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Resolution designating Portage Bay as a Marine Recovery Area
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Resolution designating Portage Bay as a Marine Recovery Area
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5/12/2015: Approved
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5/12/2015: Approved 7 -0, Res. 2015 -018
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INTRODUCED:
RESOLUTION NO. 2015- 018
5/12/2015
DESIGNATING PORTAGE BAY AS A MARINE RECOVERY AREA
WHEREAS, on March 24, 1998, the Whatcom County Council adopted Ordinance 98 -019,
creating the Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 98 -019 also created the Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District
Advisory Committee and adopted the Initial Closure Response Strategy; and
WHEREAS, implementation of the Initial Closure Response Strategy, Total Maximum Daily
Load Detailed Implementation Plan, and Dairy Nutrient Management Act led to water quality
improvements and upgrade of the shellfish growing areas by the Washington State Department
of Health in 2003 and 2006; and
WHEREAS, water quality in the Nooksack River and Portage Bay have again deteriorated;
and
WHEREAS, the Portage Bay Shellfish Protection District Advisory Committee reviewed and
updated the Initial Closure Response Strategy; and
WHEREAS, on June 3, 2014, the Whatcom County Council adopted Resolution 2014 -027
approving the updated Shellfish Recovery Plan to the Whatcom County Council Natural
Resources Committee on May 20, 2014; and
WHEREAS, in September 2014 the Lummi Nation voluntarily closed shellfish harvesting in
portion of Portage Bay due to degraded water quality; and
WHEREAS, on January 27, 2015 the (SDOH) Washington State Department of Health has
downgraded portions of Portage Bay for shellfish harvesting; and
WHEREAS, the County has invested resources to implement a (PIC) Pollution, Identification
and Correction program to address deteriorating water quality; and
WHEREAS, the On -Site Sewage Local Management Plan requires the local health officer to
propose land areas where existing on -site sewage disposal systems are a significant factor
contributing to shellfish growing areas that have been threatened or downgraded by the
Department of Health; and
WHEREAS, the local health officer has designated Portage Bay as a (MRA) Marine Recovery
Area;
NOW THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Whatcom County Council acknowledges
Portage Bay as a Marine Recovery Area as
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APPROVED AS�M:
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indicated in Exhibit A to this resolution.
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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