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 PUBLIC LAW 100-220—DEC. 29, 1987

101 STAT. 1481

(1) the number of disaster victims in any county or other poHtical subdivision; or (2) whether or not an appHcant who normally conducts operations in the area of the recent North Carolina coast red tide contamination is otherwise situated or located in such area; or (3) the type of business or industry in which the applicant is engaged. SEC..5003. RECENT NORTH CAROIJNA COAST RED TIDE CONTAMINATION DEFINED.

For purposes of this Act, the term "recent North Carolina coast red tide contamination" means contamination of waters under the jurisdiction of the State of North Carolina by unusually high concentrations of the algae known as Ptychodiscus brevis (commonly referred to as "red tide"), with respect to which the Director of the Division of Marine Fisheries of the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources issues a shell fishing closure proclamation on or after November 2, 1987. Approved December 29, 1987.

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3674: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-489 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 133 (1987): Dec. 18, considered and passed House. Dec. 19, considered and passed Senate. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 23 (1987): Dec. 29, Presidential statement.

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