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 .3405 - RESCINDING A PENDING SWIMMING ADVISORY OR SWIMMING ADVISORY

Universal Citation: 15A NC Admin Code 18A .3405

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) A pending swimming advisory shall be rescinded by the Division of Marine Fisheries via social media release when the resample collected meets the bacteriological limit set forth in Rule .3402(a)(2) of this Section.

(b) A Tier I swimming area advisory shall be rescinded by the Division via social media and news release, including the removal of signs, when both of the following conditions are met:

(1) the geometric mean has met the bacteriological limit set forth in Rule .3402(a)(1) of this Section; and

(2) two consecutive weekly water samples meet the bacteriological limit set forth in Rule .3402(a)(2) of this Section.

(c) A Tier II swimming area advisory shall be rescinded by the Division via social media and news release, including the removal of signs, after water samples meet the bacteriological limit set forth in Rule .3402(b) of this Section.

(d) A swimming advisory resulting from a flood water discharge or the discharge of dredge material shall be rescinded by the Division via social media and news release, including the removal of signs, 24 hours after the discharge has ceased, to allow for tidal dispersion.

(e) A swimming advisory resulting from a wastewater system failure shall be rescinded by the Division via social media and news release, including the removal of signs, when failure has been corrected and water samples collected meet the bacteriological limit set forth in Rule .3402(a)(2) of this Section.

Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-221.3; 143B-289.52;
Eff. January 1, 2004;
Readopted Eff. April 1, 2021.

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