For the purposes of this section and sections 15-171 to 15-175, inclusive:
(1) “Discharge” means spill, leak, pump, pour, emit, empty or dump;
(2) “Docking facility” means any public, private or commercial marina, yacht club, dock, wharf or in-water mooring used for anchoring, berthing, mooring, serving or otherwise handling vessels, and includes a facility organized as a common interest community;
(3) “Marine sanitation device” means any equipment for installation on board a vessel which is designed to receive, retain, treat or discharge sewage;
(4) “Sewage” means human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain body wastes;
(5) “Vessel” means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water; and
(6) “No discharge zone” means those bodies of water in this state that the United States Environmental Protection Agency designates as no discharge areas pursuant to 33 USC 1322.
(P.A. 90-173, S. 1; P.A. 91-333, S. 3, 4; P.A. 10-106, S. 2; P.A. 11-59, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 91-333 amended the definition of “no discharge zone” to include certain waters off the town of Fairfield and Cockenoe Island in Westport; P.A. 10-106 redefined “sewage” and “no discharge zone”; P.A. 11-59 made technical changes, effective July 1, 2011.
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