New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Chapter X - DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
Subchapter B - CLASSES AND STANDARDS OF QUALITY AND PURITY ASSIGNED TO FRESH SURFACE AND TIDAL SALT WATERS
Article 10 - LOWER HUDSON RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN SERIES
Part 863 - DRAINAGE BASINS OF STREAMS ENTERING THE HUDSON RIVER IN ALBANY, COLUMBIA, GREENE AND RENSSELAER COUNTIES
Section 863.3 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 6 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 863.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

The several terms, words, or phrases hereinafter mentioned shall be construed as follows:

(a) Item no.

In table I an item number is assigned to each specifically designated waters or portions thereof.

(b) Waters index number as appearing in table I shall mean that number or abbreviation which has been assigned to any specifically designated waters or portions thereof for the purpose of identification.

(1) The numbering or index system used to identity specific waters of New York State was adapted from that used by the New York State Conservation Department in its biological survey series of reports on watersheds of the State. The primary waters of a drainage basin, such as rivers or large lakes are usually referred to by name or an abbreviation. Tributaries of primary waters are consecutively numbered progressing upstream from the mouth. Ponds and lakes are numbered consecutively as they are encountered, such numbers being preceded by the letter P. Tributaries of such lakes and ponds are numbered consecutively as they enter, progressing clockwise around the lake or pond from its outlet or mouth. When isolated lakes and ponds are referenced by a waters index number, it is merely for convenience of their identification and location within a subdrainage basin, and it is not necessarily indicative of their being tributary to any waters to which no surface connection is shown on the reference maps.

(2) This system was applied to the basin under consideration by the Conservation Department in its biological survey of the Lower Hudson watershed in 1936 and has been closely followed in connection with the identification of the waters with the following exceptions: Some of the stream numbers do not run consecutively due to the omission of streams originally shown on older maps employed by the Conservation Department at the time of its 1936 survey, but not shown on newer maps reproduced herein. Conversely, a few streams not shown on the older maps but appearing on the newer maps are designated by the letters a, b, c, etc.

(3) The system as applied to the identification of waters in the Lower Hudson River drainage basin may be illustrated as follows:

Water index number Name Explanation
H Hudson River Primary waters within New York State extending upstream from The Battery, New York City.
H-204 Stockport Creek The 204th tributary entering the Hudson River in New York State numbering upstream from The Battery.
H-204-2 Kinderhook Creek The 2nd tributary entering Stockport Creek numbering upstream from the mouth.
H-204-2-36 Black River The 36th tributary entering Kinderhook Creek numbering upstream from the mouth.
H-204-2-36-4 Trib. of Black River The 4th tributary entering Black River numbered upstream from the mouth.
H-204-2-36-4-P 81 Spring Lake The 81st pond, lake or reservoir encountered in the biological survey area of the Lower Hudson River watershed, and specifically located in the drainage basin of the Black River.

(c) The abbreviations trib., tribs., subtrib. and subtribs indicating tributary, tributaries, subtributary and subtributaries, respectively, shall mean any stream, lake, pond or other body of surface water which fiows into any other stream, lake, or pond or other body of surface water. Where no tributaries or subtributaries are mentioned, the specifically designated waters shall include only the stream, lake, pond or other body of surface water referenced by such waters index number; where tributaries or subtributaries are mentioned after the waters index number, the specifically designated waters shall include the stream, lake, pond or other body of surface water referenced by such waters index number and all tributaries and subtributaries thereof, which are shown on the reference maps, unless exceptions are expressly stated.

(d) Name as appearing in table I shall mean the name, if any, by which the specifically designated waters are generally known and which may appear on the reference maps. In cases of specifically designated waters which have no name, the named tributary to which the unnamed waters are tributary is indicated as far as possible.

(e) Description as appearing in table I shall mean a brief indication as to the location of the specifically designated waters. Entries may include designations of sections of waters to which a particular assignment of a class and standards shall apply. Entries may also include any useful information pertinent to the classification and standards.

