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The New Jersey Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with 80 municipalities, the New Jersey Highway Authority, Atlantic County, Middlesex County and Ocean County Parks, Atlantic Cape College, Mercer County Community College, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Rutgers Gardens and the US Department of Defense will begin gypsy moth aerial spraying on or about May 1, 2008 in certain forested residential areas of New Jersey.

Each area will be treated using aircraft with one application of Bacillus thuringiensis var kurstaki (B.t.k.), (undiluted formulation of Foray 76B) at a dosage rate of 38 B.I.U.s or 64 ounces per acre.  The State Treasury Department has extended the Aerial Suppression Contract for the 2008 season to Downstown Aero Crop Service of Vineland, New Jersey.  The contract price for aerial application, including the cost of the pesticide, is $39.44 per acre for the southern counties and $39.94 per acre for the northern counties