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 13 - NEW YORK CITY WATERS SERIES
Part 890 - NEW YORK CITY WATERS
Section 890.6 - Table i

Universal Citation: 6 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs § 890.6

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

890.6 Table I.

TABLE I

CLASSIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS OF QUALITY AND PURITY ASSIGNED TO FRESH SURFACE WATERS AND TIDAL SALT WATERS, INCLUDING CERTAIN TIDAL WATERS OF THE INTERSTATE SANITATION DISTRICT WITHIN DESIGNATED DRAINAGE BASINS OF NEW YORK BAY, RARITAN BAY AND A PORTION OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, INCLUDING THE SUBBASINS OF ARTHUR KILL, KILL VAN KULL, THE HARLEM RIVER AND THE LOWER EAST RIVER, BRONX, KINGS, NEW YORK, QUEENS, RICHMONDAND WESTCHESTER COUNTIES, NEWYORK

Item No.	Waters Index Number	Name	Description	Map Ref. No.	Class	Standards
ATLANTIC OCEAN AND NEW YORK BAY
1	Atlantic Ocean portion	That portion of the ocean within New York State opposite Rockaway peninsula bounded on the west by a line from the tip of Rockaway Point, thence south along the jetty to Rockaway jetty light, thence due south to the state boundary line; and bounded on the north by the shore of Rockaway peninsula from the western tip to the Nassau-Queens county line at East Rockaway Inlet; and bounded on the east by the Nassau-Queens county line along East Rockaway Inlet, thence south to the state boundary line.	S-24sw S-24se	SA	SA
2	Atlantic Ocean and Lower New York Bay east portions	Ocean and bay waters within New York State opposite Coney Island peninsula and Staten Island bounded on the west by a north-south line drawn from the south limits of Fort Wadsworth Military Reservation and passing through West Bank light to New York-New Jersey boundary line; and bounded on the north by a line drawn from the south limits of Fort Wadsworth Military Reservation and extending southeasterly to Norton Point at the western tip of Coney Island peninsula near Sea Gate, thence extending the line along south shore of Coney Island to Light Inlet at southeasterly tip of Coney Island peninsula near Manhattan Beach; and bounded on east by north-south line beginning at described Light Inlet and extending southward to south tip of Rockaway jetty light, thence due south to New York-New Jersey boundary line.	S-23se S-24sw	SB	SB
3	Lower New York Bay west portion	That portion of Bay within New York State bounded on east by north-south line drawn from south limits of Fort Wadsworth Military Reservation and passing through West Bank light to New York-New Jersey boundary line; and bounded on west by north-south line drawn from south tip of Crookes Point to Point Comfort at Keansburg, New Jersey.	S-23se S-23sw T-23nw T-23ne	SB	SB
4	Lower New York Bay portion including Gravesend Bay	That portion of Bay south of The Narrows and bounded on north by line from tip of Fort Wadsworth to tip of Fort Hamilton; and bounded on south by line from south limits of Fort Wadsworth Military Reservation to Norton Point at western tip of Coney Island peninsula near Sea Gate, including Gravesend Bay.	S-23se S-24sw	SB	SB
5	LI 253	Coney Island Creek	Trib. of Gravesend Bay.	S-24sw	I	I
