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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 6915
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12	19		AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF SECOND -GENERATION
13	20		ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDES.
14	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
15	22		Assembly convened:
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17	24		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) No person shall engage 1
18	25		in the use in this state of any second-generation anticoagulant 2
19	26		rodenticide. For purposes of this section, "second-generation 3
20	27		anticoagulant rodenticide" means any pesticide product containing any 4
21	28		one of the following active ingredients: (1) Brodifacoum; (2) 5
22	29		bromadiolone; (3) difenacoum; or (4) difethialone. 6
23	30		(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to: 7
24	31		(1) The use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides by any 8
25	32		state employee who uses second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides 9
26	33		for public health activities in accordance with any provision of the 10
27	34		Public Health Code and in furtherance of such employee's duties; 11
28	35		(2) The use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides when 12
29	36		used by any state employee for the purposes of protecting water supply 13
30	37		infrastructure and facilities in a manner that is consistent with all 14
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31	44		otherwise applicable federal and state laws and regulations and in 15
32	45		furtherance of such employee's duties; 16
33		-	(3) The use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides by a 17 Substitute Bill No. 6915
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	46	+	(3) The use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides by a 17
38	47		director of health to control mosquito or vector breeding areas in order 18
39	48		to protect the public health; 19
40	49		(4) The use of any second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides for 20
41	50		the eradication of nonnative invasive species inhabiting or found to be 21
42	51		present on offshore islands in a manner that is consistent with all 22
43	52		otherwise applicable federal and state laws and regulations; 23
44	53		(5) The use of any second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide to 24
45	54		control an actual or potential rodent infestation associated with a public 25
46	55		health need, as determined by a supporting declaration from the 26
47	56		Commissioner of Public Health or a director of health. For purposes of 27
48	57		this section, "public health need" means an urgent, nonroutine situation 28
49	58		posing a significant risk to human health in which it is documented that 29
50	59		other rodent control alternatives, including nonchemical alternatives, 30
51	60		are inadequate to control the rodent infestation; 31
52	61		(6) The use of second-generation rodenticides in any of the following 32
53	62		locations: (A) A medical waste generator; or (B) any facility registered 33
54	63		annually and subject to inspection under Section 510 of the federal Food, 34
55	64		Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 USC 360 et seq., and that is compliant with 35
56	65		the federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 USC 135 et 36
57	66		seq.; or 37
58	67		(7) The use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides for 38
59	68		agricultural activities. For purposes of this subdivision, "agricultural 39
60	69		activities" includes activities conducted in any of the following 40
61	70		locations: 41
62	71		(A) A warehouse used to store foods for human or animal 42
63	72		consumption; 43
64		-	(B) An agricultural production site, including, but not limited to, a 44
65		-	slaughterhouse or cannery; 45
66		-	(C) A factory, brewery or winery; 46
67		-	(D) An agricultural production site housing water storage and 47 Substitute Bill No. 6915
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	79	+	(B) An agricultural food production site, including, but not limited 44
	80	+	to, a slaughterhouse or cannery; 45
	81	+	(C) A factory, brewery or winery; 46
	82	+	(D) An agricultural production site housing water storage and 47
72	83		conveyance facilities; or 48
73	84		(E) An agricultural production site housing rights-of-way and other 49
74	85		transportation infrastructure. 50
75	86		(c) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may 51
76	87		adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the 52
77	88		general statutes, to ensure that the continued use of second-generation 53
78	89		anticoagulant rodenticides, in accordance with the provisions of section 54
79	90		22a-50 of the general statutes is not reasonably expected to result in 55
80	91		significant adverse effects to nontarget wildlife. Any such regulations 56
81	92		shall include, but are not limited to, provisions for the use of such 57
82	93		rodenticides if the eradication of invasive rodent populations is 58
83	94		necessary for the protection of threatened or endangered species or the 59
84	95		habitats of such species. 60
85	96		(d) Not later than January 1, 2027, the Commissioner of Energy and 61
86	97		Environmental Protection shall submit a report, in accordance with the 62
87	98		provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 63
88	99		committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 64
89	100		relating to the environment on the potential implications of the 65
90	101		application of existing statutory and regulatory restrictions and 66
91	102		licensing requirements for the use of second-generation anticoagulant 67
92	103		rodenticides. Such report shall include, but is not limited to, an analysis 68
93	104		of the consistency of applying such restrictions and requirements with 69
94	105		federal law and any potential effects, including, but not limited to, 70
95	106		improved raptor health and expenses and delays that such changes may 71
96	107		have on public health and agriculture in the state and requisite 72
97	108		administrative resources for overseeing such restrictions. 73
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98	115		(e) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this 74
99	116		section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five thousand 75
100	117		dollars by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection 76
101		-	for each such violation. 77 Substitute Bill No. 6915
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106	119		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
107	120		sections:
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109	122		Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
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111		-	ENV Joint Favorable Subst.
	124	+	Statement of Purpose:
	125	+	To restrict the use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides.
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	127	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	128	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	129	+	underlined.]
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