Maine BPC Reports

Maine Board of Pesticides Control - Reports

2011	February	BPC Releases 2010 Complaints and Inquiries List; Product Registrations; Pesticide Application Rule Violations
	May, June, July	BPC to Act on Repeal of Spray Notification Registry What Would Christmas Be Without Diazinon?
	October	Proposed Rule Changes
2010	Dec. 2009 and January 2010	BPC on Notification, New Genetically Engineered Corn
	March & April	Notification Details, Another Bt Corn Approval, Repeated Rule Violations and Fines
	May, Summer	Refining the Pesticide Application Notification Registry
	July, August, October	BPC Works on Pesticide Notification Registry Report for Legislature, Pesticide Application Rule Violations
	November, December	BPC Adopts Policy on Homemade Pesticides, Notification Discussions Continue, Product Registrations, Pesticide Application Rule Violations
2009	January	BPC Struggles with Aerial Spray Notification
	March	Maine BPC Approves Bt Sweet Corn
	June	Busy Months for Maine BPC
	October	Free Pesticide Spray Notification Registry Up and Running – Despite Issues
2008	May	MDOT to Use Herbicides Along Roads	No Spray Agreements
	October	BPC Addresses Aerial Spray, Genetically Engineered Sweet Corn, Violations
2007	April	Plant Incorporated Pesticide (Bt Corn) Requests	BPC Website
	June	BPC Pressured by Structural Pest Control Industry	Listen to Maine Board of Pesticides Control deliberations online
	July	Maine BPC Approves Genetically-Engineered Bt Corn
	November – December	BPC Rules on Use of Genetically Engineered Corn
2006	January	BPC Continues Work on Indoor Pest Control Standards	Pesticide Notification Registry
	February	Indoor Pesticide Applications and Annual Emergencies	Schedule of Maine BPC Meetings
	March	Pesticide Petition Hearings Find Little Common Ground
	May	Aerial Spraying, Organophosphates, Browntail Moth Control (May, June and July meetings in 2006)
	September	BPC Addresses Aerial Spraying
	October	BPC Reviews Browntail Moth Report
	November	BPC Addresses Rule Changes
2005	October	Rules for Applying Pesticides Indoors: Two Decades and Counting; Enforcement Action, Consent Agreements
	July & September	Tax on Pesticides Considered
	June	Lawn Care Companies to Verify Location of Pesticide Applications
	April	BPC Discusses Chapter 60 Rule
	March	BPC Considers Protections for Chemically Sensitive
	February	Board Addresses Indoor Pesticide Applications
2004	Nov., Dec. + Jan. 2005	BPC Holds Final Hearing on Indoor Pesticide Regulations
	September & October	BPC Continues Work on Indoor Pesticide Application Regulations
	June, July	BPC Addresses Indoor Pesticide Application, Pool Operators and More
	March, April	Bee Pests, Railroad Weeds and Indoor Pesticide Applications Addressed
	January	2003 Blueberry Study Confirms Aerial Drift
2003	September	BPC Won’t Repeal Rule for Pesticide Industry; Stings Aquacide Company for Violation
	May, July, September, October	Pesticide Industry Fights Aquatic Herbicide Rule; Consensus Rulemaking Meets Hostility
	June	BPC Rejects Dow Application; Valentine Referred to Consensus Rulemaking Process; Standards for Indoor Pesticide Applications Receive Priority
	March, May	Aquatic Herbicide Use Requires Permit and License; Gorham Resident Requests Critical Pesticide Control Area; Medical Advisory Committee Discusses Trichlorfon; Legislation to Add More Public Members to BPC Voted ‘Ought Not to Pass’; Dow Application for Stinger (clopyralid) Tabled; K-Mart Fined for Selling Dursban; Newman Realty Fined for Illegal Pesticide Application
