APPENDIX L 

SUBJECT INDEX 

Acoustic shock, 4-105, 4-106 

Air Quality, 1-12, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 2-53, 3-1, 4-249, 4-250, 4-251, 4-254, 4-255, 4-258, 4-260, 4-263, 4-266, 4-267, 

 4-270, 4-287, 4-295, 4-296, 5-17 

Air quality control region, 4-296 

Allegheny woodrat, 4-131, 4-138 

Alternative fuel sources, 3-1 

Appalachian Trail, 3-24 

Aquifer protection district, 4-33, 4-36, 4-43, 4-46, 5-5 

Attainment, 4-250, 4-254, 4-255, 4-258, 4-261, 4-262, 4-266, 4-271, 4-272 5-17 

Bald eagle, 4-128, 4-129, 4-136, 5-10, 5-11, 5-13, 5-26 

Biological Assessment, 2-60, 3-18, 3-22, 4-125 

Biological Opinion, 4-125 

Bird’s Eye Primrose, 4-134, 4-143 

Black Dirt Plan, 1-2, 1-3, 2-32, 3-13, 4-2, 4-13 

Bog Turtle, 1-2, 3-18, 3-21, 3-61, 4-127, 4-135, 4-139, 4-140, 5-10, 5-12, 5-13, 5-26, 5-29 

Bridle shiner, 4-131 

Brook Floater, 4-138, 4-142 

Canandaigua Outlet, 2-47, 4-71, 4-78, 4-79, 4-80, 4-96, 4-97, 4-260, 5-7, 5-27, 5-28 

Catharine Creek, 5-7 

Chenango River, 2-13, 2-45, 4-54, 4-55, 4-58, 4-62, 4-63, 4-64, 4-68, 4-70, 4-71 

Circus cyaneus, 4-133, 4-142 

Clean Air Act, 4-250, 4-271 

Clean Water Act, 2-62, 4-42, 4-50, 4-69, 4-98, 4-144 

Clubshell, 4-126 

Clustered sedge, 4-131, 4-137 

Coastal Zone Management, 2-61 , 4-203, 5-15 

Coldwater fisheries, 2-40, 2-41, 3-25, 3-41, 4-67, 4-76, 4-85, 4-87, 4-92, 4-93, 4-96, 4-101, 4-106, 5-8 

Commercial, 2-20, 2-25, 2-36, 2-37, 2-49, 3-21, 3-26, 3-27, 3-29, 3-31, 3-33, 3-34, 3-36, 3-37, 3-40, 3-42, 5-3 

Con Edison, 1-6, 1-8, 1-18, 3-3, 3-54, 3-55 

Contaminated sediments, 4-51, 4-68, 4-80, 4-83 

Cultural resources, 1-2, 1-18, 2-60, 2-62, 2-63, 2-64, 2-65, 2-66, 2-67, , 3-18, 3-22, 3-24, 3-44, 3-57, 3-61, 3-69, 4- 

 77, 4-217, 4-223, 4-224, 4-225, 4-227, 5-16 

Dam and flume, 2-41, 2-45, 4-58, 4-60, 4-61, 4-64, 4-65, 4-66, 4-68, 4-73, 4-75, 4-77, 4-82, 5-6 

Dam and pump techniques, 2-41, 4-58, 4-60, 4-61, 4-77, 4-80, 4-82, 4-85, 4-97 

Decibel, 4-252 

Delaware River, 2-13, 2-14, 2-45, 2-62, 4-5, 4-54, 4-55, 4-58, 4-64, 4-65, 4-68, 4-69, 4-70, 4-71, 4-72, 4-75, 4-93, 4- 

 29, 4-130, 4-131, 5-7, 5-25 

Delaware River Basin Commission, 4-75 

Drinking water wells, 4-31, 4-33, 4-40, 4-43, 4-44, 4-45, 4-48, 5-23 

Dry ditch, 2-41, 3-21, 4-55, 4-73, 5-26 

Dwarf wedge mussel, 4-92, 4-110, 4-130, 5-10, 5-11 

Eastern hellbender, 4-131 

Eastern pearlshell, 4-131 

Ecotone, 4-95 

Emergent wetlands, 3-47, 3-50 
Endangered Species Act, 2-60, 2-62, 2-63, 2-64, 2-65, 2-66 

Edge habitat, 4-99, 4-100, 4-103, 4-105 

Emergent Wetlands, 4-99, 4-108 

Ensiform Rush, 4-143 

Entrainment, 4-105 

Equipment bridges, 2-41, 5-25, 5-25 

Exotic Species, 4-107, 5-14 

Fisheries, 2-16, 2-40, 3-12, 3-44, 3-69, 4-85, 4-86, 4-92, 4-96, 4-101, 4-104, 4-105, 4-125, 5-8, 5-9 

