Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
611 W. Ottawa Street  
Lansing, MI 48909  
Phone: 517-335-8658 Fax: 517-335-9512  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITEE ON ADMNINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
1. Agency Information  
Agency name:  
Agriculture and Rural Development  
Division/Bureau/Office:  
Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division  
Name of person completing this form:  
Jamie Guardiola  
Phone number of person completing this form:  
5172428179  
E-mail of person completing this form:  
guardiolaj1@michigan.gov  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Brad Deacon  
2. Rule Set Information  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2020-126 AC  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Regulation 637 – Pesticide Use  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
This amendment will address the provisions changed through the emergency rule process in 2020 to  
facilitate the coordinated public health response to Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
This amendment will address the provisions changed through the emergency rule process in 2020 to  
facilitate the coordinated public health response to Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
1)Daily Press- March 10, 2021  
Kalamazoo Gazette- March 11, 2021  
Bay City Times- March 11, 2021  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
3/15/2021  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
3/31/2021 09:00 AM at Virtual Room: Zoom , https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82458326449 ; code  
154305  
8. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit  
analysis on its website:  
https://ARS.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=1252  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:  
Brad Deacon, Director of Legal Affairs / Regulatory Affairs Officer  
Brian Verhougstraete, Pesticide Section Manager  
Mike Philip, Director, Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division  
Susan Bagley, Pesticide Inspector  
George Noonan, Office of Organizational Innovation  
10. Persons submitting comments of support:  
Bill Welsh  
11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
None received.  
12. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the  
public comment period:  
Name &  
Comments made at Written  
Agency Rationale Rule number  
Organization public hearing  
Comments  
for change  
& citation  
changed  
1
Bill Welsh  
In regards to the No changes  
rule changes as it  
relates to Rule  
No changes  
requested  
637, the  
Michigan Pest  
Management  
Association is in  
full support of the  
recommended  
changes to the  
Rule. We want  
the state to have  
the ability to react  
quickly to these  
significant threats  
to human and  
animal health.  
13.Date report completed:  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 3  
4/6/2021  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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