Pursuant to article 17 of the Environmental Conservation Law, after proper study and following public hearings held on due notice, the Department of Environmental Conservation hereby adopts and assigns the following classifications and standards of quality and purity to all surface waters within the designated drainage basin of Oswego River and Lower Seneca River within Cayuga, Onondaga and Oswego Counties, as hereinafter described.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 § 897.1