Wash. Admin. Code § 246-280-001 - Authority, purpose, and scope
(1)
Authority. Under the authority of
RCW
43.20.050, powers and duties of state board
of health, these regulations are hereby established as minimum requirements for
the monitoring and classification of recreational shellfish beaches.
(2) Purpose. It is the purpose of chapter
246-280 WAC to protect public health and establish procedures for evaluating
the sanitary quality of recreational shellfish beaches.
(3) Scope.
(a) These regulations shall apply to
recreational shellfish beaches under public ownership. Commercial shellfish
harvest, even though it may occur on publicly owned beaches, is governed by
chapter 246-282 WAC and
chapter
69.30 RCW.
(b) These regulations shall apply to
recreationally harvested shellfish on privately owned beaches when the general
public has unlimited access to beaches for recreational shellfishing. The
department may evaluate and monitor these privately owned beaches if the
department determines it to be in the public interest.
(4) Other statutes related to this chapter
are:
(a)Chapter 69.30 RCW, sanitary control of
shellfish; and
(b)Chapter 246-282
WAC, sanitary control of shellfish.
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. 92-02-019 (Order 225B), § 246-280-001, filed 12/23/91, effective 1/23/92; 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified as § 246-280-001, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: Chapter 90.70 RCW. 89-20-020 (Order 335), § 248-52-001, filed 9/27/89, effective 10/28/89.
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