Sec.15-14-1c. Additional Fees

The following additional pilotage fees shall be imposed as appropriate:

(a) A fee of one hundred and seventy dollars ($170.00) for each hour of pilotage in excess of eight (8) hours.

(b) A fee of one hundred and seventy dollars ($170.00) for each hour of detention aboard a vessel at platforms or at anchor.

(c) A fee of one hundred and seventy dollars ($170.00) for each hour in excess of one hour (1) if a vessel arrives or departs late unless a four hour (4) notice of a change to the time of arrival or departure is provided to the Joint Rotation Administrator, as defined in Section 15-15a-6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(d) A cancellation fee of five hundred and sixty dollars ($560.00) unless a four hour (4) notice is provided to the Joint Rotation Administrator, as defined in Section 15-15a-6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(e) A fee of one thousand one hundred and twenty dollars ($1,120.00) for the first day, five hundred and sixty dollars ($560.00) for each additional day and the cost of return first class travel expenses should a pilot be carried away.

(f) A base pilot boat fuel surcharge of two hundred dollars ($200.00) shall be paid by the vessel to the pilot boat operator. Adjustments to the base pilot boat fuel surcharge shall be calculated by the Joint Rotation Administrator and with the permission of the Commissioner of Transportation be applied every calendar quarter commencing January 1, 2013. The adjustment shall be determined by calculating the percentage change between the base price per gallon of marine diesel fuel of three dollars and four cents ($3.04) and the average cost per gallon of marine diesel fuel during the quarter and applying the percentage change to the base pilot boat fuel surcharge.

On the first day of January, April, July and October of each year and no later than the fifteenth of each of these months, the Joint Rotation Administrator shall notify and obtain permission from the commissioner for the newly calculated pilot boat fuel surcharge.

(g) A fee of six hundred and seventy-five dollars ($675.00) for a shift of a vessel within any harbor, except a shift less than 25 nautical miles in Long Island Sound, which will be charged at two-thirds the harbor shift fee established in this subsection. The harbor shift fee is in addition to the docking and undocking fee as set forth in Section 15-14-1b of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(h) A fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) per pilot boat transit from shore to an authorized pilot transfer station, or from an authorized pilot transfer station to shore, for the purposes of boarding or disembarking a Connecticut state licensed marine pilot shall be paid into a pilot training and safety equipment account by the vessel and held in escrow by the Joint Rotation Administrator. Connecticut state licensed marine pilots operating within the waters, as defined in Section 15-15a-6(m) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, can draw upon the account to fund the procurement of personal safety equipment and continuous training courses and programs.

(Adopted effective February 1, 2008; Amended August 1, 2013)