Subject to the provisions of Sections 3, 4.3 and 4.4 hereof, regulated activities affecting wetlands and water courses within the State of Connecticut are prohibited except as they may be licensed 1) by the local inland wetlands agency, or 2) after June 30, 1974 by the Commissioner in the event that no local inland wetlands agency of competent jurisdiction is in operation.
Conn. Agencies Regs. § 22a-39-4.1