Mosquito Spraying and The Children and Families Protection Act

For full text of the act, CPA

The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (DAR) has specific expectations for your IPM plans if you anticipate that spraying for mosquitoes might be necessary.  See Expectations  (The contact information on the DAR website, for  the Plymouth County Mosquito Control Project is not up to date.  The Project's Superintendent is Anthony Texeira.  we can be contacted by telephone at 781-585-5450 and by fax at 781-582-1276.)

If you have us listed in your IPM plans with the correct pesticides, you should not normally need to request an Emergency Waiver from your local board of health.  This would only be necessary if you needed to have the notification time requirements waived (two working days prior to spraying). 

Please be certain to have both of the below listed pesticides in your IPM plans. 

• Anvil 10 + 10, with Sumethrin and Piperonyl as the active ingredients, EPA reg. number 1020-1688-8329.

• Duet, with Prallethrin, Sumethrin and Piperonyl as the active ingredients, EPA reg. number 1021-1795-8329.

To make requests for spraying use the Project's Request Form.  Request Form

If you have not listed the Plymouth County Mosquito Control Project in your IPM plans, you can only be sprayed through the Emergency Waiver Process.  See Emergency Waiver Form and Explanation.

Standard Written Notification requires the distribution of three specific documents to students and staff two working days prior to spraying.  In the past all the documents required that paper copies be distributed.  This could mean six or seven pages/student.  While this remains an option, the DAR has added three electronic options. View Options.

The three required documents are the Pesticide Standard Written Notification Form (one page), the Consumer Bulletin, and the Pesticide Fact Sheet.

• The Pesticide Standard Written Notification Form is sent to you by the Project after we have received either the Request to Spray Form or the Emergency Waiver Form.  View the Form

• The Consumer Bulletin is two pages in length.  View and/or Copy Bulletin.

• The Pesticide Fact Sheet.  View and/or Copy Pesticide Fact Sheet.

Reminder of School Obligations

The law requires that each time a school requests to be sprayed, Standard Written Notification has to be given to students and parents two working days prior to the application.  The law also requires the posting of warning signs for any outdoor use of pesticides on school property.   The accepted warning signs are the small yellow lawn-care flags required by lawn care regulations. Flags can be purchased from Gemplers at www.gemplers.com or by calling 1-800-382-8473. Additionally, the school must post the Standard Written Notification Form in a central location for 72 hours and records must be kept on file for five years.