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The New Jersey Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with 57 municipalities, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority; Select Parks in Atlantic, Burlington, Gloucester, Middlesex, Morris and Ocean Counties, Atlantic Cape College, the US Department of Defense and the United States Fish & Wildlife Service will begin gypsy moth aerial spraying on or about May 4, 2009 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 2009 season to Downstown Aero Crop Service of Vineland, New Jersey.