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 17 - SUSQUEHANNA RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN SERIES
Part 931 - SUSQUEHANNA RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
Section 931.2 - Definitions and conditions

Universal Citation: 6 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs § 931.2

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 portion 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 identify specific waters of New York State was adopted 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 water 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 Susquehanna watershed 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 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 this identification of waters in the Susquehanna River drainage basin may be illustrated as follows:

*Waters index number*	*Name of waters*	*Explanation*
SR	Susquehanna River	Primary waters
SR-139	Trib. of Susquehanna River	The 139th tributary entering the Susquehanna River numbered upstream from the New York-Pennsylvania state line.
SR-139-9	Subtrib. of Susquehanna River	The 9th tributary numbered upstream from the mouth of the 139th tributary of the Susquehanna River.
SR-139-9-P 182	Unnamed pond	The 182nd pond, lake or reservoir encountered in the biological survey area of the Susquehanna River watershed system.

(c) Name as appearing in table I shall mean the name by which the specifically designated waters are generally known and which name 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.

(d) Description as appearing in table I contains designations of sections of waters 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.

(e) Map ref. no. as appearing in table I designates the following maps which have been reproduced in whole or in part in section 931.6, infra. The streams have been outlined in black and the waters index numbers indicated on these maps. N-14 (Towanda, Penn.-NY) has not been reproduced because of the very small mileage of streams involved on this map. Small portions of L-12 (Watkins) are reproduced on L-13 (Ithaca).

*Map Ref. no.*	*Name of quadrangle*	*Edition*
J-15b	Jamesville, NY	1943
J-15c	Otisco Valley, NY	1943
J-15d	Tully, NY	1944
J-16a	Oran, NY	1943
J-16b	Cazenovia, NY	1944
J-16c	DeRuyter, NY	1944
J-16d	Erieville, NY	1944
J-17a	Morrisville, NY	1944
J-17b	Munnsville, NY	1944
J-17c	West Eaton, NY	1944
J-17d	Hamilton, NY	1944
J-18a	Oriskany Falls, NY	1944
J-18b	Cassville, NY	1945
J-18c	Hubbardsville, NY	1944
J-18d	Brookfield, NY	1945
J-19a	West Winfield, NY	1945
J-19b	Millers Mills, NY	1945
J-19c	Unadilla Forks, NY	1945
J-19d	Schuyler Lake, NY	1945
J-20a	Jordanville, NY	1945
J-20b	Van Hornesville, NY	1945
J-20c	Richfield Springs, NY	1945
J-20d	East Springfield, NY	1945
J-21c	Sprout Brook, NY	1945
K-14b	Sempronius, NY	1943
K-14d	Groton, NY	1943
K-15a	Homer, NY	1944
K-15b	Truxton, NY	1944
K.15c	Cortland, NY	1944
K-15d	McGraw, NY	1944
K-16a	Cuyler, NY	1944
K-16b	South Otselic, NY	1944
K-16c	Cincinnatus, NY	1944
K-16d	Pitcher, NY	1944
K-17a	Otselic, NY	1944
K-17b	Earlville, NY	1944
K-17c	East Pharsalia, NY	1944
K-17d	Norwich, NY	1944
K-18a	Sherburne, NY	1945
K-18b	New Berlin North, NY	1945
K-18c	Holmesville, NY	1945
K-18d	New Berlin South, NY	1945
K-19a	Edmeston, NY	1945
K-19b	Hartwick, NY	1945
K-19c	Morris, NY	1945
K-19d	Mt. Vision, NY	1945
K-20a	Cooperstown, NY	1945
K-20b	Westford, NY	1945
K-20c	Milford, NY	1945
K-20d	Schenevus, NY	1945
K-21a	South Valley, NY	1945
K-21c	Charlotteville, NY	1945
K-21d	Summit, NY	1945
L-13	Ithaca, NY	1895 (Reprinted 1946)
L-14	Dryden, NY	1900 (Reprinted 1947)
L-15	Harford, NY	1903 (Reprinted 1945)
L-16	Greene, NY	1904 (Reprinted 1947)
L-17	Oxford, NY	1904 (Reprinted 1943)
L-18a	Guilford, NY	1945
L-18b	Gilbertsville, NY	1945
L-18c	Sidney, NY	1945
L-18d	Unadilla, NY	1945
L-19a	Otego, NY	1945
L-19b	Oneonta, NY	1945
L-19c	Franklin, NY	1945
L-19d	Treadwell, NY	1945
L-20a	West Davenport, NY	1945
L-20b	Davenport, NY	1945
L-20c	Delhi, NY	1943
L-21a	Harpersfield, NY	1946
L-21b	Stamford, NY	1946
M-13	Waverly, NY	1902 (Reprinted 1951)
M-14	Owego, NY	1903 (Reprinted 1944)
M-15	Apalachin, NY	1904 (Reprinted 1923)
M-16a	Castle Creek, NY	1942
M-16b	Chenango Forks, NY	1942
M-16c	Binghamton West, NY	1942
M-16d	Binghamton East, NY	1942
M-17	Nineveh, NY	1905 (Reprinted 1944)
M-18	Deposit, NY	1926 (Reprinted 1944)

Note:

These maps are published by the United States Geological Survey and may be obtained from the Geological Survey, Washington 25, D.C.

(f) 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,

(g) Standards as appearing in table I, and denoted by the letters AA, A, B, or C opposite each specifically designated waters, shall mean the standards of quality and purity established for class AA, A, B, or C, as the case may be, as set forth in Part 701, supra. The symbol (T) 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 standard designation shall mean that the designated waters are suitable for trout spawning and that the dissolved oxygen specification for the trout spawning waters shall apply thereto. The term trout as used in this Part shall mean any fish in the following genera: "Coregonus", "Oncorhynchus", "Prosopium", "Salmo", "Salvelinus", and "Thymallus".

(h) 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 tributaries 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, unless exceptions are expressly stated.

(i) all streams or other bodies of water which appear as lines to indicate natural waters on the reference maps herein, and which are not specifically designated in table I, shall be assigned the same classes and standards of quality and purity as the specifically designated waters to which they are directly tributary.

(j) All streams or other bodies of water which are not shown on the reference maps herein, shall be assigned to class D, as set forth in Part 701, supra. except that any continuous flowing natural stream which is not shown on the reference maps shall have the same classification and assigned standards as the waters to which it is directly tributary.

(k) The Susquehanna River drainage basin shall be deemed to include all the land and surface water areas tributary directly or indirectly to the Susquehanna River within the State of New York.

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