DNR to Announce New Personal Watercraft Regulations
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By: Mike Kennedy October 3rd, 2008 Category: Deep Creek Lake, News |
DNR Lake Manager Carolyn Mathews reports that it will soon release the proposed changes to the lake regulations dealing with how and where personal watercraft (PWCs) may be stored or moored at dock permit sites on Deep Creek Lake. DNR’s goal is to eventually remove all PWCs from being beached on the buffer strip and to set standards for how many may be kept at a dock.
Several recommendations to DNR and the Policy and Review Board were made at its October 2007 meeting of things to consider in drafting the new regulations. These included addressing restricted Type-A permits, existing common docks, setting a reasonable “grandfathering” time limit for the removal of existing permitted PWC stands.
DNR reports that the public comment period will be in early October and that the PRB will meet on October 3 to take comments and to discuss the proposal.
Tags: DNR, Personal Watercraft
October 28th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
why require the pwc to sit in water all summer?
October 31st, 2008 at 10:20 am
@Peter - From what I gather from the public comments to the DNR is that most people consider these pwc stands to be unsightly sitting on the shoreline. The stands are functional and certainly protect the pwc’s as opposed to sitting in the water all summer long - but I guess most people don’t think they blend in with the shoreline?