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Assembly Bill A6366

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of the chemical methoprene

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2019-A6366 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4314
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §33-1301, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3152
2011-2012: A7980
2013-2014: A8374
2015-2016: A8715, S6641
2017-2018: A6336, S4819
2021-2022: A7189

2019-A6366 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of the chemical Methoprene, trade name ALTOSID, as a pesticide.

2019-A6366 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 4314                                                  A. 6366
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
   Conservation
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced  by  M. of A. THIELE, L. ROSENTHAL, COLTON,
   OTIS, ABINANTI, MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
   Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   prohibiting the use of Methoprene
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  33-1301 of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12. FOR ANY PERSON TO USE ANY PESTICIDE CONTAINING THE ACTIVE INGREDI-
 ENT ISOPROPYL(2E, 4E)-11 METHOXY-3, 7, 11 TRIMETHYL-2, 4  DODECADIENOATE
 (METHOPRENE) IN ANY STORM DRAIN, CONVEYANCE FOR WATER OR FISH HABITAT IN
 ANY MUNICIPALITY ADJOINING THE LONG ISLAND SOUND AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN,
 AND  THEIR  CONNECTING WATER BODIES, BAYS, HARBORS, SHALLOWS AND MARSHES
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, AN EMERGENCY APPLICATION OF  SUCH  PESTICIDE  MAY  BE
 MADE  AS DETERMINED BY THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN CASES WHERE THERE
 IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2020.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03219-01-9

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