Connecticut § 15-16a - Slow-no-wake zone on the Mystic River.
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§ 15-16a. Slow-no-wake zone on the Mystic River.
Sec. 15-16a. Slow-no-wake zone on the Mystic River. (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.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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