PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Re: Notification of Early Morning Aerosol (ULV) Applications
Please be advised that the Norfolk County Mosquito
Control Project will begin the 2009 early morning ULV aerosol applications on
or about May 26, 2009, weather permitting. This program will be a continuation
of the procedure, which has been used in past years:
May 26, 2009 through September 30, 2009 - Adulticide aerosol (ULV) applications.
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If any resident wishes to know when the spray
program may be conducted in their area, they should go to the
Projects website at http://www.massnrc.org/ncmcp
, or contact their local Board of Health. If an individual would like to see a
map and/or street listing of the areas to be treated they should click on the
following link, and then click on their town.
Current early morning
aerosol application schedule and maps http://massnrc.org/ncmcp/spraysch.htm
Please note that the ULV map and/or street
listings will be posted on or about
The purpose of the adulticide
application is to control nuisance and/or virus carrying adult mosquitoes. The
control product being used is Anvil (EPA Reg.#
1021-1688-8329) applied in ultra low volu
Process to Exclude Property From Public Area Wide Pesticide Applications
State Regulation 333 CMR:13:04 provides a
Link to State Regulation 333 CMR 13.0
13.03:
Exclusions from Pesticide Application
(1) General.
(a) Wide Area
Applications of pesticides and mosquito control applications of pesticides
approved by the State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board shall not be made
to private property which has been designated for exclusion from such
application by a person living on or legally in control of said property.
(b) Designation
for exclusion from Wide Area Applications of pesticides and mosquito control
applications of pesticides approved by the State Reclamation and Mosquito
Control Board may be made by supplying the clerk of the municipality in which
such lands lie with a certified letter providing the name, address, and
telephone number (if any) of the person requesting the exclusion, the address
of the property to be excluded, and a description of the types of pesticide
application programs for which exclusion is requested.
(c) Designation
for exclusion may be made prior to March 1st of each year
and shall be effective from April 1st of that year
through March 31st of the following year.
(d) A
designation for exclusion made by a tenant shall not be deemed to limit the right
of the landlord to apply, or authorize the application of, pesticides to that
land if by the express or implied terms of the written or oral rental agreement
the owner retains the right to apply or authorize the application of such
pesticides.
(e) 333 CMR
13.03 shall not be deemed to limit the right of an easement holder to apply
pesticides to land which is subject to the easement if the easement expressly
or implicitly includes the right to apply pesticides.
(f) A
designation for exclusion made by a joint owner, tenant in common, or owner of
a condominium unit shall not be deemed to limit the right of any other joint
owner, tenant in common, condominium unit owner or condominium association to
apply or authorize the application of pesticides to land if by the express or
implied terms of the deed, condominium agreement or other agreement governing
such land such other joint owner, tenant in common, condominium unit owner or
condominium association retains the right to apply or authorize the application
of such pesticides.
(2) Marking
Areas for Exclusion. All areas designated for exclusion from Wide Area
Applications of pesticides and mosquito control applications of pesticides
approved by the State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board shall be marked as
follows:
(a)
Applications by Aircraft. The person requesting exclusion shall clearly mark
boundaries or areas to be excluded with helium filled balloons or other marking
methods previously approved by the Department. Such balloons or other marking
materials shall be provided by the Contracting Entity. The Contracting Entity
shall appropriately mark the excluded areas on the maps required under 333 CMR
13.04(5) and on maps used by the pilots who shall be alerted by the Contracting
Entity of the markings delineating the excluded area.
(b) Ground Applications. The person requesting exclusion shall mark the boundaries or areas to be excluded at least every 50 feet with orange surveyor’s tape or another Department-approved marking device which clearly defines the area of exclusion. These markings shall be made known to the Contracting Entity, who shall be responsible for communicating the details of their marking to those who will carry out the application.