Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1471-Y is enacted to read:

§1471-Y.__Report of pesticide use

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:

A.__The type of pesticide that will be applied;

B.__The amount of pesticide that will be applied; and

C.__The time and place the pesticide will be applied.

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.

3.__Public availability.__The board shall make the information reported under subsection 1 easily available to members of the public.

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.

SUMMARY

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.