6	Upper New York Bay including The Narrows, Atlantic Basin, Gowanus Bay	That portion of Bay within New York bounded on south by line from tip of Fort Wadsworth to tip of Fort Hamilton; and bounded on west by shore of Staten Island north of tip of Fort Wadsworth, thence by north-south line across mouth of Kill Van Kull from northernmost point of Staten Island to easternmost point at Constable Point, Bayonne, New Jersey, thence by New York-New Jersey boundary line from mouth of Hudson River; and bounded on north by true east-west line passing through southernmost tip of Manhattan Island at the Battery and intersecting state boundary line, thence by line extending from same point at the Battery across mouth of Lower East River to western tip of pier 17 at Brooklyn; thence bounded on east by western shore of Brooklyn from pier 17 south to Fort Hamilton, excluding Erie Basin.	S-23ne S-23se S-24nw	SB	SB
6.1	Erie Basin	That portion of Upper New York Bay bounded on the north and east by the western shore of Brooklyn, on the south and west by the peninsula which separates the Basin from Gowanus Bay and Red Hook channel, including the outlet of the Basin; bounded on the northwest by a line from the northernmost point of the Basin peninsula to the point on the western shore of Brooklyn defined by the projection of Van Brunt Street.	S-23ne	SD	SD
7	LI 1 and tribs.	Gowanus Canal	Trib. of Gowanus Bay.	S-24nw	SD	SD
RARITAN BAY
8	Raritan Bay portion	That portion of Bay within New York State bounded on east by north-south line drawn from south tip of Crookes Point to Point Comfort at Keansburg, New Jersey; and bounded on west by north-south line drawn from Cupola at Mount Loretto Girls Home to Conaskonk Point at Union Beach, New Jersey.	S-23sw T-23nw
That segment north of line drawn from Black Buoy "39" to south tip of Crookes Point, including Great Kills Harbor.	SB	SB
That segment south of line drawn from Black Buoy "39" to south tip.	SA	SA
9	Raritan Bay portion	That portion of Bay within New York State bounded on east by north-south line drawn from Cupola at Mount Loretto Girls Home to Conaskonk Point at Union Beach, New Jersey; and bounded on west by north-south line from terminus of Page Avenue projected to south shore of Staten Island, thence through boundary beacon to New York-New Jersey boundary line.	S-23sw T-23nw	SB	SB
10	Raritan Bay portion	That portion of Bay within New York State bounded on east by north-south line drawn from terminus of Page Avenue projected to south shore of Staten Island, thence through boundary beacon to New York-New Jersey boundary line; and bounded on west by line from southernmost point of Staten Island at Ward Point to New York-New Jersey boundary line at Great Beds Lighthouse.	T-22ne T-23nw	SB	SB
11	Raritan Bay portion	That sector of Bay within New York State off mouth of Arthur Kill bounded on south by line from southernmost point of Staten Island at Ward Point to New York-New Jersey boundary line at Great Beds Lighthouse; and bounded on north by line at mouth of Arthur Kill from southernmost point of Staten Island at Ward Point to southernmost point of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, at Ferry Point.	T-22ne T-23nw	I	I
ARTHUR KILL, NEWARK BAY AND KILL VAN KULL
12	SI (0.0 - 2.0)* portion	Arthur Kill	That portion within New York State from mouth (at an east-west line drawn from southernmost point of Staten Island at Ward Point to southernmost point of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, at Ferry Point) to Outerbridge Crossing.	S-22se S-23sw T-22ne T-23nw	I	I
13	SI (2.0 - 12.9) portion	Arthur Kill	That portion within New York State from Outerbridge Crossing to Newark Bay outlet.	S-22se S-23sw S-23nw	SD	SD
