A online petition on change.org requesting that they be reopened was started by Sean Silvernail, of Schenectady, and gathered more than 21,000 signatures.
Friday and Saturday, the state did relax rules about golf courses and marinas — though they are not operating as they would in pre-coronavirus conditions.
Recreational Boaters and Fisherman are devastated with the recent announcement of closing NYS Boat Launches. Now many boaters and fishermen are not able to enjoy a day in the water enjoying fresh air with people who they live with or by themselves. While it may make sense to limit certain venues and places that attract massive amounts of people to minimize the potential spread of the Coronavirus it is not reasonable to abruptly close boat launches for recreational boaters and sportsmen alike. Many of these people have heavily invested resources for these activities including state mandated permits, fees, registrations, licenses and such. This abrupt closure is not in line with other measures put in place to flatten the curve.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has fined Sunoco Pipeline almost $2 million for pollution releases into Raystown Lake during the construction of the Mariner East pipeline.
Between April and December 2017, Sunoco spilled more than 200,000 gallons of drilling mud into the lake while building a section of the Mariner East pipeline beneath it.
Sunoco didn’t immediately report the spills, which it found had coated 8-acres of the lakebed.
The beauty salons, swimming pools and even wireless communications of today’s huge cruise ships all got their start with the “floating palaces” of a century ago.