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. (a) The department shall adopt regulations regarding all of
the following:
(1) The classification and minimum requirements for growing and
harvesting areas, for relaying and depuration procedures, and for
aquaculture facilities that are used for the cultivation and
production of shellfish.
(2) Specifications for plant facilities and for the harvesting,
transporting, storing, handling, packing, and repacking of shellfish.
(3) Fees.
(b) The department shall adopt regulations by January 1, 1999, to
interpret and enforce the provisions of this chapter. The regulations
shall be adopted by the department in the manner prescribed by
Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(c) The regulations shall conform, so far as possible, to the
standards or procedures established in the guidelines adopted by the
National Shellfish Sanitation Program that pertain to the evaluation
of shellfish-growing areas and handling facilities, but shall provide
for regulating other wastes or contaminants not covered by the
guidelines adopted by the National Shellfish Sanitation Program that
would render shellfish unsafe or unfit for human consumption. If the
department adopts standards or procedures that exceed standards or
procedures established in the guidelines adopted by the National
Shellfish Sanitation Program, the department shall provide a written
finding describing the public health need for those standards and
procedures in the rulemaking process.