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 864 - LOWER HUDSON RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN FROM MOUTH TO NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-ROCKLAND COUNTY LINES
Section 864.3 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 6 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs § 864.3

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 of this Part an item number is assigned to each specifically designated waters or portions thereof.

(b) Waters index number as appearing in table I of this Part 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 identify 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 the 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:

*Waters index number*	*Name of waters*	*Explanation*
H	Hudson River	Primary waters within New York State extending upstream from The Battery, New York City.
H-43	Lake Tiorati Brook	The forty-third tributary of the Hudson River in New York State above The Battery (Map Q-24nw).
H-43-1	Minisceongo Creek	The first tributary entering Lake Tiorati Brook upstream from its mouth (Map Q-24nw).
H-43-1-11-P 150c	Lake Welch	One of several ponds or lakes encountered between the 150th and 151st pond of the waters index system, and specifically located in the drainage basin of the 11th tributary of Minisceongo Creek upstream from its mouth (Map Q-23ne).

(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 flows into any other stream, lake, 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 of this Part 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 of this Part shall mean a brief indication as to the location of the specifically designated waters. Entries may include designations of segments or 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 of this Part, means 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 which may be procured through the Washington Distribution Section, Geological Survey.

*Map ref. no.*	*Quadrangle name*	*Published by*	*Edition*
O-24se	Hopewell Junction	U.S. Geological Survey	1957
O-25sw	Poughquag	U.S. Geological Survey	1945
O-25se	Pawling	U.S. Geological Survey	1958
P-23se	Popolopen Lake	U.S. Geological Survey	1957
P-24nw	West Point	U.S. Geological Survey	1957
P-24ne	Oscawana Lake	U.S. Geological Survey	1956
P-24sw	Peekskill	U.S. Geological Survey	1957
P-24se	Mohegan Lake	U.S. Geological Survey	1957
P-25nw	Lake Carmel	U.S. Geological Survey	1943
P-25ne	Brewster	U.S. Geological Survey	1958
P-25sw	Croton Falls	U.S. Geological Survey	1943
P-25se	Peach Lake	U.S. Geological Survey	1958
Q-23ne	Thiells	U.S. Geological Survey	1955
Q-24nw	Haverstraw	U.S. Geological Survey	1955
Q-24ne	Ossining	U.S. Geological Survey	1955
Q-24sw	Nyack	U.S. Geological Survey	1957
Q-24se	White Plains	U.S. Geological Survey	1957
Q-25nw	Mount Kisco	U.S. Geological Survey	1955
Q-25ne	Pound Ridge	U.S. Geological Survey	1951
R-23se	Weehawken	U.S. Geological Survey	1955
R-24nw	Yonkers	U.S. Geological Survey	1956
R-24ne	Mount Vernon	U.S. Geological Survey	1956
R-24sw	Central Park	U.S. Geological Survey	1956
S-23ne	Jersey City	U.S. Geological Survey	1955
S-24nw	Brooklyn	U.S. Geological Survey	1956

(g) Class, as appearing in table I of this Part and denoted by the letters AA, A, B, C, D, SB, or SC, and the Roman numeral I opposite each specifically designated waters, shall mean class AA, A, B, C, D, SB, SC, and I as set forth in Part 701, supra.

(h) Standards, as appearing in table I of this Part and denoted by the letters AA, A, B, C, D, SB, or SC, and the Roman numeral I opposite each specifically designated waters shall mean the standards of quality and purity established for class AA, A, B, C, D, SB, or SC, and the Roman numeral I, as the case may be, as set forth in Part 701, supra. The symbol (T) 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, Savelinus and Thymallus.

(j) The Lower Hudson River drainage basin shall be deemed to include the following areas: all land and water areas, the natural surface water drainage from which is directly or indirectly tributary to the Lower Hudson River.

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