DOH Ecology Poverty Bay Annual Shellfish Growing Area Review

Page 1 of 7 ─ Shellfish Growing Area Section 360-236-3330 To request this document in another format, call 1-800-525-0127. Deaf or hard of hearing customers, please call 711 (Washington Relay) or email civil.rights@doh.wa.gov. Poverty Bay Annual Shellfish Growing Area Review Prepared By: Mark Toy Area: Poverty Bay Year Ending: December 31, 2021 Classification: Approved, Conditionally Approved, Prohibited Activities in the Growing Area in 2021 The growing area was sampled a minimum of six times, in accordance with NSSP standards for Systematic Random Sampling. The Conditionally Approved area is closed to commercial shellfish harvest from June 1 through November 30 each year and the stations were sampled five (5) times during the Open period due to staffing/Covid issues. There was an extended emergency closure of Geoduck Tract 09950 from December 21, 2020 to February 2, 2021 due to a series of sanitary sewer overflows in the vicinity of McSorley Creek. Public Health Seattle-King County received National Estuary Program grant funds to evaluate on-site septic systems and implement pollution identification and correction project in the Des Moines and Federal Way area of Poverty Bay, implementing actions in their Closure Response Plan. Pierce County has an enforcement process for failing OSS south of Dash Point State Park. Analytical Results of Water Samples Table 1 summarizes the 30 most recent samples collected from each of the sampling stations for all months. Approved Station 701 is Concerned. Table 2 shows open period data for the Conditionally Approved stations based on the last 30 samples. Station…

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