§ 30. Navigation, jurisdiction over. The commissioner shall have jurisdiction over navigation on the navigable waters of the state and, except as otherwise provided, shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and the regulations established thereunder. As a guide to the interpretation and application of this article, nothing authorized hereunder shall be construed to convey […]
§ 31. Excavation, fill or other modification of water course. No person or local public corporation shall excavate or place fill in the navigable waters of the state without first obtaining a permit therefor in conformity with the provisions of section 15-0505 of the environmental conservation law.
§ 32. Location of structures in or on navigable waters. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of section forty-six-a of this chapter, no wharf, dock, pier, jetty, platform or other structure built on floats, columns, open timber, piles or similar open-work supports, temporary or permanent, shall be constructed, installed, repaired, modified, expanded or otherwise […]
§ 32-a. Using net or weir unlawfully in Hudson river. A person, who uses any net or weir for setting or attaching nets, or a pole or other fixture in any part of the Hudson river, except as permitted by statute, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
§ 32-b. Lights upon swing bridges. A corporation, company, or individual, owning, maintaining or operating a swing bridge across the Hudson river, who during the navigation season between sundown and sunrise, neglects to keep and maintain upon every such bridge the lights required by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
§ 32-c. Interfering with navigation. A person who throws, or causes, or permits to be thrown, from any boat, scow, or other vessel, or in any other manner, into the tidewaters bordering on or lying within the boundaries of Nassau and Suffolk counties or any of the navigable waters of this state, including bays, sounds […]
§ 32-d. Dumping or depositing of certain materials in the Genesee river. Except as specifically authority by law, no person shall dump or deposit, or allow to be dumped or deposited, logs, lumber, timber, fabricated wood products or wood debris in the Genesee river which may interfere with the free and safe navigation thereof. A […]
§ 32-e. Restriction and regulation of structures in certain towns and villages in the county of Niagara. The local legislative body of the towns of Lewiston and Porter and the villages of Youngstown and Lewiston for the purpose of responsible shoreline management, may adopt, amend and enforce local laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with […]
§ 33. Deposit of refuse in navigable waters of the state. No person shall drain, deposit or cast any dead animal, carrion, offal, excrement, garbage or other putrid or offensive matter into the navigable waters of the state or any tidewaters bordering on or lying within the boundaries of Nassau and Suffolk counties, except as […]
§ 33-a. Sanitary facilities aboard craft on Lake George, Canandaigua Lake, Keuka Lake, Skaneateles Lake and on Greenwood Lake, Orange county. It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator or for a marina or other business to launch, moor, dock or operate any craft, or permit such launching, mooring or operating of any craft […]
§ 33-b. Dumping or depositing trash and other debris in Chautauqua lake and its tributaries; ice fishing shanties on lakes within the state of New York; identification of duck blinds. Any person who dumps, deposits or allows or causes to be dumped or deposited in any manner any trash, glass, bottles, garbage or any other […]
§ 33-c. Regulating disposal of sewage; littering of waterways. 1. As used in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (a) The term “watercraft” means any contrivance used or capable of being used for navigation upon water whether or not capable of self-propulsion, except passenger or cargo-carrying vessels subject to the Quarantine Regulations of […]
§ 33-d. Sanitary facilities aboard crafts on Lake Champlain. It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of any craft upon Lake Champlain, its tributaries or outlets, to operate any craft equipped with a marine toilet which in any manner discharges sewage into the waters of said lake, its tributaries or outlets. All marine […]
§ 33-e. Marine sanitation devices aboard vessels in vessel waste no-discharge zones. 1. Any waters of the state of which the commissioner has received an affirmative determination regarding the adequate availability of marine sanitation device pump-out or dump station facilities pursuant to the Federal Clean Water Act, are hereby designated as vessel waste no-discharge zones. […]
§ 34. Regattas. The commissioner may authorize the holding of regattas or boat races on any navigable waters of the state within his jurisdiction. He shall adopt and may, from time to time, amend regulations concerning the safety of vessels and the passengers and other persons thereon, either observers or participants. Whenever a regatta or […]
§ 34-a. Permits for racing shell regattas not required. Nothing contained in section thirty-four of this chapter or in any other general or special law shall be deemed or construed as requiring any permit or permission to hold a regatta or race of rowing shells by any educational institution or amateur rowing organization in navigable […]
§ 35. Aids to navigation. The commissioner may authorize, through the issuance of a revocable permit, the placing of aids to navigation in the navigable waters of the state, and any tidewaters bordering on or lying within the boundaries of Nassau and Suffolk counties, to mark obstructions to navigation, or for any other purpose, if, […]
§ 35-a. Floating objects other than aids to navigation. 1. The commissioner may authorize, through the issuance of a revocable permit, the placing in the navigable waters of the state, of mooring buoys, bathing beach markers, swimming floats, speed zone markers, or any other floating object having no navigational significance, if in his opinion the […]
§ 35-b. Markers for skin or scuba divers. 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized to make rules and regulations requiring the use of a red flag with a diagonal white bar to be displayed on the water or from a boat by skin divers or scuba divers which would indicate underwater diving and significantly mark […]
§ 35-c. Real time and wind water level telemetry system. 1. Establishment of system. The seceretary of state shall arrange for the establishment of a real time and wind water level telemetry system to inform and assist users of the harbors and waterways of the state. 2. General functions and powers. To provide for such […]
