NOTICE AND DESCRIPTION OF SHELLFISH AREA CONDEMNATION
NUMBER 081-119, PUNGOTEAGUE CREEK
ከ 15 ኤፕሪል 2026ጀምሮ በሥራ ላይ የሚውል
በአርዕስት 28.2 መሠረት፣ ምዕራፍ 8፣ §§ 28.2-803 እስከ 28.2-808፣ § 32.1-20፣ እና § 2.2-4002፣ Virginia ሕግ ክፍል B.16 ።
1. The “Notice and Description of Shellfish Area Condemnation Number 081-119, Pungoteague Creek,” effective 15 May 2025, is cancelled effective 15 April 2026.
2. Condemned Shellfish Area Number 081-119, shown as Sections A through C, is established effective 15 April 2026. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to take shellfish from these areas for any purpose, except by permit granted by the Marine Resources Commission, as provided in § 28.2-810 of the Code of Virginia. The boundaries of these areas are shown on the map titled “Pungoteague Creek, Condemned Shellfish Area Number 081-119, 15 April 2026” which is part of this notice.
3. Condemned Shellfish Area Number 081-119, shown as Sections C4 and C19, is hereby established effective 15 April 2026. Pursuant to § 28.2-808(3) of the Code of Virginia, such conditional condemnation is predicated upon predictable pollution events arising from excess rainfall. This area shall be placed in the closed status at 12:01 a.m. the day following a 24-hour rainfall event of greater than a total of 1 inch in Pungoteague Creek. The source of the data indicating the total 24-hour rainfall will be the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Multisensor Precipitation Estimator for latitude / longitude coordinate (37.66509678,-75.82014939 decimal degrees), or (37°39'54.3",-75°49'12.5" degrees, minutes, and seconds). The time interval used to measure the 24-hour rainfall event will be the 24-hour period ending at 8:00 p.m. on the day prior to the effective date of the closed status. The closed status of the conditionally approved area shall remain in effect for 10 calendar days, and shall revert to the open status at 12:01 a.m. on the 11th calendar day from the effective date of the closed status. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to take shellfish from these areas for any purpose while in the closed status, except by permit granted by the Marine Resources Commission, as provided in Section 28.2-810 of the Code of Virginia. The boundaries of these areas are shown on the map titled “Pungoteague Creek, Condemned Shellfish Area Number 081-119, 15 April 2026” which are part of this notice.
4. Conditionally Approved Shellfish Area (seasonally closed status) Number 081-119, shown as Sections M1, M2, and M3, is hereby established effective 15 April 2026, and shall remain in force annually thereafter for the period beginning the first day of April through the last day of October until rescinded. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to take shellfish from this area during such period for any purpose while in the closed status, except by permit granted by the Marine Resources Commission, as provided in § 28.2-810 of the Code of Virginia. The boundaries of these areas are shown on the map titled “Pungoteague Creek, Condemned Shellfish Area Number 081-119, 15 April 2026” which is part of this notice.
5. የጤና መምሪያው በማንኛውም ጊዜ በማንኛውም ፍላጎት ያለው አካል የሚቀርቡ አቤቱታዎችን ይህንን ትዕዛዝ እንደገና እንዲታይ ወይም እንዲሻሻል በተመለከተ ይቀበላል፣ ይመለከታል እንዲሁም ምላሽ ይሰጣል።
የተወረሰ ቦታ ቁጥር 081-119ወሰኖች
A. The condemned area shall include that portion of Underhill Creek and its tributaries upstream of a line drawn between latitude / longitude map coordinate (37°40'32.9",-75°49'51.9") and map coordinate (37°40'31.6",-75°49'46.4").
B. The condemned area shall include that portion of Pungoteague Creek and its tributaries upstream of a line drawn between latitude / longitude map coordinate (37°39'49.1",-75°48'38.8") and map coordinate (37°39'44.1",-75°48'36.9").
C. The condemned area shall include that portion of Taylor Creek and its tributaries upstream of a line drawn between latitude / longitude map coordinate (37°39'24.4",-75°49'44.5") and map coordinate (37°39'26.3",-75°49'37.0").
C4. The conditionally approved area shall include that portion of Pungoteague Creek and its tributaries upstream of a line drawn between latitude / longitude map coordinate (37°39'56.2",-75°48'54.2") and map coordinate (37°39'48.6",-75°48'55.0"); but excludes the area defined as Section B.
C19. The conditionally approved area shall include that portion of Taylor Creek and its tributaries upstream of a line drawn between latitude / longitude map coordinate (37°39'44.8",-75°49'39.5") and map coordinate (37°39'41.0",-75°49'28.9"); but excludes the areas defined as Sections C and M3.
M1. The conditionally approved area (seasonally closed status) shall include that portion of Pungoteague Creek inland of a line drawn between latitude / longitude map coordinate (37°40'04.4",-75°49'30.4"), map coordinate (37°40'01.9",-75°49'30.5"), map coordinate (37°40'01.7",-75°49'26.5"), and map coordinate (37°40'04.4",-75°49'26.6").
M2. The conditionally approved area (seasonally closed status) shall include that portion of Pungoteague Creek inland of a line drawn between latitude / longitude map coordinate (37°39'49.8",-75°49'46.5"), map coordinate (37°39'54.7",-75°49'42.5"), map coordinate (37°39'53.3",-75°49'39.7"), and map coordinate (37°39'48.8",-75°49'43.3").
M3. The conditionally approved area (seasonally closed status) shall include that portion of Taylor Creek inland of a line drawn between latitude / longitude map coordinate (37°39'31.5",-75°49'32.2"), map coordinate (37°39'33.3",-75°49'36.4"), map coordinate (37°39'28.5",-75°49'40.7"), and map coordinate (37°39'26.3",-75°49'37.0").
