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GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND NATURAL RESOURCES

No. 45 Estate Mars Hill, Frederiksted
St. Croix, Virgin Islands 00840

Friday - May 2, 2008

Beach Advisory

The Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) announces that the Division of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Beach Water Quality Monitoring Program, which evaluates weekly water quality at 43 popular swimming beaches throughout the Territory, advises the public of the following:

DPNR-DEP performed water quality analysis at the 43 designated beaches throughout the Territory during the week of April 28-May 02, 2008. ALL BEACHES MET WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND ARE SAFE FOR SWIMMING OR FISHING:

ST. CROIX

Buccaneer	Frederiksted Public Beach (First Target)	Protestant Cay
Cane Bay	Gentle Winds	Rainbow
Chenay Bay	Grapetree Bay	Shoy’s
Columbus Landing	Halfpenny	Sprat Hall
Cramer Park	New Fort (Ft. Louise Augusta)	Stony Ground
Davis Bay	Pelican Cove (Comorant)	Teague Bay
Dorsch	Princess (Condo Row)

ST. THOMAS

Bluebeards	Hull Bay	Morningstar
Bolongo Bay	Limetree	Sapphire
Brewer’s Bay	Lindberg Bay	Secret Harbor
Coki Point	Linquist	Vessup Bay
Frenchman’s Bay	Magen’s Bay	Water Bay

ST. JOHN

Chocolate Hole	Great Cruz Bay	Klain Bay
Cruz Bay	Hart Bay	Oppenhiemer
Frank Bay	Johnson’s Bay

DPNR will continue to monitor the impacted areas and waters. For additional information regarding water quality call the Division of Environmental Protection at 773-1082 in St. Croix.

St. John Beaches

1 Cruz Bay

14 Jumby Bay

28 Zootenvaal

2 Salomon

15 Trunk Bay

29 Johnson’s Bay

3 Honeymoon

16 Windswept Bay

30 John’s Folly Bay

4 Little Caneel

17 Peter Bay

31 Saltpond Bay

5 Caneel

18 Little Cinnamon

32 Little Lameshur

6 Scott

19 Cinnamon Bay

33 Genti/ Reef Bay

7 Paradise

20 Big Maho Bay

34 Western

8 Turtle Bay

21 Little Maho Bay

35 Cocoloba

9 Hawksnest Caneel

22 Francis Bay

36 Dittlif

10 Skinny

23 Waterlemon Cay

37 Klain Bay

11 Public Hawksnest

24 Leinster Bay

38 Hart Bay

12 Private Hawksnest

25 Brown Bay

39 Chocolate Hole

12b Oppenheimer

26 Haulover Bay

40 Great Cruz Bay

13 Denis Bay

27 Newfound Bay

41 Frank Bay

*Beaches shown in “blue” text are currently designated for monitoring

St. Croix Beaches		St. Thomas Beaches


1 Sandy Point	27 Green Cay	1 West Cay	28 Water Bay
2 Stony Ground	27a Chenay Bay	2 Salt Cay	29 Sugar Bay
3 Second Target	28 Prune	3 Botany Bay	30 Lindquist
4 Dorsch	29 Coakley	4 Bordeaux Bay	31 Pelican
5 Frederiksted (First Target)	30 Tague Bay (Reef Beach)	5 Stumpy Bay	32 Sapphire
6 LaGrange	31 Buck Island	6 Santa Maria Bay	33 Skinny
7 Rainbow (Prosperity)	32 Smuggler’s Cove	7 Hendricks Bay	34 Vessup Bay
8 Williams	33 Knight Bay	8 Sorgenfri Bay	35 Bluebeards
9 Sprat Hall	34 Boiler Bay	9 Caret Bay	36 Turtle Cove
10 Butler Bay	35 Cramer’s Park	10 Penn Bay	37 Bareass Bay
11 Ham’s Bay	36 East End Bay	11 Neltjeberg Bay	38 Cowpet Bay
12 Maroon Hole	37 Isaac Bay	12 Inner Brass-Sandy Bay	39 Secret Harbor
13 Davis Bay	38 Jack Bay	13 Inner Brass-Hard Bay	40 Scott
14 Northstar	39 Grapetree Bay	14 Dorothea Bay	41 Cas Cay
15 Cane Bay	40 Turner Hole	15 Palm Bay	42 Bolongo Bay
16 Rust-Op-Twist	41 Rod Bay	16 Hull Bay	43 Limetree
17 Gentle Winds	42 Robin Bay	17 Tara Bay	44 Frenchman’s Bay
18 Columbus Landing	43 Great Pond	18 Barrett Bay	45 Morningstar
19 Judith Fancy	44 Fareham Bay	19 Magens Bay	46 Sprat Bay
20 Pelican Cove (Cormorant)	45 Spring Bay	20 Hans Lollik-Coconut Bay	47 Honeymoon
21 St. Croix by the Sea	46 Halfpenny	21 Hans Lollik-Dry Bays	48 Lindberg Bay
22 Turquoise Bay	47 Mancheneil	22 Little Hans Lollik	49 Brewer’s Bay
23 Princess (Condo Row)	48 Canegarden Bay	23 Mandahl Bay	50 Perserverance Bay
24 Protestant Cay	49 Krause Lagoon	24 Tutu Bay	51 Fortuna Bay
25 New Fort (Ft. Louise Augusta)	50 Manning Bay	25 Sunsi Bay	52 Saba Island
25a Buccaneer	51 Campo Rico	26 Spring Bay
26 Shoy’s	52 White Lady	27 Coki Point

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ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN DISTRICT

ST. CROIX DISTRICT

Division of Environmental Protection
Department of Planning & Natural Resources
Cyril E. King Airport, 2nd Floor
St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands 00802

Phone: (340) 774-3320
Fax: (340) 714-9549

Division of Environmental Protection
Department of Planning & Natural Resources
45 Mars Hill, Frederiksted
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands 00841

Phone: (340) 773-1082
Fax: (340) 692-9794

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