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Bill on wake boats and access-area rules draws caution from Fish & Wildlife and DEC
Summary
S.224 would let municipalities petition to regulate uses on municipal drinking-water lakes, require wake boats to identify a 'home lake' and mandate decontamination before entering other waters; Fish & Wildlife warned about loss of permitting control, parking and wetland impacts, and DEC data show limited wake-boat cross-lake movement.
A bill under consideration would add several lake-related measures: permit municipal petitions to regulate uses of public drinking-water sources, authorize aquatic-nuisance inspection and decontamination at some fishing access areas, require wake boats to designate a single "home lake" for a calendar year and require decontamination before using other waters.
Michael Grady of Legislative Council summarized the delegation element: "the secretary by rule or written agreement . . . shall delegate authority to regulate the use of a public water when there are certain conditions that are met," allowing municipalities that own the perimeter of a drinking-water source to seek delegated regulatory authority.
Grady and DEC staff also described a home-lake and decontamination regime that would require an owner…
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