Pesticide Exclusion Information

The following information was provided by the Natick Board of Health:

Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project is providing the following information regarding The Pesticide Exclusion Program. This program was implemented to allow land owners to exclude their property from public area-wide application of pesticides (see 333 CMR 13.03 – Exclusions for Application)

This reads in part:

Designations for exclusions 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, names of all abutters and defining programs from which exclusion is requested.

Designations may be made prior to March 1 of each year and shall be effective from April 1 of that year to March 31 of the following year. (333 CMR 13.03, paragraphs 1b & 1c)

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. (333 CMR 13.03 – paragraph 2b)

The full text of this regulation may be found on the internet at: http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/source/mass/cmr/333cmr.html

Please feel free to contact our office if you have any questions, and please access our website at http://www.cmmcp.org for more information on the Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project. Our telephone number is 508-393-3055.