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 2 - BLACK RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
Part 805 - BLACK RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
Section 805.2 - Definitions and conditions

Universal Citation: 6 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 805.2

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

The several terms, words or phrases herein after 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 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 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 Black River 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 the identification of waters in the Black River Drainage Basin may be illustrated as follows:

Waters index number Name Explanation
0 Lake Ontario Primary waters.
0-19 Black River The 19th tributary entering Lake Ontario numbering clockwise from the mouth at Tibbetts Point.
0-19-31 Deer River The 31st tributary entering Black River upstream from its mouth.
0-19-31-32 Edick or Parker Creek The 32nd tributary entering Deer River upstream from its mouth.
0-19-31-32-2 and tribs. Mulligan Creek The 2nd tributary entering Edick or Parker Creek upstream from its mouth.
0-19-31-32-P 403 Parker Pond The 403rd pond, lake or reservoir encountered in the biological survey area of the Black River watershed and specifically located in the drainage basin of Edick or Parker Creek.

(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 numbers 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 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 shall mean a brief indication as to the location of the specifically designated waters. Entries may include designations of 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 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. Name of quadrangle Published by Edition
1 Clayton U.S. Geological Survey 1903
2 Theresa U.S. Geological Survey 1903
3 Antwerp U.S. Geological Survey 1911
4 Cranberry Lake U.S. Geological Survey 1921
5 Tupper Lake U.S. Geological Survey 1907
6 Sackets Harbor U.S. Geological Survey 1895
7 Watertown U.S. Geological Survey 1909
8 Carthage U.S. Geological Survey 1904
9 Lowville U.S. Geological Survey 1913
10 Number Four U.S. Geological Survey 1915
11 Big Moose U.S. Geological Survey 1903
12 Raguette Lake U.S. Geological Survey 1903
13 Orwell U.S. Geological Survey 1905
14 Highmarket U.S. Geological Survey 1906
15 Port Leyden U.S. Geological Survey 1907
16 McKeever U.S. Geological Survey 1912
17 Old Forge U.S. Geological Survey 1901
18 W. Canada Lks. U.S. Geological Survey 1903
19 Boonville U.S. Geological Survey 1904
20 Remsen U.S. Geological Survey 1900
21 Wilmurt U.S. Geological Survey 1902

(g) Class as appearing in table I, and denoted by the letters AA, A, B, C or D opposite each specifically designated waters, shall mean class AA, A, B, C or D, 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, C or D opposite each specifically designated waters shall mean the standards of quality and purity established for class AA, A, B, C or D, as the case may be, as set forth in Part 701, supra. The symbol (T) appearing 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", "Salvelinus" and "Thymallus".

(j) 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.

(k) 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.

(l) The Black River Drainage Basin shall be deemed to include the following areas: All land and water area, the natural surface water drainage from which is directly or indirectly tributary to the Black River.

(m) 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 Environmental 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.

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