N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 §§ 646-2.6

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 646-2.6 - Miscellaneous provisions relating to certain recreational activities

(a) Scuba diving.

(1) No person shall scuba dive in a navigable channel or in any location in which it will interfere with free and safe navigation or free access to another person's property. For the purpose of these rules, navigable channels shall mean areas in which boats are restricted in operation due to passage between points of land or, areas in which navigation aids are located.

(2) No person shall scuba dive in the waters of Lake George so as to knowingly annoy, disturb, injure or endanger the health, comfort, repose or peace of another person.

(b) Towing.

(1) A person being towed on the surface of Lake George shall wear a United States Coast Guard approved Type III personal flotation device.

(c) Artifacts. No person shall appropriate, excavate, remove, injure or destroy any historic shipwreck or artifact submerged in Lake George. This subdivision shall not apply to the State of New York or its authorized agents or representatives provided the excavation or removal is for the care and preservation of the shipwreck or artifact.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 §§ 646-2.6