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<b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Evan LaCross, 401-799-0100 Friday, March 8, 2024
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">OF BRISTOL HARBOR TO SHELLFISHING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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RI — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">is announcing that a 458-acre portion of the western side of Bristol Harbor will be closing to shellfish harvest
at sunrise tomorrow, Saturday, March 9.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">All waters north of a line extending from the southernmost tip of Usher Point in Bristol to the northernmost tip of Hog Island will be closed to shellfish harvest beginning
at sunrise on March 9. Per federal Food And Drug Administration guidance for safe shellfish harvest, these waters will remain closed until sunrise on Saturday March 30. The emergency closure includes the Bristol Harbor seasonal shellfish area (GA3-2) located
in the northwestern portion of Bristol Harbor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Over four inches of rain have fallen in the Providence metropolitan area this week. Along with flow restrictions in the Bristol
Wastewater Treatment Facility’s main pump station, the rainfall resulted in an overflow of around 180,000 gallons of untreated wastewater that ultimately discharged into Bristol Harbor. The emergency shellfish closure is necessary to provide adequate dilution
volume and time for shellfish in the area to depurate, or cleanse pollutants, which may have been discharged into Bristol Harbor. Staff at the wastewater treatment facility have set up an additional pump ahead of this weekend’s predicted rain to prevent additional
sewage overflows while they continue to evaluate the cause and remedy of the flow restriction.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">DEM, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), and the RI Coastal Resources Management Council, along with industry partners, collaborate to ensure that shellfish
grown and harvested from Rhode Island waters continues to be a quality safe seafood product to be enjoyed by all consumers. This is achieved by diligent monitoring of shellfish harvesting waters to protect public health. Such monitoring enables a quick response
when conditions indicate a change in water quality due to natural events such as algae blooms or unusual weather events.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">For more information on the shellfish harvesting classifications, review the annual notice available at
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/shellfish"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">RIDEM - Shellfish</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.
An </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ridemgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=110a7a4aec914a3492117e9848fe67da__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!IkV_m-STltMn2dAWbcPdbZUQvGmRf1_oUb3k47XQY55krl5mscnGzvhC594Iau_rIAd3YmmPTakd6DFG5lbePBQyg2TtNRn134w-$"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">interactive
shellfishing map </span> [ridemgis.maps.arcgis.com]</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">is also available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">For information on emergency and conditional area water quality related shellfish closures, call DEM’s 24-hour shell fishing hotline at 401-222-2900, visit
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/shellfish"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">www.dem.ri.gov/shellfish</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
or sign up for the Office of Water Resources’ listserv here: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:RishellfishOWR-subscribe@listserve.ri.gov"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">RishellfishOWR-subscribe@listserve.ri.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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