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 9 - LAKE ONTARIO DRAINAGE BASIN SERIES
Part 847 - LAKE ONTARIO DRAINAGE BASIN
Section 847.3 - Definitions and conditions

(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.

(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, 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 water designated 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 designated by such waters index number 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 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.

(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 segments or 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.

(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 in section 847.9, infra, on which maps the specifically designated waters and their index numbers are shown within the topographical limit line of the described drainage basin.

(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) 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 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 than 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 Lake Ontario drainage basin shall be deemed to include the following: Lake Ontario proper within New York State; all other land and surface water areas tributary to Lake Ontario within New York State, except the drainage basins of the Black River, Oswego River, Mill Creek, Irondequoit Bay, Genesee River, Eighteenmile Creek, the area between Eighteenmile Creek and the Niagara River, and the Niagara River; that portion of the Barge Canal in the Lake Ontario drainage basin as heretofore defined.