Section 15-175 - Penalty for misuse of or failure to equip vessel with marine sanitation device(a) Any person owning or operating a vessel which is equipped with a marine sanitation device having any type of operational bypass connection, pump or other system allowing the direct or indirect discharge of untreated sewage and from which untreated sewage is discharged into the waters of this state shall have committed a class A misdemeanor.(b) Any person owning or operating a vessel which is required to be equipped with a marine sanitation device in accordance with Section 312 of the federal Clean Water Act ( 33 USC 1322 ) and which is found without such equipment or with such equipment in a nonoperable condition shall have committed an infraction.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 15-175