La. Admin. Code tit. 51 § IX-109

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section IX-109 - Approved Areas-Satisfactory Compliance [formerly paragraph 9:002-4]

A. Growing areas may be designated as approved when the sanitary survey and marine biotoxin surveillance data indicates that fecal material, pathogenic microorganisms, poisonous and deleterious substances are not present in the area in dangerous concentrations. This item will be satisfied when:

1. Results of sampling under adverse pollution conditions indicate that the fecal coliform median or geometric mean MPN of the water does not exceed 14 per 100 ml and not more than 10 percent of the samples exceed an MPN of 43 for a five-tube dilution test (or an MPN of 49 per 100 ml for a three-tube decimal dilution test);

2. Sanitary Survey Report, as required in §105 and 107, are on file with the Molluscan Shellfish Program.

La. Admin. Code tit. 51, § IX-109

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1293 (June 2002), Amended LR 481847 (7/1/2022), Amended LR 482135 (8/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:4.A.(1) and R.S. 40:5.3.