FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 20, 2006
Some Beaufort County shellfish beds closed
COLUMBIA – The Broad Creek conditionally approved shellfish beds near Hilton Head Island in Beaufort County have been closed to harvest due to excessive rainfall, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control reported today.
“This closure is temporary and is the result of rainfall in excess of that allowed by the area’s management plan,” said Charles Newell, manager of DHEC’s Shellfish Sanitation Section. “The 24-hour rainfall total reported today for Broad Creek exceeded 1.4 inches.”
For information about shellfish harvesting areas in the Beaufort area, contact DHEC’s Region 8 Environmental Quality Control district office in Burton at (843) 846-1030. For information about beds in the Georgetown County area, contact DHEC’s Region 6 EQC district office in Myrtle Beach at (843) 238-4378. For information about Charleston area beds, contact DHEC’s Region 7 EQC office in North Charleston at (843) 740-1590.
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For further information:
Clair Boatwright – (803) 898-4461
E-mail – boatwrc@dhec.sc.gov
Thom Berry – (803) 898-3885
E-mail – berrytw@dhec.sc.gov
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