[mfgamembers] FYI: An Act to protect Massachusetts pollinators

[Jon Clements]

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H4041

Does anyone have any concerns/issues with this? (Besides being another
regulation.)

The way I read it, pretty minimal impact to most apple/peach growers unless
you are NOT a certified applicator. In summary, it means:

   1. During and after blooming season, neonicotinoids “shall only be
   sprayed, 38 released, deposited or applied by a certified commercial
   applicator, a certified private applicator, 39 or a licensed applicator.”
   2. Blooming season is defined as: “the period of the calendar year
   during which blooming or flowering plants are actively blooming, which
   shall include, at a minimum, the period between March 1 and October 31,
   provided, that the department may increase the period of time by
   regulation.”
   3. During bloom time, neonicotinoids may be applied (by the above listed
   groups) only for agricultural and horticultural uses as defined by Chapter
   61A.

Agricultural use defined here:
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter61A/Section1
.

Horticultural use defined here:
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter61A/Section2
.


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