May 2, 2008

Notification of Early Morning Aerosol (ULV) Applications

Please be advised that the Norfolk County Mosquito Control Project will begin the 2008 early morning ULV aerosol applications on or about May 27, 2008, weather permitting. This program will be a continuation of the procedure, which has been used in past years:

May 27, 2008 through September 30, 2008 - Adulticide aerosol (ULV) applications.
(2:00 AM to 6:00 AM (sunrise), Monday through Friday)

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 can be found at http://massnrc.org/ncmcp/spraysch.htm

Please note that the ULV map and/or street listings will be posted on or about 3:30 p.m. the day before the scheduled application day. Residents may also contact the Projects main telephone line (781)762-3681 after 3:30 P.M. the day before the scheduled treatment to hear a recorded message detailing the streets/areas to be treated in the town.

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 volume (ULV) sprayers at a rate of approximately one half ounce per acre of finished spray.

Process to Exclude Property From Public Area Wide Pesticide Applications State Regulation 333 CMR:13:04 provides a method for homeowners to exclude their property from public area-wide pesticide applications. For more information, please click on the following links:

http://www.mass.gov/agr/legal/regs/pesticides_33313_std_application.pdf
or
http://massnrc.org/ncmcp/notify2.htm

Norfolk County Mosquito Control Project

Notice of Aerial Larval Control Application

In accordance with 333 CMR 13.05 (2) (a & b), please consider this as notification of the pending spring (and summer if needed) aerial applications targeting mosquito larvae in the larger wetlands of the county.

The Norfolk County Mosquito Control Project will be conducting helicopter applications of the biorational larvicide Bti (Bacillus thuringiensh israelcnsis) to control mosquito larvae. Go to the Projects website for spring wetland locations. The summer wetland locations will be posted if these applications are warranted.

These applications will be conducted over specific large wetlands in the Towns of:

• Avon
• Bellingham
• Braintree
• Canton
• Dedham
• Dover
• Foxboro
• Franklin
• Holbrook
• Medfield
• Medway
• Millis
• Milton
• Needham
• /Norfolk
• Norwood
• Plainville
• Quiiicy
• Randolph
• Sharon
• Stoughton
• Walpole
• Westwood
• Weymouth
• Wrentham