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 19 - UPPER HUDSON RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN SERIES
Part 941 - UPPER HUDSON RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
Section 941.4 - Special conditions

(a) 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 assigned standards as the specifically designated waters to which they are directly tributary.

(b) 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 waters to which it is directly tributary.

(c) Notwithstanding the items indicated in table I and the aforementioned special conditions statements which, in some instances, may indicate assignment of classifications for waters contained within the boundaries of the State-owned forest preserve lands and, therefore, controlled under the provisions of the State Constitution and the Conservation Law, such waters are hereby excluded from classification to the extent that any part of such waters may be located within the boundaries of the State-owned forest preserve lands. All waters within 100 feet of the boundaries of the State-owned forest preserve lands are hereby assigned to Class A with standards of quality and purity for Class A.