Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
026 - BOARD OF PESTICIDES CONTROL
Chapter 26 - STANDARDS FOR PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS AND NOTIFICATION FOR ALL OCCUPIED BUILDINGS EXCEPT K-12 SCHOOLS
Section 026-26-1 - Definitions

A. Applicator. For the purposes of this regulation, Applicator means a commercial applicator or other persons who apply pesticides to occupied buildings.

B. Client. For the purposes of this regulation, Client is the person who either owns or manages the Occupied Building and who contracts with a commercial applicator to monitor and/or control pests.

C. Crack and Crevice Treatment. For the purposes of this regulation, Crack and Crevice Treatment means using an injector tip and placing the tip inside an opening to apply small amounts of pesticides into cracks and crevices in which pests hide or through which they may enter a building. Such openings commonly occur at expansion joints, between elements of construction, and between equipment and floors. These openings may lead to voids such as hollow walls, equipment legs and bases, conduits, motor housings, and junction or switch boxes. This does not include spraying a band covering the baseboards or mopboards or spraying above the baseboards or mopboards.

D. Integrated Pest Management. For the purposes of this regulation, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a process that utilizes regular monitoring to determine if and when a treatment is needed. It employs physical, mechanical, cultural, chemical, biological and educational programs to keep pest populations low enough to prevent intolerable damage or annoyance. Pesticides should be only one of many options considered for solving a pest problem, and when required, target-specific, low impact pesticides and application techniques should be employed. Furthermore, pesticide applications are not made according to a pre-determined schedule but are only made when and where monitoring, or a previous history of pest incidence has indicated that the pest will cause unacceptable economic, medical or aesthetic damage. The IPM program must as a result be environmentally, socially, and economically compatible to meet current public expectations.

E. Occupied Building. For the purposes of this regulation, Occupied Building means any public, private, commercial or institutional structure used or occupied by persons on a regular, long-term basis as a residence or for occupations. These include but are not limited to rented residential buildings, condominiums, licensed childcare facilities and nursery schools, and governmental, commercial and institutional buildings.