An Act To Ban Use of Aerial Herbicide Spraying for the Purpose of Deforestation
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1691
Committee Amendment CA_A_S262 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A "to S.P. 556, L.D. 1691, Bill, "An Act To Ban 
Use of Aerial Herbicide Spraying for the Purpose of Deforestation" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Directing the Board of Pesticides Control To Work with the Forest 
Products Industry To Monitor Aerial Herbicide Applications' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Monitoring of aerial herbicide applications. Resolved: That the 
Board of Pesticides Control, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 
1471-B, shall work with representatives of the forest products industry who conduct 
aerial application of herbicides for the purpose of silviculture, including reforestation, 
regeneration or vegetation control, to monitor aerial applications of herbicides through a 
neutral 3rd-party entity determined by the board. The one-time monitoring of aerial 
applications required under this section is contingent upon the receipt of outside funds for 
this purpose. The board shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, 
Conservation and Forestry with findings and recommendations related to the monitoring 
of aerial herbicide application no later than February 1, 2020. The monitoring of aerial 
applications of herbicides must conclude upon submission of the report to the joint 
standing committee. The joint standing committee may submit a bill relating to the 
subject matter of the report to the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, strikes the bill and 
replaces it with a resolve. The amendment requires the Board of Pesticides Control 
within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to work with 
representatives of the forest products industry over the next several months to monitor 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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aerial applications of herbicides through a neutral 3rd-party entity determined by the 
board and at the cost of the forest products industry. 
The amendment requires the board to report to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry by February 1, 2020. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/02/19 feae:.. 
LD 1691 
LR2266(02) 
An Act To Ban Use of Aerial Herbicide Spraying for the Purpose of Deforestation 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 'ij"(_ S- Zi.Q. 2...,) 
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Any additional costs to the Board of Pesticides Control within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and 
Forestry as a result of coordination with the forest products industry to monitor aerial pesticide applications of 
herbicide through a neutral 3rd party entity are anticipated to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted 
resources. 
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