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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, January 26, 1992                   TAG: 9201260211
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: E6   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: NORFOLK                                LENGTH: Short

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SHELLFISH HARVEST TEMPORARILY HALTED

A temporary ban on shellfish harvesting along the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel is expected to last several days, state health officials said.

The ban was imposed Friday because of fears the shellfish could be affected by a continuing sewage spill more than 10 miles away in the Elizabeth River.

The state Department of Health said the ban would affect about a dozen commercial watermen.

Waste water began pouring Wednesday from a 46-year-old concrete sewer pipe six feet under a road in downtown Norfolk.

The spilled sewage is flowing into a storm sewer and then into the Eastern Branch of the river.

- Associated Press

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