineered Corn? BPC Seeks Public Sentiment |
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May, June |
BPC Renews Emergency Exemption for Strawberry Herbicide
Is NewLeaf Potato a Pesticide? BPC Wants to Know |
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April |
Casco Bay Sprays and Property Owners’ Rights
State Offers Free Disposal Program |
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| 1996 |
November, December |
BPC Considers, Rejects Revising Mission
Spray Registry Proposed
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