An Act To Provide for Public Notification of Indoor Pesticide Applications March 23, 2007
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1698
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Sponsors: SULLIVAN, PIOTTI, SHERMAN, STRIMLING, MAREAN, PIEH, VAUGHAN

Legislative Document 
No. 1698 
S.P.605 
An Act To Provide for Public Notification of Indoor Pesticide 
Applications 
March 23, 2007 
Reference to the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and 
ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator SULLIVAN of York. 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Cosponsored by Representative PIOTTI of Unity and Senators: SHERMAN of Aroostook, 
STRIMLING of Cumberland, Representatives: MAREAN of Hollis, PIEH of Bremen, 
VAUGHAN of Durham. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 22 MRS A §1471-Y is enacted to read: 
§1471-Y. Commercial and multifamily residential buildings; notice of application 
The application of pesticides in an occupied building, as defined by the board by rule, 
is governed by this section. This section does not apply to the application of pesticides in 
school buildings, as defined by the board by rule. 
1. Agency, business or institutional buildings. The board by rule shall require an 
applicator who applies pesticides in a building housing an agency, business or institution 
to post for a period of 6 months after the application a notice of that pesticide application. 
Notification is not required for any application exempted from FIFRA regulation under 
Code of Federal Regulations, Section 152.25 or other applications exempted by the 
board by rule. The board shaH require the posted sign to be displayed at the main public 
entrance to the building and, in a commercial building, at a location conspicuous to 
employees. 
2. Notice to tenants. The board shall by rule require the owner or manager of a 
rented residential unit to provide prior notice to a tenant of any pesticide application to 
the rented unit that is not requested by the tenant and of any pesticide application to a 
common area of the building. Notification is not required for any application exempted 
from FIFRA regulation under 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 152.25 or other 
applications exempted by the board by rule. The board shall require any posted notice to 
be displayed at the main public entrance to the building. 
3. Child care facilities and nurseries. The board shall adopt requirements for 
notice of pesticide application in nursery schools and child care facilities. The rule must 
be consistent with the rules of the Community Services Center relating to notices of 
environmental lead hazards in nursery schools and the rules of the Office of Child and 
Family Services relating to notices of environmental lead hazards in child care facilities. 
4. Rules. Rules adopted by the board under this section are major substantive rules 
as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 2. Rules. The authority of the Board of Pesticides Control to adopt Chapter 26 
of its rules is superseded by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 1471-Y, which 
is enacted by section 1 of this Act, and that rule is declared to be nulI and void. All future 
rules of the board governing standards for indoor pesticide applications in occupied 
buildings other than school buildings are governed by Title 22, section 1471-Y. 
SUMMARY 
This bill directs the Board of Pesticides Control to establish certain notice 
requirements for the application of pesticides in occupied buildings other than school 
buildings. The bill voids the Board of Pesticides Control's current rules on this subject. 
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