| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1471-Y is enacted to read: |
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| | | §1471-Y.__Report of pesticide use |
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| | | 1.__Report required.__Any commercial applicator, private | | applicator or spray contracting firm certified by the board shall | | report in writing to the board for each pesticide application | | that will be performed by that person: |
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| | | A.__The type of pesticide that will be applied; |
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| | | B.__The amount of pesticide that will be applied; and |
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| | | C.__The time and place the pesticide will be applied. |
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| | | 2.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context | | otherwise indicates, "pesticide" means any chemical used to kill | | or inhibit the growth of a target organism and includes, but is | | not limited to, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and | | insecticides. |
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| | | 3.__Public availability.__The board shall make the information | | reported under subsection 1 easily available to members of the | | public. |
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| | | 4.__Rules.__The board shall adopt routine technical rules | | pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A to implement | | this section.__The rules must include what constitutes a | | pesticide application and the level of detail required to be | | reported under subsection 1. |
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| | | This bill requires persons certified to apply pesticides to | | provide written notice of pesticide application to the Board of | | Pesticides Control concerning the type and amount of pesticide | | and the time and place of application. The board must then make | | that information easily available to the public. |
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