                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EMERGENCY CLOSING OF GROUND (§ 28.2-809)

The State Health Commissioner may close any crustacea, finfish or shellfish
growing area without a hearing or an investigation, if he has substantial
evidence or information that such area is polluted or likely to be polluted. In
such event, the State Health Commissioner shall, within thirty days after such
closure or declaration, either reopen the area or make the examination,
inspection, and analysis provided for in §§ 28.2-803 through 28.2-808. If such
grounds or area is not reopened or declared not polluted within thirty days
after closure or declaration of pollution, any leaseholder in the growing area
may demand and have a public hearing as to the conditions of the ground or area.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 28-162; 1962, c. 406, § 28.1-178; 1992, c. 836.