NO.	STATE	EPA BAN ID NUMBER 1	WATERBODY	ISSUE DATE *
1.	FL	None	Fenholloway River	9/21/90
2.	LA	None None ADV-0164	Bayou La Fourche/ Lake Irwin/ Wham Brake	3/25/94 3/25/94 11/23/87
3.	ME	None	Maine Coastal Waters	2/2/94
4.	ME	ADV-0172	Androscoggin River (entire)	1985
5.	ME	ADV-0173	Kennebec River	1987
6.	ME	ADV-0174	Penobscot River	1987
7.	NC	ADV-0775 ADV-0772	Chowan River/ Albermarle Sound	8/1/90 3/1/91
8.	NC, TN	ADV-0706 ADV-0833	Pigeon River 3	6/1/88 4/1/89
9.	NC	ADV-0774 ADV-3295	Roanoke River/ Welch Creek	8/1/90 8/1/90
10.	NH	ADV-0699	Androscoggin River	1989
11.	TX	ADV-0854	Neches River	9/90
12.	TX	ADV-0855	Houston Ship Channel/ Upper Galveston Bay	9/90
13.	WA	ADV-3293	Lake Roosevelt 4	4/1/91
14.	WI	ADV-2215 ADV-0916	Wisconsin River	1983 1983

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* Source: state environmental and health authorities

1. Reflects Ban ID Number from 1993 version of EPA's Fish Consumption Advisory data.
2. The state has noted that this advisory may be lifted by the end of 1996.
3. The advisory in Tennessee has been downgraded, from a "do not consume" to a precautionary advisory only for pregnant women, nursing mothers, and children. The state attributed the downgrade to a diminishing of dioxin levels over time.
4. There has been a significant decrease in the levels of dioxin found in the lake, according to the state.

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