Forest interior, 4-96, 4-101, 4-107 

Forested Westlands, 3-6, 3-14, 3-16, 3-48, 4-99, 5-4, 5-14, 5-27, 5-29 

Freshwater Wetlands, 2-65, 2-66, 4-145, 4-146, 4-151, 4-153, 4-154, 4-156, 4-157, 4-160, 4-161, 5-14 

Ganargua Creek, 4-71, 4-77, 4-78, 5-7, 5-26 

Glen Creek, 4-72, 4-77, 4-80, 4-81, 4-96, 4-97, 5-7, 5-27 

Green floater, 4-131 

Groundwater resources, 4-30, 4-31, 4-36, 4-39, 4-41, 4-47, 4-48, 4-49, 4-50, 4-279, 5-6 

Harriman State Park, 1-7, 2-62, 2-63, 3-5, 3-19, 3-21, 3-22, 3-23, 3-24, 3-55, 4-2, 4-95, 4-96, 4-115, 4-120, 4-124, 

 4-77, 4-179, 4-180, 4-181, 4-182, 4-200, 4-201, 4-203, 4-206, 4-227, 4-229, 4-230, 5-9, 5-15, 5-30 

High Meadow Road, 1-18, 2-23, 2-51, 2-52, 2-54, 3-62, 3-63, 3-65, 3-67, 3-68, 3-69, 3-70, 4-7, 4-8, 4-44, 4-48, 

 4-10, 4-196, 4-203, 4-206, 4-207, 4-208, 4-209, 4-210, 4-213, 4-214, 4-215, 4-267, 4-280, 5-3, 5-16, 5-30 

Historic Structures, 4-232, 4-234, 4-236 

Horizontal Directional Drill, 2-41 

Hudson River, 1-4, 2-4, 2-12, 2-19, 2-61, 2-65, 3-5, 3-54, 4-5, 4-8, 4-23, 4-43, 4-44, 4-47, 4-72, 4-73, 4-84, 4-88, 

 4-02, 4-103, 4-112, 4-121, 4-134, 4-136, 4-137, 4-138, 4-140, 4-142, 4-156, 4-159, 4-195, 4-203, 4-204, 5-3, 

 5-4, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 5-15 

Hydrostatic Test Water Discharge Permit, 2-62, 2-63, 2-64, 2-65, 2-66, 2-67, 4-89, 4-90 

Hydrostatic Testing, 2-37, 2-55, 4-30, 4-50, 4-51, 4-53, 4-68, 4-69, 4-81, 4-87, 4-88, 4-91, 4-98, 4-105, 4-106, 

 4-78, 4-282 

Hyssop-skullcap, 4-137 

Indiana bat, 1-12, 2-13, 3-18, 3-22, 4-126, 4-132, 4-134, 4-139, 4-140, 5-10, 5-11, 5-26, 5-29 

Kakiat Park, 1-7, 3-5, 3-24, 3-55, 4-96, 4-115, 4-124, 4-138, 4-175, 4-180, 4-181, 4-200, 4-201, 4-202, 4-203, 4-206, 

 4-15, 5-30 

Keuka Outlet, 2-47, 4-71, 4-76, 4-80, 4-96, 4-97, 4-190, 4-192, 4-193 

Keyspan, 1-7, 3-2, 3-3, 3-54, 3-55 

Land use, 1-9, 2-66, 2-67, 3-3, 3-8, 3-10, 3-16, 3-20, 3-33, 3-36, 3-39, 3-41, 3-42, 3-44, 3-45, 3-47, 3-48, 3-50, 3-55, 

 4-69, 4-104, 4-124, 4-165, 4-177, 4-178, 4-181, 4-182, 4-183, 4-185, 4-187, 4-190, 4-194, 4-196, 4-197, 

 4-98, 4-203, 4-208, 4-209, 4-215, 4-294, 4-295, 4-296, 5-2, 5-19, 5-29 

Least Bittern, 4-138, 4-142 

Leedy’s roseroot, 1-13, 4-133, 4-140, 5-10, 5-13 

Mahwah River, 2-48, 2-49, 4-41, 4-57, 4-68, 4-71, 4-72, 4-74, 4-83, 4-84, 4-85, 4-86, 4-87, 4-101, 4-102, 4-138, 

 4-142, 4-156, 5-8, 5-28 

Major route alternatives, 5-1, 5-3 

Michaux’s Blue-eyed Grass, 4-143 

Mongaup River, 2-13, 2-14, 4-55, 4-129, 5-11, 5-13 

Nanticoke Creek, 2-4, 2-13, 2-45, 4-58, 4-61, 4-62, 4-71, 4-93, 5-6, 5-25 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards, 4-250 