14	SI (12.9 - 14.6) portion	Newark Bay	Southern portion of Bay lying north of Staten Island within New York State between outlet to Arthur Kill and outlet to Kill Van Kull.	S-23nw	SD	SD
15	SI (14.6 - 18.0) portion	Kill Van Kull	That portion within New York State from outlet of Newark Bay to mouth of Kill Van Kull (at north-south line drawn from northernmost point of Staten Island to easternmost point at Constable Point, Bayonne, New Jersey).	S-23nw S-23ne	SD	SD
STATEN ISLAND TRIBUTARIES
16	SI P 1039 SI P 1039a SI P 1039b SI P 1040	Grasmere Lake Ipes Pond Shore Acres Pond Cameron Lake	Isolated bodies of water.	S-23se	B	B
17	SI P 1040a, P 1040b, P 1040c, P 1040d	Tribs. of New Creek	Isolated ponds with New Creek watershed.	S-23se	B	B
18	SI 1 and tribs.	New Creek	Tidal estuary and fresh water tribs.	S-23se
Tidal portion.	I	I
Fresh waters portion.	C	C
19	SI 2	Great Kills Creek	Enters Great Kills Harbor at Great Kills Park.	S-23sw S-23se	I	I
20	SI 2a and tribs.	Oakwood Creek	Drains Oakwood Beach and Great Kills Park areas.	S-23se
Tidal portion.	I	I
Fresh waters portion.	C	C
21	SI P 1045 SI P 1045a	Unnamed pond Great Kills Pond	Isolated ponds.	S-23sw	B	B
22	SI 3 including P 1050, P 1051a	Lipsett Avenue stream	Fresh waters portion.	S-23sw	B	B
23	SI P 1051 and trib.	St. Joseph's or Arbutus Lake	Fresh waters portion.	S-23sw	B	B
24	SI P 1051b	Huguenot Pond	Isolated pond.	S-23sw	C	C
25	SI P 1053 and trib. including P 1053a	Wolfes Pond	Within and near Wolfes Pond Park.	S-23sw	B	B
26	SI 4 and trib. including P 1054a, P 1054b, P 1054c	Lemmon Creek	Tidal portion. Fresh waters portion. Bloeser's Pond (P 1054b). Long Pond (P 1054c).	S-23sw	SC B	SC B
27	SI 5	Bedell Avenue Creek	Tidal estuary.	S-23sw	I	I
28	SI 6 portion	Mill Creek	Tidal portion.	S-23sw	I	I
29	SI 6 portion	Mill Creek	Fresh waters portion.	S-23sw	C	C
30	SI 7a, 7b including P 1061, 7c	Tribs. of Arthur Kill	Tidal portion. Fresh waters portion. Tappan's Creek (trib. 7a).	S-23sw	SD C	SD C
31	SI 7d portion and tribs.	Sleight Creek	Tidal portion.	S-23sw	SD	SD
32	SI 7d portion	Sleight Creek	Fresh waters portion.	S-23sw	C	C
33	SI 7e and tribs.	Benedic Creek	S-23sw	SD	SD
34	SI 8 portion	Fresh Kills	From mouth to trib. 1.	S-23sw	SD	SD
35	SI 8 portion	Fresh Kills or Richmond Creek	From trib. 1 to Richmond Hill Road culvert.	S-23sw	SC	SC
36	SI 8 portion	Fresh Kills or Richmond Creek	From Richmond Hill Road culvert to source.	S-23sw
Tidal portion.	SC	SC
Fresh waters portion.	B	B
37	SI 8-1 and tribs. except trib. 8-1-1	Main Creek	S-23sw	SC	SC
38	SI 8-1-1	Springville Creek	Tidal portion. Fresh waters portion.	S-23sw	SC B	SC B
39	SI 8-1a, 3 and trib. including P 1067a, 2 and trib. 5	Tribs. of Fresh Kills or Richmond Creek	Tidal portions. Fresh waters portions.	S-23sw	SC B	SC B
39.1	SI 8-4	Trib. of Fresh Kills or Richmond Creek	S-23sw S-23se	B	B
40	SI P 1069a, P 1069b, P 1069c, P 1069d, P 1069e	Tribs. of Arthur Kill	Isolated ponds and lake. Walker Pond (P 1069a). Ohrback Lake (P 1069b). Stamp Pond (P 1069c).	S-23se	B	B
41	SI 9, 9a, 9b, and tribs.	Tribs. of Arthur Kill	Neck Creek (trib. 9). Sawmill Creek (trib. 9a).	S-23sw	SD	SD
42	SI 9c and tribs.	Trib. of Arthur Kill	S-23sw	SD	SD
43	SI 9d and tribs.	Old Place Creek	Tidal portion.	S-23nw	SD	SD
Fresh waters portions.	S-23sw	C	C
44	SI 9e	Bridge Creek	Near Port Ivory.	S-23nw	SD	SD
45	SI 14 and tribs. including P 1063a	Bodine Creek	Tidal portions. Fresh waters portion. Willowbrook Lake (P 1063a).	S-23nw S-23sw S-23ne S-23se	SD B	SD B
