CHAPTER 355
S.P. 476 - L.D. 1540
An Act to Ensure that the State Board of Pesticides Control has Sufficient Resources to Provide Accurate Information About the Use of Pesticides in the State
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1471-M, sub-§7, as amended by PL 1999, c. 724, §1, is further amended to read:
7. Data collection; report. The board shall implement a system of record keeping, reporting, data collection and analysis that provides information on the quantity of product and brand names of pesticides sold. The board, in cooperation with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service, shall study ways to improve pesticide information data bases and to optimize the useful analysis of reported information.
No later than October 1, 1998, and each year thereafter, the board shall publish an annual pesticides report containing the quantity of product, sorted by the name and United States Environmental Protection Agency registration number, of all pesticides sold in the prior year, with the data further sorted by sector of use wherever possible, except that the pesticides report under this subsection is not required in the years 2000 and 2001.
Before April 1, 2002, the board shall submit a report on pesticide activities during the previous calendar year to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over pesticide control matters. The report must contain sales information on quantities of pesticides sold listed by the common name of the active ingredient.
The board shall also include in the report aggregate data on pesticide use based on reports submitted to the board by commercial applicators and other persons required to submit reports under this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. The board shall provide the data by sector of use whenever possible. The board shall provide the data by category of pesticide, including data for herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and other major categories. In addition, the board shall include in the report a summary of survey results or other information published by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service or the United States Department of Agriculture relating to pesticides use in the State.
The board shall develop a measure to estimate sales and types of pesticides commonly used by homeowners and track trends in the quantities and types of pesticides used by homeowners.
The board shall provide historical information on pesticide use and sales in the report when the information available is appropriate for comparison.
Sec. 2. Allocation. The following funds are allocated from Other Special Revenue funds to carry out the purposes of this Act.
2001-02
AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
State Board of Pesticides Control
All Other $30,000
Allocates one-time funds for the costs associated with developing information on the sales and use of pesticides in Maine.
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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