Sec. 22a-340. (Formerly Sec. 25-3d). Channels for access to and from deep water to uplands.
Sec. 22a-340. (Formerly Sec. 25-3d). Channels for access to and from deep
water to uplands. The commissioner shall have the power and authority, after a public
hearing, subject to the issuance of a permit by the corps of engineers of the United States
army, to designate and lay out channels and boat basins in lands under tidal and coastal
waters for the purpose of providing access to and from deep water to uplands adjacent
to or bordering on tidal and coastal waters and for the improvement of coastal and inland
navigation by vessels, including small craft for recreational purposes with due regard
for the recreational, commercial and navigational needs of the state. The commissioner
shall promptly give written notice to the Commissioner of Transportation of any proceeding under this section, and shall consider such recommendations as the Commissioner of Transportation may submit to him within thirty days after the conclusion of
public hearings thereon. The Commissioner of Transportation is authorized to initiate
proceedings under this section.
(1963, P.A. 574, S. 3; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 255; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 43.)
History: 1969 act added provisions requiring notification of transportation commissioner and setting forth his powers
and duties re designation of channels and boat basins; 1971 act replaced references to water resources commission with
references to environmental protection commissioner; Sec. 25-3d transferred to Sec. 22a-340 in 1983.
Cited. 215 C. 616.