46	SI 14-1-P 1072, P 1073, P 1074	Tribs. of Bodine Creek	Brooks Lake (P 1072). Martling Lake (P 1073). Clove Lake (P 1074).	S-23se	B	B
47	SI 14-1-P 1075	Valley Lake	S-23se	B	B
48	SI 14-1-P 1076	Silver Lake Reservoir	New York City storage reservoir.	S-23se S-23ne	AA	AA
49	SI 15	Trib. of Kill Van Kull	Tidal portion. Fresh waters portion.	S-23ne	SD C	SD C
50	SI 16 and trib.	Trib. of Kill Van Kull	Tidal portion. Fresh waters portion.	S-23ne	SD B	SD B
51	SI 16-P 1081	Allison Park Pond	S-23ne	B	B
LOWER EAST RIVER
52	ER (0.0 - 0.3)*	East River	Sector at mouth of river and lying between following described lines: line drawn from southernmost tip of Manhattan Island at the Battery and extending southeastward to western tip of pier 17 in Brooklyn, and true east-west line drawn from southernmost tip of Manhattan Island at the Battery and extending to east shore of East River in Brooklyn.	S-23ne	I	I
53	ER (0.3 - 10.1)	East River	From true east-west line passing through southernmost tip of Manhattan Island at the Battery and extending to east shore of East River in Brooklyn to line across river north of Wards Island between Stony Point in Bronx County and Lawrence Point in Queens County. Excludes outlet channel of Harlem River (from line drawn by extending 101st Street in Manhattan to southwesterly tip of Wards Island) and excluding Little Hell Gate outlet (northerly of line drawn from Stony Point to Sunken Meadow navigation bell on Wards Island).	S-23ne S-24nw R-24sw	I	I
54	LI 4 and tribs.	Newtown Creek or English Kills	S-24nw	SD	SD
55	LI 4-8-P 66	Ridgewood (Brooklyn) Reservoir	New York City distribution reservoir.	S-24nw	AA	AA
THE HARLEM RIVER
56	ER 1 portion and tribs. 1a, 1b	Harlem River, Little Hell Gate, Bronx Kill	Harlem River from junction with Lower East River (at line drawn by extending 101st Street in Manhattan to southwesterly tip of Wards Island) to Washington Bridge. Little Hell Gate from junction with Harlem River to junction with Lower East River (at line drawn from Stony Point to Sunken Meadow navigation bell on Wards Island). Bronx Kill from junction with Harlem River to junction with Little Hell Gate.	R-24sw	I	I
56.1	ER 1 portion	Harlem River	From Washington Bridge to junction with Hudson River at Spuyten Duyvil (at line extending easterly shores of Hudson River across Spuyten Duyvil Channel).	R-24sw R-24nw	I	I
57	ER 1-5 portion	Tibbetts Brook	From Van Cortlandt Lake to Bronx-Westchester county line.	R-24nw	B	B
58	ER 1-5 portion	Tibbetts Brook	From Bronx-Westchester county line to south boundary of Tibbetts Brook Park.	R-24nw	C	C
59	ER 1-5 portion	Tibbetts Brook	From south boundary of Tibbetts Brook Lake to source.	R-24nw R-24sw	B	B
60	ER 1-5-P 1042	Jerome Park Reservoir	New York City distribution reservoir.	R-24nw R-24sw	AA	AA
61	ER 1-5-P 1043	Van Cortlandt Lake	The outlet, formerly trib. 5, is sewered to Harlem River.	R-24nw	B	B
62	ER 1-5-P 1044a, P 1044b, P 1045a, P 1045b, P 1045c, P 1045d, P 1045e	Tribs. of Tibbetts Brook	Swan Lake (P 1045d). Cook Pond (P 1045e).	R-24nw R-24ne	B	B
MANHATTAN ISLAND WATERS
63	ER-1-P 1034, P 1035, P 1036	The Harlem Meer	Isolated ponds on Manhattan Island within Central Park.	R-24sw	B	B

[FN*] Segment of waters measured in miles upstream from mouth of Arthur Kill.

[FN*] Segment of waters measured upstream from mouth of East River.

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