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Assembly approves local option to restrict pesticide application in freshwater wetlands
Summary
Lawmakers approved a measure allowing municipalities that have adopted local freshwater wetlands laws to further prohibit pesticide applications in wetlands hydrologically connected to public water supplies; sponsors said it protects drinking water, opponents warned of a patchwork of local rules.
The Assembly approved legislation allowing municipalities that already have local freshwater wetlands laws to adopt further laws prohibiting pesticide applications in wetlands they regulate, limited to wetlands hydrologically connected to public water supplies. The bill passed on the floor by a recorded vote of 95–48.
Sponsor Assemblymember Burdick said the measure narrows prior versions and contains exemptions, including an explicit…
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