The proposed reclassification of the East Bay shellfish harvesting area will not change the size of East Bay Conditionally Approved Section 1. The proposed reclassification of the East Bay shellfish harvesting area will increase the size of East Bay Section 2 conditionally approved area by 1,359 acres, from 2,762 acres to 4,121 acres, remove the current conditionally restricted area of 1,194 acres and decrease the size of the current prohibited areas by 4,669 acres, from 11,852 acres to 7,183 acres. The current management of East Bay Conditionally Approved Section 1 and Section 2 shellfish harvesting areas is seasonal and is based on local rainfall or river discharge. Proposed management of East Bay Conditionally Approved Section 1 and Section 2 shellfish harvesting areas is seasonal and is based on local rainfall or river discharge. The average closure frequency of the 1212 Conditionally Approved East Bay Section 1 is expected to decrease by 2.3 days per month, from 6.7 days to 4.4 days per month. The average closure frequency of the 1222 Conditionally Approved East Bay Section 2 is expected to decrease by 9.9 days per month, from 16.4 days to 6.5 days per month. A sanitary survey has been conducted that evaluated current information on pollution sources and bacteriological water quality, and recommends reclassification of the East Bay shellfish harvesting area. These amendments place descriptions, references to shellfish harvesting area map numbers and operating criteria for the East Bay shellfish harvesting area #12 in the document Shellfish Harvesting Area Classification Boundaries and Management Plans. This document is hereby incorporated in 5L-1.003(1). Additionally, these amendments provide an illustration of the East Bay shellfish harvesting area classification boundaries in the shellfish harvesting area map #12. This map is hereby incorporated by reference in 5L-1.003(1).