(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioners of Public Health and Agriculture and the director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, shall establish a plan, within available appropriations, for the use or application of larvicide to control mosquitoes.
(b) Not later than September 1, 2013, the plan described in subsection (a) of this section shall be updated to establish: (1) A prohibition on the use or application of methoprene or resmethrin in any storm drain or conveyance for water within the coastal boundary, as described in subsection (b) of section 22a-94 provided such prohibition shall not apply to any municipality where there was a documented death of a human being from West Nile virus if such municipality has a population greater than one hundred thousand residents; (2) a record-keeping, reporting and Internet posting requirement for the use or application of methoprene or resmethrin for mosquito control within the coastal area, as described in subsection (a) of section 22a-94, by any municipality or the state; and (3) recommendations for a pilot program to evaluate the retail sale and use of methoprene and resmethrin for mosquito control within the coastal area, as described in subsection (a) of section 22a-94, that is labeled for mosquito control in streams, storm drains, storm gutters, and bird baths to ensure that such methoprene and resmethrin use is consistent with the labeling requirements of such methoprene or resmethrin product.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, methoprene or resmethrin may be introduced into a storm drain, wetland or other body of water where mosquito larvae are found or suspected if such introduction is recommended by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health and the mosquito management coordinator of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, to prevent an increasing threat of mosquito-borne disease, based on an evaluation of mosquito and mosquito larvae surveillance by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in accordance with the state's Mosquito Management Program.
(P.A. 94-191; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-197, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; Sec. 19a-94a transferred to Sec. 22a-45d in 1999; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-197 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to add reference to director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, delete “contingency” re plan, replace “spraying of larvicide” with “use or application of larvicide” and delete requirement that use of larvicide be in the event of an outbreak of infectious disease in any human or animal population due to mosquito infestation, added Subsec. (b) re the updating of plan to include a prohibition on use or application of methoprene or resmethrin in any storm drain or conveyance for water within the coastal boundary, record-keeping and reporting requirement for use of methoprene or resmethrin in the coastal boundary and recommendations for a pilot program to evaluate the retail sale and use of methoprene and resmethrin in the coastal area, and added Subsec. (c) re exception to prohibition on use of methoprene or resmethrin in a storm drain, wetland or other body of water where mosquito larvae are found if recommended by commissioner, effective June 21, 2013.