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Uxeca�ve ©��ice�po�(�nvixa�a�mpenta.�J4<,�i�s 700 Z�wma��ri��r e JC�eet �lJa9to�e, / c�ucTetts 01202 EDWARD J. KING GOVERNOR JOHN A. SEWICK SECRETARY Designation of Waqut Bay as an Area of Critical Envirooinmental Concern and Supporting Findings Following an extensive process, including nomination, research, informal meetings with local groups, public informational meetings, public hearings, On-Site visits, and a formal evaluation of all assembled data, I, the Secretary of Environmental Affairs, hereby designate Waquoit Bay an Area of Critical Environmental Concern pursuant to the authority granted to me by G.L. c. 21A, s. 2(7) . I also hereby, find that the Waquoit Bay ACEC is significant to flood control, the prevention of storm damage, the protection of land containing J shellfish and fisheries; public interests protected by the Wetlands Protection Act, G.L. c. 131, X40. 1. Boundary of the Waquoit Bay ACEC The Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) extends from the extreme southwestern end of Dead Neck barrier beach (mean low water, MLW) and extends straight across the entrance channel to Waquoit Bay by the shortest distance to the mean low water line of the western side of the entrance J channel. The ACEC boundary then follows the MLW line in a westerly direction I (excluding the western jetty of the Waquoit Bay entrance channel) to a point approximately 1370 feet (straight line measure) from the westernmost tip .of Washburn Island. This point falls on a line perpendicular to the MLW line of Vineyard Sound and tangent to a segment of shoreline which is both the southeast MLW shoreline of Eel Pond and a western edge of Washburn Island. The ACEC boundary then follows that perpendicular line to the intersection with the western MLW shore of Washburn Island. The boundary follows the MLW line along the Washburn Island to its extreme northeastern point. The boundary then extends from this point north into Waquoit Bay by the shortest distance to the 6 foot depth curve (datum: MLW) . The boundary follows. the 6 foot depth curve in a northerly direction to the point of intersection with a true azimuth bearing line of 1500, drawn from the southwestern most point of shoreline of the un-named pond east of Seapit Road. From this point of intersection the ACEC boundary then follows this above-mentioned bearing line in a northwesterly direction to the southwestern most point of shoreline of the un-named pond east of Seapit Road and continues along an extension of this straight line to the intersection with the 100 year flood boundary still east of Seapit Road. II-37