APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 8, 2021 105
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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H.P. 220 - L.D. 316
An Act To Prohibit the Use of Chlorpyrifos
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §606, sub-§1, ¶E, as amended by PL 2005, c. 620, §5, is further
amended to read:
E. A pesticide that is adulterated or misbranded or any device that is misbranded; or
Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §606, sub-§1, ¶F, as amended by PL 2005, c. 620, §5, is further
amended to read:
F. A pesticide in containers that are unsafe due to damage.; or
Sec. 3. 7 MRSA §606, sub-§1, ¶G is enacted to read:
G. Beginning January 1, 2022, a pesticide containing chlorpyrifos as an active
ingredient.
Sec. 4. Temporary permit for use of pesticide containing chlorpyrifos.
Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 7, section 606, subsection 1, paragraph
G, from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022 the Board of Pesticides Control may grant
a temporary permit authorizing a pesticides applicator licensed by the State to use or apply
a pesticide containing chlorpyrifos as an active ingredient, as long as that licensed
pesticides applicator possessed the pesticide in the State before January 1, 2022. The Board
of Pesticides Control shall post on its publicly accessible website information on the
temporary permits issued under this section.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 316, HP 220: 7.606
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 105: 7.606