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2010 Dec. 2009 and January 2010 BPC on Notification, New Genetically Engineered Corn
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
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


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