Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 22 - MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES
Part 8 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR OFFICIAL STANDARDS OF MEASURE AND DEFINITIONS FOR MARINE FISHERIES IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
Chapter 04 - Definitions
Section 22-8-04-101

APPROVED AREA - Waters where the growing and harvesting of shellfish for direct marketing is allowed by the authority of the MCMR or as hereby authorized the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) its Executive Director, Deputy Director, Director of Marine Fisheries or Shellfish Program Coordinator; where pathogenic micro-organisms, poisonous and deleterious substances are not present in the area in dangerous concentrations and; where bacteriological quality of the water of every sampling station does not exceed a fecal coliform median or geometric mean MPN of 14 per 100 ml, and not more than 10 percent of the samples exceed an MPN of 43 for a 5-tube decimal dilution test or an MPN of 49 per 100 ml. for a 3-tube decimal dilution test. An approved area may be temporarily closed when a public health emergency resulting from, for example, a hurricane, flooding, chemical spill, hazardous waste or raw sewage discharge, sinking or grounding of vessels carrying hazardous cargoes, evidence of the existence of marine biotoxins, or any other public health emergency as declared by the MCMR or as hereby authorized the MDMR, its Executive Director, Deputy Director, Director of Marine Fisheries or Biological Program Coordinator thereof.