N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 13-0307: Sanitary surveys

§ 13-0307. Sanitary surveys.

1. The department periodically shall examine all shellfish lands

within the marine district and the Hudson River between the Governor

Mario M. Cuomo bridge and the federal dam at Troy to ascertain the

sanitary condition thereof in accordance with regulations promulgated

pursuant to section 13-0319 of this title.

2. The department, following an examination, shall certify which

shellfish lands are in such sanitary condition that shellfish thereon

may be taken for use as food. Such lands shall be designated as

certified shellfish lands, and all other shellfish lands as uncertified

shellfish lands.

3. The department, annually, and as often as it deems necessary, shall

publish in a newspaper in the county in which such lands are located a

notice containing a description, in plain language, of uncertified

shellfish lands and stating that a legal description of such lands is

available from the department. The department shall make a legal

description of uncertified shellfish lands available to the public upon

request.