(a) No person shall operate a vessel in excess of slow-no-wake on the Mystic River within the following two areas: (1) Between the entrance to the Mystic Harbor and Red Navigation Marker No. 22, excluding Beebe Cove, where the entrance to Mystic Harbor shall be a line beginning at the southernmost tip of Mouse Island, then east to Red Navigation Buoy “4”, known as Whale Rock, then generally northeasterly to Green Navigation Buoy “9” to the northern tip of Ram Island and to the southernmost tip of Mason Point, and (2) from Red Navigation Buoy “26” northward to Green Navigation Buoy “53”.
(b) Any violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be an infraction. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall administer the provisions of this section in accordance with chapter 268.
(P.A. 11-80, S. 1; 11-90, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 11-90 effective July 8, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics
Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers
Section 15-1. - Harbor masters.
Section 15-2. - Compensation of harbor masters.
Section 15-3. - Powers of deputies.
Section 15-3a. - “Derelict vessel”, “harbor”, “navigable waters”, “navigable waterways”, defined.
Section 15-4. - Jurisdiction in Branford harbors.
Section 15-8. - Power to station vessels. Penalty for resisting.
Section 15-8a. - “Harbor”, “navigable waters” and “navigable waterways”, defined.
Section 15-9. - Vessels may be removed. Procedures. Notice. Regulations. Penalty.
Section 15-10. - Penalty for neglect of duty.
Section 15-11. - Channels from wharves.
Section 15-11a. (Formerly Sec. 15-31). - Removal and taking of derelict vessels.
Section 15-12. - Obstructions upon lands bordering navigable waters.
Section 15-13c. - Connecticut Pilot Commission. Members. Appointments. Duties.
Section 15-14. - Rates of pilotage.
Section 15-15. - Vessels requiring pilots.
Section 15-15b. - Reports by pilot.
Section 15-15c. - Exemption from pilot requirement.
Section 15-15d. - Pilotage concurrent with New York. Rotation system for assignment of pilots.
Section 15-16. - Speed of vessels.
Section 15-16a. - Slow-no-wake zone on the Mystic River.
Section 15-17. - Baggage on boats to be checked.
Section 15-26. - Local agent of foreign vessel.
Section 15-26a. - Five Mile River Commission. Harbor superintendent.