| | | Sec. 3. Board of Pesticides Control; monitoring project; report. The Department | | of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, Board of Pesticides | | Control shall develop a plan for monitoring hydraulic spray | | applications of pesticides allowed under the Maine Revised | | Statutes, Title 22, section 1445, subsection 2 to control | | browntail moths in coastal areas. Monitoring must occur on | | selected sites where applications are allowed under that | | subsection. |
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| | | The Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources, Board | | of Pesticides Control, in consultation with an environmental risk | | advisory committee and the Lobster Conservancy, shall complete an | | assessment of risks and benefits relating to pesticide | | applications near marine waters. The board shall report its | | findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of | | the Legislature having jurisdiction over agriculture, | | conservation and forestry matters by January 2, 2007. |
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| | | Sec. 4. Legislation authorized. The joint standing committee of the | | Legislature having jurisdiction over agriculture, conservation | | and forestry matters may report out legislation to the First | | Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature relating to the | | application of pesticides near marine waters to control browntail | | moths. |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this Act takes effect when approved. |
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| | | See title page for effective date. |
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