N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 6 § 811.3

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 53, December 31, 2024

Section 811.3 - Definitions

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 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 Chemung River watershed in 1937 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 1937 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 Chemung River drainage basin may be illustrated as follows:

Waters index number	Name	Explanation
Pa 3	Chemung River	Primary waters. The 3rd interstate tributary of the Susquehanna River.
Pa 3-57	Tioga River	The 57th tributary of the Chemung River numbered consecutively upstream from the point at which it crosses the New York -Pennsylvania state line.
Pa 3-57-5	Canisteo River	The 5th tributary of the Tioga River numbered consecutively from its mouth.
Pa 3-57-5-5	Goodhue Creek	The 5th tributary of the Canisteo River numbered consecutively from its mouth.
Pa 3-57-5-5-P 27	Goodhue Lake	The 27th pond, lake or reservoir encountered in the survey area of the Chemung River watershed. It is located on Goodhue Creek near its headwaters.
Pa 3-58	Cohocton River	The 58th tributary of the Chemung River numbered consecutively from its mouth.

(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 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, 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.

(1) The following maps were produced from original maps which may be procured through the Washington Distribution Section, Geological Survey or Map Information Unit, New York State Department of Transportation.

Map. Ref. No.	Quadrangle name	Published by	Edition
K-9ne	Springwater	Corps. of Engrs., U.S. Army	1942
K-9se	Wayland	Corps. of Engrs., U.S. Army	1943
K-10nw	Bristol Springs	Corps. of Engrs., U.S. Army	1942
K-10sw	Naples	Corps. of Engrs., U.S. Army	1942
K-10ne	Middlesex	Corps. of Engrs., U.S. Army	1942
K-10se	Prattsburg	Corps. of Engrs., U.S. Army	1942
K-11nw	Potter	Corps. of Engrs., U.S. Army	1942
K-11sw	Pulteney	Corps. of Engrs., U.S. Army	1942
K-11se	Keuka Lake	Corps. of Engrs., U.S. Army	1942
L-8	Canaseraga	Corps. of Engrs., U.S. Army	1942
L-9	Hornell	U.S. Geological Survey	1915
L-9se	Canisteo	U.S. Geological Survey	1954
L-10nw	Avoca	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
L-10sw	Towlesville	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
L-10ne	Rheims	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
L-10se	Bath	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
L-11nw	Hammondsport	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
L-11sw	Savona	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
L-11ne	Wayne	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
L-11se	Bradford	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
L-12nw	Reading Center	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
L-12sw	Beaver Dams	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
M-8	Wellsville	Corps. of Engrs., U.S. Army	1942
M-9	Greenwood	U.S. Geological Survey	1924
M-9ne	South Canisteo	U.S. Geological Survey	1954
M-9se	Troupsburg	U.S. Geological Survey	1954
M-10nw	Cameron	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
M-10sw	Woodhull	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
M-10ne	Rathbone	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
M-10se	Borden	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
M-11nw	Campbell	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
M-11sw	Addison	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
M-11ne	Corning	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
M-11se	Caton	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
M-12nw	Big Flats	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
M-12sw	Seeley Creek	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
M-12ne	Horseheads	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
M-12se	Elmira	NYS Dept. of Transportation	1978
M-13nw	Erin	U.S. Geological Survey	1954
M-13sw	Wellsburg	U.S. Geological Survey	1954
M-13ne	Van Etten	U.S. Geological Survey	1954
M-13se	Waverly	U.S. Geological Survey	1954

(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".

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 § 811.3