Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics › 15a - Navigable Waters - Marine Pilots › Section 15-15a-6 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Administrator" or "Joint Rotation
			 Administrator" means the entity that shall administer the joint rotation
			 system;
(b) "Board" means the Board
			 of Commissioners of Pilots of the State of New York;
(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of
			 the Connecticut Department of Transportation or his designee;
(d) "Connecticut Pilot Commission" has the
			 same meaning as provided in section
			 15-13c
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(e) "Connecticut State Marine Pilot" means an
			 individual who is a member in good standing of the Connecticut State Pilots and
			 is licensed by the state of Connecticut under section
			 15-13
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, qualified to safely bring a vessel in from
			 a designated pilot embarkation station to its berth including any intermediate
			 movements such as anchoring, shifting berths within and between ports and
			 returning the vessel from its berth to a designated pilot debarkation
			 station;
(f) "Department" means
			 Connecticut Department of Transportation;
(g) "Full Branch Pilot" means a Connecticut
			 State Marine Pilot or a New York State Marine Pilot qualified and licensed to
			 operate in the waters described in section
			 15-15a-6(m)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(h) "Joint Rotation System" means the
			 rotation of pilots authorized in section
			 15-15d
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, defined by section
			 15-15a-17
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and described in the
			 Memorandum of Agreement between the Board of Commissioners of Pilots of the
			 State of New York and Commissioner of Transportation of the State of
			 Connecticut effective January 15, 2004;
(i) "License" means a piloting license issued
			 by the commissioner pursuant to section
			 15-13
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(j) "New York State Marine Pilot" means an
			 individual who is a member in good standing of the New York Pilots and is
			 licensed by the Board of Commissioners of Pilots of the State of New
			 York;
(k) "Program" means the
			 Connecticut Apprentice Pilot Selection, Training and Certification Program
			 described in section
			 15-15a-7
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(l) "Senior Pilot" means a Full Branch Pilot
			 with a minimum of five years experience as a Connecticut State Marine Pilot or
			 a New York State Marine Pilot licensed to operate in the waters described in
			 section
			 15-15a-6(m)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(m) "Waters" means the navigable waters of
			 Long Island Sound - Block Island Sound, including all the boundary waters of
			 the states of Connecticut and New York of Long Island Sound and Block Island
			 Sound and all ports and terminals on such waters, and all ports on tributaries
			 to such waters east of the City Island -Stepping Stones Light line;
			 and
(n) "Pilot of Record" means a
			 pilot assigned to the movement of a vessel by a proper authority who shall
			 receive pilotage fees for that vessel movement.
(o) Acronyms:
(1) AIS - Automated Identification
			 System
(2) BIS - Block Island
			 Sound
(3) BRM - Bridge Resource
			 Management
(4) CPC - Connecticut
			 Pilot Commission
(5) GPS - Global
			 Positioning System
(6) GT - gross
			 tonnage
(7) JRA - Joint Rotation
			 Administrator
(8) LIS - Long Island
			 Sound
(9) MOA - Memorandum of
			 Agreement
(10) STCW - Standards for
			 Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping
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