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 11 - MOHAWK RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN SERIES
Part 880 - WEST CANADA CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN
Section 880.3 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 6 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs § 880.3

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 assigned to any 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 abbreviation. Tributaries of primary waters are consecutively numbered progressing upstream from the mouth. Ponds and lakes are numbered consecutively as they are encountered, such number being preceded by the letter P. Tributaries of such lakes or 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 Mohawk-Hudson watershed in 1934 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 1934 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 West Creek drainage basin may be illustrated as follows:

*Waters Index Number*	*Name*	*Explanation*
H	Hudson River	Primary waters.
H-240	Mohawk River	The 240th tributary of the Hudson River numbered consecutively upstream from the mouth.
H-240-180	West Canada Creek	The 180th tributary of the Mohawk River numbered consecutively upstream from the mouth.
H-240-180-P 799	Hinckley Reservoir	The 799th pond, lake or reservoir encountered in the biological survey area of the Mohawk-Hudson watershed.
H-240-180-P 799-19	Black Creek	The 19th tributary of Hinckley Reservoir numbered in a clockwise direction from the mouth.

(c) The abbreviations trib., tribs., subtrib. and subtribs. indicating tributary, tributaries, subtributary and subtributaries, 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 tributary, tributaries, subtributary 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 tributary, tributaries, subtributary or subtributaries are mentioned after the waters index number, the specifically designated waters shall include the stream, lake, pond or body of surface water referenced by such waters index number and all tributaries and subtributaries, thereof, which are shown on the reference maps, excluding numbered ponds, unless exceptions are expressly stated.

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

(e) Description.

The column headed "Description" contains designations or sections of waters under consideration to which a particular assignment of a class and standards shall apply. Also included in this column is any useful information pertinent to the classification or standards.

(f) Map Ref. No. as appearing in table I 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.

(1) The following maps were produced from original maps which may be procured through the Washington Distribution Section, Geological Survey, Silver Spring, Maryland:

*Map Ref. No.*	*Quadrangle name*	*Published by*	*Edition*
F-20	Old Forge	U.S. Geological Survey	1954
F-21	West Canada Lakes	U.S. Geological Survey	1954
G-18se	North Western	U.S. Geological Survey	1955
G-18ne	Boonville	U.S. Geological Survey	1955
G-19sw	Remsen	U.S. Geological Survey	1955
G-19se	Hinckley	U.S. Geological Survey	1946
G-19nw	Forestport	U.S. Geological Survey	1945
G-20	Ohio	U.S. Geological Survey	1954
G-21	Piseco Lake	U.S. Geological Survey	1954
H-19se	Ilion	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
H-19nw	South Trenton	U.S. Geological Survey	1955
H-19ne	Newport	U.S. Geological Survey	1943
H-20sw	Herkimer	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
H-20se	Little Falls	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
H-20nw	Middleville	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
H-20nw	Salisbury	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1945

(g) Class as appearing in table I, and denoted by the letters AA, A, B or C opposite each specifically designated waters, shall mean class AA, A, B or C 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 or C opposite each specifically designated waters, shall mean the quality standards established for class AA, A, B or C as the case may be, as set forth in Part 701, supra. The symbol (T) as appearing after any class 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 class designation shall mean that the designated waters are suitable for trout spawning and that the dissolved oxygen specifications 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", "Prospoium", "Salmo", "Salvelinus" and "Thymallus"

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