{"id":"AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-010","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","authority":"Executive Orders 7N and 7R; Conn. Gen. Stat. § 23-4","instrument":"News release, \u0027DEEP Issues State Park Operations Plan Heading into Summer Season\u0027 (parks open with capacity limits, distancing and face coverings; inland swim areas closed; groups over five prohibited)","title":"State Parks Remain Open with Restrictions; Shoreline Swimming Areas Open; Inland Swimming Areas Closed, Capacity Limits and Social Distancing Guidelines Remain in Place","dateIssued":"2020-05-20","effective":"2020-05-22 (shoreline beaches open at limited capacity)","end":"Capacity limits continued through summer 2020","startDate":"2020-05-22","endDate":"2020-07-17","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CAP","GATH","MASK","CLOSE"],"addressees":["State park visitors","beach and swim-area users"],"clause":"the vast majority of state parks remain open, as they\u0027ve been throughout the pandemic. The restrictions that they\u0027ve operated under, such as daily capacity limits, social distancing guidelines for visitors, and use of face coverings, also remain in place.... DEEP will close beaches at inland State Parks, and prohibit [swimming there]... At least 6 feet of social distancing must be maintained between persons, and groups over five remain prohibited.","enforcement":"Executive Order 7R penalties; capacity closures enforced by Environmental Conservation Police","functions":["CB customer base","CAP capacity","GATH groups over five","AM inland swim areas closed","MASK face coverings"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://portal.ct.gov/deep/news-releases/news-releases---2020/deep-issues-state-park-operations-plan-heading-into-summer-season?archived=true","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":239566,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE","url":"/library/AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-010","citation":"Connecticut DEEP, News release, \u0027DEEP Issues State Park Operations Plan Heading into Summer Season\u0027 (parks open with capacity limits, distancing and face coverings; inland swim areas closed; groups over five prohibited) (May 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-010)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":[]}