| | | 3(d).__The board may not make any lack of essentiality a | | criterion for denying registration of any pesticide. When 2 | | pesticides meet the requirements of this paragraph, the | | board may not register one in preference to the other. |
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| | | E.__The board may establish such other requirements by rule | | in accordance with section 610 as are necessary to carry out | | the provisions of this subsection. |
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| | | 9. Adverse environmental effects. If, at any time after the | | registration of a pesticide, the registrant has additional | | factual information regarding unreasonable adverse effects of a | pesticide on the environment of the pesticide | shall submit such |
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| | | Sec. 7. 7 MRSA §607-A, as corrected by RR 1997, c. 2, §26 and | | amended by PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is further amended to | | read: |
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| | | §607-A. Review or reregistration |
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| | | 1. Review required. The board shall review all | | pesticides used in this State in accordance with the requirements | of this section. This review must be completed for presently | registered pesticides on a schedule to be determined by the | board, with restricted use pesticides and the most widely used | pesticides receiving priority, and within 3 years for pesticides | registered after September 23, 1983. | | pesticides for review each year with priority given to pesticides | | that have patterns of use in this State that differ from | | prevalent use patterns nationally or regionally.__The board may | | select additional pesticides for review as the board determines | | need and as resources allow. |
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| | | 2. Review process. In cooperation with technical personnel | | of the Department of Environmental Protection; the Department of | | Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; the Department of Health and Human | | Services; the Department of Marine Resources; and the Department | | of Conservation, specifically the Maine Forest Service, the board | shall conduct a review to include | | portions of the following as the board determines relevant: |
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| | | A. An environmental risk assessment to determine the | | effects of pesticides on the ecosystem. This assessment is | | to be based on available literature. The board shall request | | data that it determines necessary to carry out the purpose | of this chapter, but, when the literature is not available, | is inadequate or incomplete, this assessment shall be based | on an environmental monitoring protocol |
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