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PA-65-2009 RE: SHELLFISH POLLUTED AREA Dr. Louis B. Daniel III, Director, Division of Marine Fisheries, upon the recommendation of Jeffrey P. Engel, M.D., State Health Director, Department of Health and Human Services, hereby announces that the following changes in shellfish harvesting areas will take effect at sunrise, Wednesday, September 2, 2009. All those waters in Carteret County will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the August 29, 2009 temporary closures with the following exceptions which will remain closed: CARTERET COUNTY Whitehurst Creek – All those waters in Whitehurst Creek upstream of a straight line across the mouth. Sleepy Creek – All those waters in Sleepy Creek upstream of a straight line across the mouth. GENERAL INFORMATION: A. This proclamation is issued under the authority of N.C.G.S. 113-170.4; 113-170.5; 113-182; 113-221.1; 143B-289.52 and N.C. Marine Fisheries Rules 15A NCAC 3H .0103 and 3K .0101. B. It is unlawful to violate the provisions of any proclamation issued by the N.C. Fisheries Director under his delegated authority pursuant to N.C. Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 3H .0103. C. This proclamation returns the following areas to normal closure boundaries: North River, the Straits, Jarrett Bay, and Oyster Creek. D. These reopenings are due to satisfactory bacteriological sampling results.
September 1, 2009 |