Navigable waterbody, 4-1, 4-12, 4-92, 4-93, 4-110, 4-129, 4-130, 4-140, 4-165, 4-237, 5-2, 5-8, 5-11 

Neversink River, 2-1, 2-2, 2-13, 3-12 

New York - New Jersey Highlands, 4-103, 4-204, 5-10 

No action, 3-1, 5-1 

Nodding wild onion, 4-131 

Noise sensitive area, 4-254 
Noise, 1-12, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15, 2-19, 2-20, 3-52, 3-53, 3-61, 4-101, 4-172, 4-198, 4-199, 4-252, 4-254, 4-255, 4-256, 

 4-258, 4-259, 4-260, 4-261, 4-263, 4-264, 4-265, 4-266, 4-267, 4-268, 4-269, 4-270, 4-287,5-17, 5-18, 5-26, 

 5-28, 5-30, 5-31 

Northern harrier, 4-108, 4-133 

Northern riffleshell, 4-126 

Northern wild monkshood, 4-126 

Owego Creek, 2-4, 2-13, 2-45, 4-58, 4-60, 4-61, 4-71, 4-93, 5-6, 5-24 

Ozone, 4-250, 4-251, 4-271, 4-272 

Palisades Interstate Parks Commission, 3-17 

Parks, 1-2, 1-3, 1-8, 2-62, 2-65, 3-17, 4-96, 4-115, 4-175, 4-180, 4-193, 4-200, 4-202, 4-203, 4-206, 4-251, 5-30 

Perennial streams, 4-76, 4-96, 4-97, 5-8 

Pied-billed grebe, 4-131, 4-138 

Pochuck Creek, 2-4, 2-13, 2-45, 4-54, 4-55, 4-58, 4-66, 4-67, 4-71, 4-75, 4-93 

Postponed action, 3-1, 5-1 

Primary aquifer, 4-32 

Primary recharge zone, 4-41, 4-45, 5-5 

Priority Waterbodies, 4-68 

Private water supplies, 1-11, 3-57, 3-60, 4-31, 4-33, 4-36, 4-39, 4-43, 4-44, 4-48, 5-5 

Protection of Waters program, 4-54 

Public interest areas, 3-3, 4-173, 4-179, 4-200, 4-210 

Ramapo River, 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-13, 1-14, 1-18, 2-2, 3-14, 3-19, 3-20, 3-21, 3-22, 3-23, 

 3-24, 4-2, 4-33, 4-36, 4-41, 4-57, 4-58, 4-68, 4-71, 4-93, 4-114, 4-115, 4-126, 4-150, 4-165, 4-170, 4-177, 4- 

 179, 4-180, 4-225, 4-229, 5-2, 5-8, 5-15, 5-24 

Recreation, 1-8, 2-62, 2-65, 4-173, 4-174, 4-175, 4-179, 4-190, 4-192, 4-200, 4-202, 4-210, 4-221, 4-227,5-15 

Reflexed sedge, 4-131 

Residential, 1-12, 1-14, 1-15, 2-6, 2-35, 2-36, 2-43, 2-67, 3-3, 3-5, 3-7, 3-11, 3-13, 3-14, 3-17, 3-19, 3-20, 3-21, 

 3-23, 3-25, 3-27, 3-29, 3-39, 3-40, 3-41, 3-44, 3-45, 3-52, 3-59, 3-62, 3-63, 3-65, 3-67, 4-167, 4-168, 4-170, 

4-171, 4-178, 4-183, 4-187, 4-188, 4-195, 4-198, 4-204, 4-208, 4-242, 4-245, 4-249, 4-261, 4-262, 5-2, 5-15, 

5-28 

Rio Reservoir, 2-14 

Rockland County Health Department, 4-43, 4-44, 4-47 

Route variations, 1-2, 1-4, 1-9, 1-10, 2-1, 2-2, 2-6, 2-45, 3-1, 3-6, 3-24, 3-51, 3-55, 4-57, 4-93, 4-94, 4-111, 4-152, 

 4-165, 4-176, 4-218, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 5-19 

Samuel Fisher Mount Ivy Educational County Park, 4-95, 4-96, 4-175 

Scrub-shrub wetlands, 3-47, 3-50 

Sedimentation, 1-14, 2-32, 2-62, 2-64, 4-8, 4-43, 4-50, 4-51, 4-67, 4-68, 4-75, 4-78, 4-82, 4-93, 4-102, 4-105, 4-106, 

