New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter I - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Subchapter G - Fish and Wildlife Management Areas and Facilities › Part 78 - Public Use In The Tomhannock Reservoir Cooperator Area › Section 78.3 - Prohibitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) No person,
				  except those authorized by the Department of Public Utilities of the City of
				  Troy or the Department of Environmental Conservation, shall trespass, for any
				  purpose whatsoever, in any area posted with "restricted area" signs.
(b) No person shall fish or trespass outside
				  areas posted with restricted area signs, unless they are fishing under permit,
				  have a special permit, or are accompanying someone who is fishing under
				  permit.
(c) No person shall fail to
				  carry his permit on his person when in the cooperator area, or shall fail to
				  show his permit to a Department of Public Utilities of the City of Troy
				  representative or other duly authorized official.
(d) No person in violation of this Part shall
				  fail to surrender his permit upon request to the department employee or
				  authorized official in whose presence the violation takes place. Such permittee
				  shall immediately leave the cooperator area property and not enter thereupon
				  until his permit is reinstated.
(e)
				  No person shall fail to comply with all regulatory signs posted by the
				  Department of Environmental Conservation in the area.
(f) No person shall hunt, litter, build
				  fires, wade, swim, bathe, picnic, operate a boat except for City of Troy
				  approved boats, or snowmobile, erect any hut, tent, or ice fishing shanty,
				  damage or molest fences, gates, equipment, trees or other property, or disturb
				  persons who may be working in the area.
(g) No person shall possess any cans or
				  bottles, in the area except at a parked vehicle.
(h) No person shall deposit human excreta,
				  refuse, or radioactive or hazardous material on or beneath the surface of the
				  ground or water or ice at any point in the area.
(i) No person shall discharge, apply or allow
				  any herbicide, pesticide or toxic chemical to enter into the reservoir or any
				  watercourse in the area.
(j) No
				  person shall take fish other than by angling during the open water-season and
				  then only within the designated area and pursuant to a fishing
				  permit.
(k) No person shall take
				  fish other than by angling or tip-ups during the ice fishing season and then
				  only within the designated area and pursuant to a fishing permit.
(l) No person shall use any chemicals such as
				  antifreeze, salt, or petroleum products to keep ice fishing holes
				  open.
(m) No person shall possess
				  or use on the ice of the reservoir any power auger, other machines or
				  mechanical devices, nor possess gasoline or other fuel.
(n) The Department of Public Utilities of the
				  City of Troy and the Department of Environmental Conservation reserve the right
				  to eject any person from the area for disorderly conduct, intoxication or any
				  other behavior which endangers the general safety or health of persons in the
				  area.
(o) Except as otherwise
				  provided in this Part, no person in the area shall fail to comply with all
				  applicable provisions of:
(1) the
				  Environmental Conservation Law; and
(2) orders of the Department of Environmental
				  Conservation with respect to open seasons, size limits and catch
				  limits.