Sec. 22a-297. (Formerly Sec. 25-59). Regulations and orders.
Sec. 22a-297. (Formerly Sec. 25-59). Regulations and orders. The commission
shall have power to make regulations and orders with regard to the pollution of all the
coastal, estuarial and tidal waters within or covering portions of the signatory states as
follows: (a) In Connecticut, Long Island Sound and estuaries and tidal waters thereof
between the easterly side of New Haven Harbor at Morgan Point and the Connecticut-New York state boundary, and the Housatonic River up to the northerly boundary lines
of the towns of Stratford and Milford; (b) in New York, all of the tidal waters of greater
New York City, including the Kill Van Kull and the Arthur Kill, Long Island Sound
and the estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York City line and the New
York-Connecticut state boundary and between the New York City line and the easterly
side of Port Jefferson Harbor; the Atlantic Ocean and the estuaries and tidal waters
thereof between the New York City line and the easterly side of Fire Island Inlet and
the Hudson River and estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York and
New Jersey state boundary and the northerly line of Rockland County, on the westerly
side and between the northerly line of New York City and the northerly line of Westchester County, on the easterly side of the river; (c) in New Jersey, the Hudson River and
New York Upper Bay and estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York-New Jersey boundary and Constable Point on Constable Hook; the Kill Van Kull and
Arthur Kill to the mouths of the Rivers entering into the Kills; Newark Bay and the
estuaries thereof up to the mouth of the Passaic River and up to the mouth of the Hackensack River; Raritan Bay together with the Raritan River up to the Victory Bridge on
said river between Perth Amboy and South Amboy, together with the Cheesequake
Creek up to the New York and Long Branch railroad bridge on said creek at Morgan,
together with the Matawan Creek up to the New York and Long Branch railroad bridge
on said creek at Matawan; Sandy Hook Bay, together with the Shrewsbury River up to
the passenger railroad bridge between Navesink Light and Highland Beach on said river.
(1949 Rev., S. 3550.)
History: Sec. 25-59 transferred to Sec. 22a-297 in 1983.