{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-15-170","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-170","heading":"Discharge of sewage from vessels: Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this section and sections 15-171 to 15-175, inclusive:\n(1) “Discharge” means spill, leak, pump, pour, emit, empty or dump;\n(2) “Docking facility” means any public, private or commercial marina, yacht club, dock, wharf or in-water mooring used for anchoring, berthing, mooring, serving or otherwise handling vessels, and includes a facility organized as a common interest community;\n(3) “Marine sanitation device” means any equipment for installation on board a vessel which is designed to receive, retain, treat or discharge sewage;\n(4) “Sewage” means human body wastes and the wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain body wastes;\n(5) “Vessel” means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water; and\n(6) “No discharge zone” means those bodies of water in this state that the United States Environmental Protection Agency designates as no discharge areas pursuant to 33 USC 1322.","path":["TITLE 15. NAVIGATION AND AERONAUTICS","CHAPTER 268. BOATING","PART IV. DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE FROM VESSELS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_268.htm#sec_15-170","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:01Z","sha256":"3ef169fc8c148437009e00e22a331b2669a1072da74fea62de0a070bb1b3f039","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-15-158-to-15-169","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-15-171"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}