The department may engage in the following activities relating to commercial passenger vessels operating in the marine waters of the State:

1. (1) Direct in-water monitoring of discharges or releases of sewage and direct monitoring of the opacity of air emissions from those vessels;
2. (2) Monitoring and studying of direct or indirect environmental effects of those vessels; and
3. (3) Researching ways to reduce effects of those vessels on marine waters and other coastal resources.

[L 2005, c 217, pt of §1]