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Assembly Bill A7189

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of the chemical methoprene

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2021-A7189 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
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
2017-2018: A6336
2019-2020: A6366

2021-A7189 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-A7189 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7189
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. THIELE, L. ROSENTHAL, COLTON, OTIS, ABINANTI,
   SIMON, GRIFFIN, GOTTFRIED, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.
   GALEF  --  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 13 to read as follows:
   13. 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 the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05790-02-1

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