N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 6 § 847.3

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

Section 847.3 - Definitions and conditions

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 adopted from that used by the New York State Conservation Department in its biological survey series of reports on the watersheds of the State. The primary waters of a drainage basin such as rivers or large lakes are usually referred to by name or 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 or 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 Lake Ontario watershed in 1939 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 the older maps employed by the Conservation Department at the time of its 1939 survey, but not shown on newer maps reproduced herein. Conversely, a few streams and ponds 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 Lake Ontario drainage basin may be illustrated as follows:

Waters index number	Name of waters	Explanation
Ont.	Lake Ontario	Primary waters.
Ont. 99	Fourmile Creek	The 99th tributary entering Lake Ontario numbering clockwise from the mouth at Tibbetts Point.
Ont. 107	Shipbuilders Creek	The 107th tributary entering Lake Ontario numbering clockwise from the mouth at Tibbetts Point.
Ont. 107-P 112a	Unnamed Pond	Indicates that this body of water is within or adjacent to Shipbuilders Creek sub-basin and follows the 112th pond encountered in the waters index system.

(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.

Map ref. No.	Name of quadrangle	Published by	Edition
C-16se	Redwood	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1942
D-14ne	Cape Vincent North	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1942
D-14se	Cape Vincent South	U.S. Geological Survey	1942
D-15nw	Sawmill Bay	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1942
D-15ne	Clayton	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
D-15sw	Chaumont	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1942
D-15se	Dexter	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
D-16nw	Lafargeville	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
D-16ne	Theresa	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1948
D-16sw	Brownville	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
D-16se	Black River	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1942
E-14nw	Galloo Island	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1942
E-14ne	Point Peninsula	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1942
E-14se	Stony Point	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1942
E-15nw	Henderson Bay	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1942
E-15ne	Sackets Harbor	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
E-15sw	Henderson	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
E-15se	Adams	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
E-16nw	Watertown	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
E-16ne	South Rutland	U.S. Geological Survey	1943
E-16sw	Rodman	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
E-16se	Barnes Corners	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
E-17nw	Copenhagen	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
F-17sw	New Boston	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
F-14sw	West of Texas	U.S. Geological Survey	1955
F-14se	Texas	U.S. Geological Survey	1955
F-15nw	Ellisburg	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
F-15ne	Sandy Creek	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
F-15sw	Pulaski	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
F-15se	Richland	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
F-16nw	Boylston	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
F-16ne	Worth Center	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
F-16sw	Orwell	Corpsof Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
F-16se	Redfield	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
F-17nw	Sears Pond	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
F-17sw	North Osceola	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
F-17se	Highmarket	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1944
G-3se	Fort Niagara	U.S. Geological Survey	1948
G-4sw	Sixmile Creek	U.S. Geological Survey	1948
G-4se	Wilson	U.S. Geological Survey	1948
G-5sw	Newfane	U.S. Geological Survey	1950
G-5se	Barker	U.S. Geological Survey	1949
G-6sw	Lyndonville	U.S. Geological Survey	1951
G-6se	Ashwood	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
G-7sw	Kent	U.S. Geological Survey	1951
G-7se	Kendall	U.S. Geological Survey	1951
G-8sw	Hamlin	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
G-8se	Hilton	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
G-9sw	Braddock Heights	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
G-10sw	Ninemile Point	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
G-10se	Furnaceville	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
G-11sw	Pultneyville	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
G-11se	Salmon Creek	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
G-12sw	Sodus Point	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
G-12se	North Wolcott	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
G-13nw	West Ninemile Point	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-13ne	Oswego West	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-13sw	Fair Haven	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-13se	Hanibal	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-13nw	Oswego East	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-14ne	New Haven	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-14sw	Fulton	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-14se	Pennellville	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-15nw	Mexico	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-15ne	Dugway	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-15sw	Central Square	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-15se	Mallory	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-16nw	Williamstown	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-16ne	Westdale	U.S. Geological Survey	1946
G-16sw	Panther Lake	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-17nw	East Florence	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
G-17ne	Point Rock	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
H-5nw	Lockport	U.S. Geological Survey	1948
H-5ne	Gasport	U.S. Geological Survey	1950
H-6nw	Medina	U.S. Geological Survey	1951
H-6ne	Knowlesville	U.S. Geological Survey	1950
H-6sw	Akron	U.S. Geological Survey	1951
H-6se	Oakfield	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
H-7nw	Albion	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
H-7ne	Holley	U.S. Geological Survey	1950
H-7sw	Batavia North	U.S. Geological Survey	1951
H-7se	Byron	U.S. Geological Survey	1950
H-8nw	Brockport	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
H-8ne	Spencerport	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
H-9nw	Rochester West	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
H-9ne	Rochester East	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
H-10nw	Webster	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
H-10ne	Ontario	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
H-11nw	Williamson	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
H-11ne	Sodus	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
H-11sw	Palmyra	U.S. Geological Survey	1952
H-12nw	Rose	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
H-12ne	Wolcott	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
H-12sw	Lyons	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
H-12se	Savannah	U.S. Geological Survey	1953
H-13nw	Red Creek	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
H-13ne	Cato	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
H-13sw	Montezuma	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
H-13se	Weedsport	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943
H-14nw	Lysander	Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army	1943

(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.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 § 847.3