PA-53-2010

PROCLAMATION

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 change in a shellfish harvesting area will take effect at sunrise, Friday, June 25, 2010.

All those waters near Sleepy Creek in Carteret County will return to the status in existence immediately prior to the April 15, 2010 temporary closure.

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 03H .0103 and 03K .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 03H .0103.

C. This proclamation returns the following area to normal closure boundaries: All those waters 100 yards offshore between the end of Marshallberg Road and the mouth of Sleepy Creek in the area behind the old Jarrett Bay Boatworks.

D. This reopening is due to a satisfactory follow-up investigation of the runoff water used to extinguish a chemical fire.

June 24, 2010
10:08 A.M.
PA-53-2010