General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5480
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3983
*03983HB05480ENV*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5480
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3983
*03983HB05480ENV*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT REQUIRING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE USE OF CERTAIN PESTICIDES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT RESEARCH FARM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than October 31, 2013, the Departments of Energy and Environmental Protection and Public Health shall conduct an assessment of the practices employed at The University of Connecticut Research Farm. Such assessment shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) An examination of the procedures for the storage and application of pesticides on said farm, (2) a review of the protocols used to ensure the safe application of pesticides, including, but not limited to, any pesticide that requires an experimental use permit issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and (3) an evaluation of the water testing regimen at said farm, including, but not limited to, a review of the timing, locations and types of such testing, the number of wells subject to such testing and the types of pesticides identified by such testing.
(b) Not later than February 1, 2014, the Departments of Energy and Environmental Protection and Public Health shall submit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment any recommendations for legislation or revised practices at said farm that the departments determine are necessary as a result of the assessment conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require an assessment of the pesticide practices employed at The University of Connecticut Research Farm in order to assure the protection of water quality and public health in the surrounding communities.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. HADDAD, 54th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. HADDAD, 54th Dist.
H.B. 5480