New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter IX - Independent Agencies Within The Department › Subchapter A - Lake George Park Commission › Part 646 - Substantive Regulations › Subpart 646-9 - PROHIBITION OF AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES INTRODUCTION INTO LAKE GEORGE › Section 646-9.4 - Vessel Inspections, Decontamination and Administration

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Except for
					 activities exempted by this Subpart, all trailered vessels shall be inspected
					 by a VIT prior to launch into the waters of the Lake George Park during the
					 boating season to determine that the vessel has met the clean, drained and dry
					 standard. Trailered vessels identified by a VIT as meeting this standard shall
					 receive a VICS.
(b) All vessels
					 inspected pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section shall be subject to
					 decontamination if determined not to meet the cleaned, drained and dry standard
					 by any VIT prior to launching into the waters of the Lake George Park during
					 the boating season. Trailered vessels decontaminated by a VIT shall receive a
					 VICS.
(c) Upon retrieval from the
					 waters of the Lake George Park during boating season, all trailered vessels
					 must meet the cleaned and drained standard prior to leaving a launch site. Such
					 vessels may receive a VICS by an authorized launch operator to demonstrate
					 compliance with this Subpart. If intact, a VICS received from an authorized
					 launch operator shall preclude the need for a trailered vessel to receive
					 inspection by a VIT as described in subdivision (a) of this section.
(d) A launch operator must register the
					 launch site with the Commission on such form as the Commission may prescribe.
					 Following the initial registration, launch sites must be registered annually by
					 the launch operator by May 15 of each year. This requirement shall not apply to
					 any launch sites which are owned by a State or local government or which are
					 staffed by Commission personnel.
(e) The Commission may enter into written
					 agreements with public launch owners and operators to implement the trailered
					 vessel inspection program on public launch sites.
(f) All launch operators required to register
					 pursuant to this section shall keep true and accurate records during the
					 boating season in a manner specified by the Commission showing the following:
					 the boat registration number of each trailered vessel launched into or
					 retrieved from the waters of the Lake George Park at its launch site; the VICS
					 inventory maintained by the launch operator; the VICS removed by the launch
					 operator prior to a trailered vessel being launched into the waters of the Lake
					 George Park ; the VICS applied to a trailered vessel by a launch operator upon
					 retrieval at its launch site of a trailered vessel from the waters of the Lake
					 George Park . These records shall be maintained on a daily basis and retained
					 for a minimum of three years and shall be available for inspection upon request
					 by the Commission.
(g) Launch
					 operators shall maintain their launch sites in a manner authorized by the
					 Commission so as to prevent trailered vessels not equipped with an intact VICS
					 from launching into the waters of the Lake George Park.
(h) All VITs will be trained and certified
					 annually by the Commission. A reasonable training fee may be charged to
					 individuals taking the course. The Commission will identify the type and hours
					 of training to be completed by VITs on an annual basis.