(f) Map Ref. No. as appearing in table I shall mean map reference number and indicates one or more of the following numbered maps reproduced herein completely, or in part, on which the specifically designated waters and their index numbers are shown. The following maps were produced from original maps. The U.S. Geological Survey maps may be procured through the Washington Distribution Section, Geological Survey. The N.Y.S.D.O.T. maps may be procured through the Map Information Unit, New York State Department of Transportation.

Map Ref. No. Name of quadrangle Published by Edition
J-23sw Duanesburg U.S. Geological Survey 1954
J-23se Rotterdam Junction U.S. Geological Survey 1955
J-24sw Schenectady U.S. Geological Survey 1954
J-24se Niskayana U.S. Geological Survey 1954
J-25sw Troy North N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1983
J-25se Tomhannock U.S. Geological Survey 1954
J-26sw Grafton U.S. Geological Survey 1943-1954
K-22se Middleburg* U.S. Geological Survey 1943
K-23nw Gallupville N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1983
K-23ne Altamont N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1983
K-23sw Rensselaerville* U.S. Geological Survey 1944
K-23se Westerlo* U.S. Geological Survey 1944
K-24nw Voorheesville N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1983
K-24ne Albany N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1983
K-24sw Clarksville N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1983
K-24se Delmar N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1983
K-25nw Troy South N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1983
K-25ne Averill Park N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1974-2nd ed.
K-25sw East Greenbush N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1974-2nd ed.
K-25se Nassau N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1974-2nd ed.
K-26nw Taborton U.S. Geological Survey 1945
K-26ne Berlin U.S. Geological Survey 1944
K-26sw Stephentown Center N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1976-2nd ed.
K-26se Hancock U.S. Geological Survey 1944
L-22ne Livingstonville* U.S. Geological Survey 1943
L-23nw Durham* U.S. Geological Survey 1943
L-23ne Greenville* U.S. Geological Survey 1943
L-23sw Hensonville* U.S. Geological Survey 1943
L-23se Freehold N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1976-2nd ed.
L-24nw Alcove U.S. Geological Survey 1953
L-24ne Ravena N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1983
L-24sw Leeds U.S. Geological Survey 1953
L-24se Hudson North N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1976-2nd ed.
L-25nw Kinderhook N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1976-2nd ed.
L-25ne East Chatham U.S. Geological Survey 1953
L-25sw Stottville N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1976-2nd ed.
L-25se Chatham U.S. Geological Survey 1953
J-26nw Canaan N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1976-2nd ed.
L-26ne Pittsfield West U.S. Geological Survey 1944
L-26sw State Line U.S. Geological Survey 1944
M-23ne Kaaterskill* U.S. Geological Survey 1943
M-23se Plattekill* U.S. Geological Survey 1943
M-24 Catskill U.S. Geological Survey 1941
M-25nw Claverack N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1976-2nd ed.
M-25ne Hillsdale N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1976-2nd ed.
M-25sw Ancram N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1976-2nd ed.
M-25se Copake N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1976-2nd ed.
M-26nw Egremont U.S. Geological Survey 1946
M-26sw Bashbish Falls U.S. Geological Survey 1946
N-24 Rhinebeck U.S. Geological Survey 1939
N-25nw Pine Plains U.S. Geological Survey 1945
N-25ne Millerton N.Y.S.D.O.T. 1973-2nd ed.

Note:

Maps identified by an asterisk are military editions of the Army Map Service issued by the U.S. Geological Survey.

(g) Class as appearing in table I, and denoted by the letters AA, A, B, C or D opposite each specifically designated waters, shall mean class AA, A, B, C or D, as the case may be, as set forth in Part 701, supra.

(h) Standards as appearing in table I, and denoted by the letters AA, A, B, C or D opposite each specifically designated waters shall mean the standards of quality and purity established for class AA, A, B, C or D, as the case may be, as set forth in Part 701, supra. The symbol (T) appearing after any standard designation shall mean that the designated waters are trout waters and that the dissolved oxygen specification for trout waters shall apply thereto. The symbol (TS) after any standard designation shall mean that the designated waters are suitable for trout spawning and that the dissolved oxygen specification for trout spawning waters shall apply thereto.

(i) The term trout as used in this Part means any fish in the following genera: "Coregonus", "Oncorhynchus", "Prosopium", "Salmo", "Salvelinus" and "Thymallus".

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