Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 250 - Department of Environmental Management › Chapter 40 - Agriculture and Resource Marketing › Subchapter 25 - Mosquito Abatement › Part 1 - Rules and Regulations of the Mosquito Abatement Grant Program (250-RICR-40-25-1) › Section 250-RICR-40-25-1.4 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. "Biological control" means the
				  introduction, conservation or encouragement of natural predators, pathogens or
				  parasites for the purpose of preventing, reducing or eliminating mosquito
				  populations.
B. "Breeding source"
				  means any water-holding site or container which supports a population of
				  aquatic (immature) mosquitoes.
C.
				  "Certified financial statement" means a complete list of mosquito control
				  program expenditures which is signed and dated by the person representing the
				  district and accompanied by acceptable proof of such expenditures.
D. "Chemical control" means the application
				  of pesticides, include microbial pesticides such as Bacillus thuringensis var.
				  israelensis or growth regulators such as methoprene, to the environment for the
				  purpose of preventing, reducing or eliminating aquatic (immature) or adult
				  mosquito populations. Under §
										1.5(A) of
				  this Part for Conducting Mosquito Control Programs, chemical control of
				  mosquitoes by a Mosquito Abatement District is restricted to application of
				  pesticides that are listed in the Mosquito Abatement Board List of Allowed
				  Pesticides. Equipment - Any apparatus, tool, provision or necessity purchased
				  with Mosquito Abatement Grant funds to conduct the approved project or
				  activity.
E. "Long term control"
				  means physical or biological control.
F. "Minimal disruption of natural
				  environments" means maintenance to the fullest extent possible the full range
				  of plant and animal life characteristic of adult or immature mosquito habitats
				  while still reducing, preventing or eliminating mosquito populations.
G. "Minimization of pesticide use" means the
				  application of physical or biological control measures, or the application of
				  chemical control when physical or biological control is impractical or
				  undesirable, where and when needed as indicated by standard mosquito sampling
				  methods.
H. "Mosquito abatement"
				  means the prevention, reduction or elimination of mosquito populations,
				  synonymous with the term "mosquito control".
I. "Mosquito abatement (control) district"
				  means a city or town, two or more cities or towns that have joined together, or
				  a subdivision of a city or town which has notified the Secretary of the State
				  and the Mosquito Abatement Board that it has formed such a District.
J. "Mosquito abatement (control) program"
				  means an approved schedule of planned and continuing work activities utilizing
				  a variety of preventive and long-term control measures and having the objective
				  or reducing mosquito biting. Work activities are carried out only when and
				  where necessary as determined by standard mosquito sampling methods. In
				  accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws §
										23-7-7 and Chapter 23-78, a
				  Mosquito Abatement Program plan must meet the approval of the Mosquito
				  Abatement Board and undergo a municipal public hearing prior to
				  execution.
K. "Mosquito abatement
				  (control) project" means an activity or group of activities aimed at achieving
				  a specific goal of a Mosquito Abatement Program.
L. "Nuisance area" means a recreational or
				  population area infested by the adults of one or more nuisance species as
				  documented by standard data collection methods.
M. "Nuisance species" means mosquito species
				  which feed preferentially on humans.
N. "Physical control" means the physical
				  alteration of a breeding site through management of wet-dry cycles, regrading,
				  draining, filling, flushing, or removal or alternation of plant growth so as to
				  render it unsatisfactory for the production of the aquatic (immature) life
				  stages of mosquitoes.
O.
				  "Preventive control" means application of any biological, physical or chemical
				  mosquito control measure to a breeding source for the purpose of preventing,
				  reducing or eliminating production of the aquatic (immature) life stages of
				  mosquitoes, or application of any legal or administrative action for the
				  purpose of preventing, reducing or eliminating the creation of mosquito
				  breeding sources.
P. "Sanitation"
				  means the elimination of breeding sources on personal property such as by
				  flushing, covering or removing water-holding containers or filling or regrading
				  poorly drained areas.
Q.
				  "Self-protection" means individual action to reduce exposure to mosquitoes such
				  as through application of repellents, installation of window and door screens,
				  or avoidance of outdoor activities during the early morning and evening hours
				  when mosquitoes are most active.
R.
				  "State" means for the purposes of these Rules and Regulations, the Department
				  of Environmental Management and Mosquito Abatement Board.