North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 15A - Environmental Quality
Chapter 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Subchapter A - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Section .3400 - COASTAL RECREATIONAL WATERS MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND NOTIFICATION
Section 18A .3403 - PUBLIC NOTICE OF INCREASED HEALTH RISKS IN SWIMMING AREAS
Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 18A .3403
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Tier I Swimming areas:
(1) A pending swimming advisory shall be
issued by the Division of Marine Fisheries if a water sample from a swimming
area is equal to or exceeds the bacteriological limit set forth in Rule
.3402(a)(2) of this Section during the swimming season.
(2) A swimming advisory shall be issued by
the Division if either of the following standards are exceeded during the
swimming season:
(A) Both the initial water
sample and resample collected from a swimming area are equal to or exceed the
bacteriological limit set forth in Rule .3402(a)(2) of this Section;
or
(B) The most recent five water
samples collected within a 30-day period from a swimming area are equal to or
exceed the bacteriological limit set forth in Rule .3402(a)(1) of this
Section.
(b) Tier II swimming areas:
(1) A pending swimming
advisory shall be issued by the Division if a water sample from a swimming area
is equal to or exceeds the bacteriological limit set forth in Rule .3402(a)(2)
of this Section during the swimming season.
(2) A swimming advisory shall be issued by
the Division if both the initial water sample and resample collected from a
swimming area are equal to or exceed the bacteriological limit set forth in
Rule .3402(a)(2) of this Section during the swimming season.
(c) Signs posted pursuant to this Section shall be placed or erected in open view where the public may see the sign prior to entering the water.
(d) Signs shall state the following:
ATTENTION: SWIMMING IN THIS AREA IS NOT RECOMMENDED. BACTERIA TESTING INDICATES LEVELS OF CONTAMINATION THAT MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH. THIS ADVISORY AFFECTS WATERS WITHIN 200' OF THIS SIGN. OFFICE OF THE STATE HEALTH DIRECTOR.
Authority
G.S.
113-134;
113-221.3;
143B-289.52;
Eff.
February 1, 2004;
Readopted Eff. April 1,
2021.
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