Utah Admin. Code R657-60-7 - Wildlife Board Designations of Infested Waters
(1) The Wildlife Board may designate a
geographic area, water body, facility, or water supply system as Infested with
Dreissena mussels pursuant to Sections
23-27-102 and
23-27-401 without taking the
proposal to or receiving recommendations from the regional advisory
councils.
(2) The Wildlife Board
may designate a particular water body, facility, or water supply system within
the state as Infested with Dreissena mussels when sampling indicates the water
body, facility, or water supply system meets the minimum criteria for an
Infested Water as defined in this rule.
(3) The Wildlife Board may designate a
particular water body, facility, or water supply system outside the state as
Infested with Dreissena mussels when it has credible evidence suggesting the
presence of a Dreissena mussel in that water body, facility, or water supply
system.
(4) Where the number of
Infested Waters in a particular area is numerous or growing, or where
surveillance activities or infestation containment actions are deficient, the
Wildlife Board may designate geographic areas as Infested with Dreissena
mussels.
(5) The following water
bodies and geographic areas are classified as infested:
(a) all coastal and inland waters in:
(i) California;
(ii) Nevada;
(iii) Arizona;
(iv) all states east of Montana, Wyoming,
Colorado, and New Mexico;
(v) the
provinces of Ontario and Quebec Canada; and
(vi) Mexico;
(b) Lake Powell and that portion of the:
(i) Colorado River within the boundaries of
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area;
(ii) Escalante River between Lake Powell and
the Coyote Creek confluence;
(iii)
Dirty Devil River between Lake Powell and the Highway 95 bridge; and
(iv) San Juan River between Lake Powell and
Clay Hills Crossing; and
(c) other waters established by the Wildlife
Board and published on the DWR website.
(6) The Wildlife Board may remove an infested
classification if:
(a) the division samples
the affected water body for seven (7) consecutive years without a single
sampling event producing evidence sufficient to satisfy the criteria for a
'suspected" classification, as defined in this rule; or
(b) the controlling entity eradicates all
Dreissena mussels at the water body, facility, or water supply system through
chemical or biological treatments, desiccation, or freezing, and the division
verifies in writing that Dreissena mussels are no longer present.
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