| 2010 |
Dec. 2009 and January 2010 |
BPC on Notification, New Genetically Engineered Corn |
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| 2009 |
January |
BPC Struggles with Aerial Spray Notification |
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March
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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
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May
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MDOT to Use Herbicides Along Roads
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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
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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
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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
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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; Standards for Indoor Pesticide Applications Receive Priority |
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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 |
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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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