CHAPTER 389
S.P. 569 - L.D. 1726
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1471-M, sub-§7 is enacted to read:
7. Data collection; annual 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.
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §1471-X is enacted to read:
§1471-X. State policy; public and private initiatives to minimize reliance on pesticides
It is the policy of the State to work to find ways to use the minimum amount of pesticides needed to effectively control targeted pests in all areas of application. The agencies of the State involved in the regulation or use of pesticides shall promote the principles and the implementation of integrated pest management and other science-based technology to minimize reliance on pesticides while recognizing that outbreaks of disease, insects and other pests will necessitate fluctuations in pesticide use. These agencies, in cooperation with private interest groups, shall work to educate pesticide users and the general public in the proper use of pesticides and to determine other actions needed to accomplish the state policy.
Sec. 3. Allocation. The following funds are allocated from Other Special Revenue to carry out the purposes of this Act.
1997-98 1998-99
AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
Board of Pesticides Control
Positions - Legislative Count (1.000) (1.000)
Personal Services $26,971 $33,802
All Other 9,150 5,000
Allocates funds for a Planning and Research Associate position and operating costs necessary to administer new data collection and reporting responsibilities.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL RESOURCES ____________ ____________
TOTAL $36,121 $38,802
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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