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THE LOUISIANA STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES AND THE U.S. COAST GUARD, HAS ESTABLISHED A HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ZONE AROUND THE SHELL BEACKBEACH [SIC] AND HOPEDALE AREA BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF PENTACLOROPHENALPENTACHLOROPHENOL [SIC] CONTAMINATION IN THE WATERS OF THAT AREA. ALL COMMERCIAL, PRIVATE AND SPORT FISHING, AND OTHER WATER ACTIVITIES (WATER SKIING, SWIMMING, WASHING OF VESSELS OR VESSEL HOLDS, ETC.) ARE PROHIBITED IN THE ZONE. IN ADDITION TO THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ZONE THE COAST GUARD HAS ALSO ESTABLISHED A SAFETY ZONE IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER GULF OUTLET (MRGO).

THE COAST GUARD SAFETY ZONE PROHIBITS ALL VESSEL TRAFFIC ON THE MRGO BETWEEN LIGHT 106 AND LIGHT 68. VESSELS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CROSS THE MRGO AT THE UPPER AND LOWER END OF THE HOPEDALE CANAL, BUT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE MRGO. THESE CROSSINGS WILL BE SUPERVISED BY COAST GUARD OR LA. WILD_LIFEWILDLIFE [SIC] AND FISHERIES VESSELS.

THE AREAS AFFECTED BY THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ZONES ARE

Figure 2—Louisiana State Health Department Notice establishing "Health and Environmental Zone."