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PA-77-2009 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 shellfish area temporary closure will take effect immediately: No person shall take or attempt to take any oysters, clams or mussels or possess, sell or offer for sale any oysters, clams or mussels taken from the following polluted area: HYDE COUNTY Swanquarter Bay Area All those waters upstream of a straight line beginning on the east side of Swanquarter Bay at a point at the Swanquarter Ferry Canal entrance; running across the bay to a point on marsh at Cowpen Point (See Map). 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 Fisheries Director under his delegated authority pursuant to N.C. Marine Fisheries Rule 15A NCAC 3H .0103. C. This temporary closure is due to a sewage spill that has discharged raw sewage since September 18, 2009 into a canal that empties into Swanquarter Bay in Hyde County.
September 21, 2009
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