	January 17 + December 6, 2002	Blueberry Herbicide Hexazinone Still Contaminating Maine Wells; Former BPC Chair Questions Drinking Water Safety; Enforcement, New Regulation, Target Illegal Lake Herbicide Use; New Chairman Appointed; Replacement of Public Information Officer’s Position Discussed
2002	October	Schools Must Use IPM, Notify Parents, BPC to Restrict Use of Aquatic Pesticides, Machias Hospital Fined for Pesticide Violations, Fine Levied in Blueberry Spray Incident, BPC Denies Request for Dylox Permit for Lawn Grubs, BPC Revises Pesticides Sales Estimates Downward
	September	Machias Forum Addresses Hexazinone Contamination
	July	BPC Rejects Mandatory Universal Notification, Machias Public Water Supply Contaminated with Blueberry Herbicide, Organic Blueberry Producer Victim of Spray Violation, BPC and DEP Act on Clopyralid Compost Contamination
	June	Legislators React to Pesticides Sales Report, Public Hearings on School Pesticide Rule
	Feb., Mar., May	Wells Contaminiated by Pesticides Used On Blueberries; Worker Pesticide Safety Training Expanded; Glyphosate Drift Damage Highlight of Enforcement Actions; Former BPC Chairman Victim of Pesticide Trespass; School Pesticides IPM Rule; Emergency Registration to Combat Army Worms; Agricultural Forum on Genetically Engineered Crops; New Pesticide Sales Data Report Corrected
	January	GMO application in the works; forum planned; Staff making progress in pesticides sales data analysis; Kennebunk lawncare firm accepts fine for notification violation
2001	September	BPC Addressing Pesticide Use in Schools; BPC Staff Position on Aquatic Pesticides Draws Fire from DEP; Presque Isle Retiree Requests Stronger Drift/Notification Rules
	May, June, July	Board of Pesticides Control Struggles with Data Collection Legislation; MTAC Petitions for School Pesticide Regulation; Board Seeks to Duck Initiative on Indoor Pesticide Use; Board Nervous About Casco Bay Project; Murray Urges Board to be Proactive on State Pesticide Use; Board of Health Outreach on West Nile Virus Criticized; Research Proceeding on Salmon and Pesticides; Illegal Aquatic Pesticide Use in Maine Lakes
	March, April	Cooperative Extension Reports on Hexazinone Contamination; BPC May Request “No Taking” Determination from Feds; Pesticide Policy Committee Reports; Wal-Mart and School-Related Fines
2000	November, December	Organophosphates Detected in Downeast Rivers, Paul Gregory Receives Friend of Casco Bay Award, Brown Critical Pesticide Control Area Rule Repealed, West Nile Update, $1,500 Fine for Pesticide Spraying in Potato Storage
	September, November	Access to Pesticides Records Debated, “Back to the Drawing Board” on Pesticide Sales Data, West Nile Virus, New Program Targets Homeowner Yard Care in Casco Bay Communities, Unlicensed Application at DOL Office Complex, Two New Public Members Join BPC
	May, June	Potato Sprout Inhibitor Seriously Injures Bystander, Hope Critical Pesticides Control Area Approved
	February, March, April	Neighbors’ Right to Know Debated, BPC Prioritizes “Discretionary” Tasks, Department Seeks Suspension of Data Collecting Requirements, Ag Department Pesticides in the Schools Initiative, Hope Critical Pesticide Control Area Petition, BPC Stands to Lose its Two Public Members
1999	December	BPC Public Hearing: Clash of Views on Proposed Pesticide Ban; Other Business
	September, October	Organic Growers to be Licensed by BPC?
	July	BPC Reprimands, Fines School Superintendent
	May, June	Update on Hexazinone Well Water Contamination, Hope Family Petitions for Protection Against Pesticide Applications, Vaughan Holyoke replaces Richard Storch on Board, BPC Asked to Promote Real “Wild” Blueberries, Summer Cleaning at BPC Meeting
	February, March	BPC Addresses Gap Between Resources and Responsibilities