[§266-31] Restriction of use of facilities. The department of transportation may delay or deny approval for port entry or departure for any vessel for which the department has received notice from a federal agency or other agency that the vessel or its crew has engaged in activity that has violated any federal, state, or county law or rule pertaining to environmental protection, maritime transportation, trafficking of illegal contraband, or the collection or extraction of undersea minerals unlicensed or unpermitted by the State; provided that the department may grant approvals for use of any commercial harbor facility by that vessel in coordination with the federal agency or other agency. [L 2023, c 59, §2]