{"id":"AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-009","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (State agency)","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE","eco":"","issuer":"Connecticut DEEP (Commissioner Katie Dykes), under Executive Order No. 7R","authority":"Executive Order No. 7R (Mar. 31, 2020) (authorizing DEEP to prohibit walk-in visitors and impose penalties); Executive Order No. 7N (Ex. CT-010) (gatherings over five prohibited); Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-9","instrument":"News release, \u0027State Parks to Reduce Visitor Capacity During COVID-19 Pandemic\u0027 (capacity closures; walk-in prohibition; picnicking prohibited)","title":"State Parks to Reduce Visitor Capacity During COVID-19 Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-04-01","effective":"2020-04-01","end":"Capacity limits continued through the 2020 season (Ex. 010, May 20, 2020; Ex. 011)","startDate":"2020-04-01","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CAP","GATH","CLOSE"],"addressees":["State park visitors","the public"],"clause":"Executive Order No. 7R authorizing the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to prohibit walk-in visitors at State Parks in an effort to maintain social distancing in parks and outdoor spaces. Concurrently, DEEP is announcing plans to limit parking capacity at certain parks to manage visitor levels.... DEEP... is closing parking lots when lots become full and lowering parking thresholds where necessary.... Executive Order No. 7R provides DEEP discretion to impose penalties on individuals who enter parks after they have reached capacity. These penalties include fines and even arrest, up to and including Class D felony charges for interfering or obstructing any lawful civil preparedness activity.... DEEP will begin to implement operational changes to prohibit picnicking at state park locations.","enforcement":"Fines and arrest under Executive Order 7R; Class D felony for interfering with civil preparedness activity (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-22)","functions":["CB customer base (capacity-limited access; daily closures)","GATH picnicking and groups over five prohibited","AM amenities (concessions at closed lots)","TV day-trip travel"],"notes":"Daily capacity closures continued into the summer of 2020 (Ex. 010).","sourceUrl":"https://portal.ct.gov/deep/news-releases/news-releases---2020/state-parks-to-reduce-visitor-capacity-during-covid-19-pandemic","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":205435,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE","url":"/library/AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-009","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-009","citation":"Connecticut DEEP (Commissioner Katie Dykes), under Executive Order No. 7R, News release, \u0027State Parks to Reduce Visitor Capacity During COVID-19 Pandemic\u0027 (capacity closures; walk-in prohibition; picnicking prohibited) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-009)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":[]}