Below is a letter from Wilmington’s Department of Public Works:
WILMINGTON, MA — This letter is to inform the Town of Wilmington of the intention to selectively spray herbicides within Town owned Rights of Way, pursuant to 333 CMR 11.05-11.07 Rights of Way Management. This treatment is conducted as a component of an integrated vegetation management program which also utilizes mechanical and natural control techniques.
The Town of Wilmington’s five-year Vegetation Management Plan (VMP) for 2020-2024 and Yearly Operations Plan (YOP) for 2020 is posted on the Town of Wilmington’s Tree Division website: https://www.wilmingtonma.gov/public-works/tree-division. A hard copy can be provided upon request.
All of the herbicides selected for this program are registered by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency, the Massachusetts Pesticide Board, and are recommended for use in and around sensitive areas jointly by the Massachusetts Pesticide Bureau and Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. The potential herbicides used as part of the Plan are listed on page 4 in the Yearly Operations Plan.
Foliar herbicide treatments will take place between June 1, 2020 and October 21, 2020. The exact time is dependent upon weather conditions and field crew availability. Treatments will be made by licensed / certified applicators.
In compliance with 333 CMR 11.06-11.07, no herbicide applications will occur before the conclusion of the 45- day YOP review period, the 21-day treatment notice, and the 48 –hour newspaper notice. At the end of the these review periods, which can run concurrently, no application shall commence more than ten days before nor conclude more than ten days after the treatment periods listed above.
The treatments will be performed by in-house Wilmington DPW crews. For inquiries concerning the safety of the herbicides please contact:
Director of Rights of Way Program
Department of Agricultural Resources
251 Causeway Street, Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114-2151
Technical questions related to the treatment program, VMP, or YOP may be directed to DPW Operations Manager Jamie Magaldi at 978-658-4481.
(NOTE: The above Notice of Vegetation Management Control Operations is from the Wilmington DPW.)
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