 4-109, 4-130, 4-131, 4-294, 4-295,5-5, 5-9 

Seneca Lake, 2-59 , 3-48, 4-96 

Sensitive waterbodies, 2-31, 4-68, 4-80, 5-7, 5-8 

Shequaga Creek, 4-76, 4-79, 4-80, 4-81, 4-96, 4-97, 5-7, 5-27 

Short-eared Owl, 4-133, 4-142 

Shortnose Sturgeon, 4-134, 4-140 

Showy aster, 4-137 

Shrub wetland, 4-98, 4-99 

Side Oats Grama, 4-139, 4-143 

Slender Pinweed, 4-143 

Small-flowered Crowfoot, 4-144 

Soaring Eagle/Mark Twain State Park, 4-173, 5-15 

Sole source aquifers, 5-5 

SPCC Plan, 2-39, 2-49, 4-36, 4-37, 4-39, 4-40, 4-41, 4-45, 4-46, 4-47, 4-49, 4-50, 4-51, 4-73, 4-75, 4-76, 4-82, 4-83, 

 4-85, 4-87, 4-91, 4-106, 4-153, 4-159, 4-161, -5, 5-6, 5-9 
State Implementation Plan, 4-250 

Sterling Forest, 1-2, 1-4, 1-7, 1-12, , 2-2, 2-62, 2-63, 3-5, 3-24, 4-2, 4-95, 4-96, 4-114, 4-115, 4-126, 4-150, 4-165, 

 4-170, 4-174, 4-178, 4-179, 4-180, 4-182, 4-29, 5-2, 5-15, 5-24 

Supa, 4-37, 4-38, 5-24 

Susquehanna River, 2-4, 2-13, 2-45, 4-32, 4-54, 4-55, 4-58, 4-63, 4-71, 4-93, 4-292 

Swamp River, 4-90, 4-104 

System Alternatives, 3-3, 3-4, 3-43, 3-54, 3-62, 5-1 

The Nature Conservancy, 2-13, 3-12 

Tiger Beetle, 4-131 

Timber Rattlesnake, 1-12, 4-103, 4-131, 4-132, 4-133, 4-137, 4-140, 5-13 

Timing restrictions, 2-16, 2-57, 4-53, 4-57, 4-80, 4-94, 4-106, 4-126, 4-127, 4-176, 5-8 

Torne Brook, 4-68 

Towantic Energy, 3-60, 3-61 

Townsend Creek, 4-77, 4-80, 4-81, 5-7, 5-27 

Trench dewatering, 2-41, 2-56, 4-18, 4-37, 4-41, 4-45, 4-50, 4-77 

Trout Unlimited, 2-45, 4-58, 5-7, 5-8 

Turbidity, 4-31, 4-50, 4-51, 4-75, 4-93, 4-97, 4-105, 4-130, 4-131, 4-162, 5-9 

Unanticipated Discovery Plan, 4-232 

Upland Hardwood Forest, 4-98, 4-108 

Upland Meadow, 4-98, 4-108 

Upland sandpiper, 4-131 

Upland shrub, 4-98, 4-118 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1-8, , 2-62, 2-63, 2-64, 2-65, 2-66 

Upper Delaware National Scenic and Recreational Area, 2-62 

Vale Road Site, 4-209, 3-68, 3-69, 3-70 

Visual, 2-48, 3-14, 3-15, 3-19, 3-52, 3-53, 4-176, 4-180, 4-182, 4-193, 4-194, 4-206, 4-207, 4-210, 4-214, 4-215, 

 4-217, 4-232, 4-237, 5-16 

Wallkill River, 2-4, 2-13, 2-45, 4-5, 4-58, 4-65, 4-66, 4-67, 4-71, 4-93 

Warmwater fisheries, 3-12, 4-52, 4-67, 4-76, 4-92, 4-96, 4-102, 4-106, 5-9 

Warwick Isle, 2-2, 2-6, 2-9, 3-7, 3-9, 3-13, 4-1, 4-2, 4-12, 4-13, 4-32, 4-33, 4-35, 4-57, 4-92, 4-93, 4-94, 4-110, 

 4-111, 4-14, 4-145, 4-146, 4-152, 4-165, 4-170, 4-171, 4-176, 4-217, 4-218, 4-228, 4-237 

Waterbody Crossing Techniques, 4-55, 4-73 

Watkins Glen International Raceway, 3-48 

Watkins Glen State Park, 3-48, 4-80 

Wellhead protection areas, 4-39, 4-44, 4-48, 5-6 

Whisconier Middle School, 1-14, 1-15, 3-56, 3-64, 3-69, 4-203, 4-210, 4-215, 4-267, 4-268, 4-287, 4-288 

Wildlife, 1-8, 1-12, 1-16, 3-4, 3-65, 3-67, 3-69, 4-24, 4-92, 4-94, 4-95, 4-96, 4-98, 4-99, 4-100, 4-101, 4-103, 4-104, 

 4-105, 4-107, 4-109, 4-159, 4-163, 4-193, 4-96, 4-204, 5-9, 5-10, 5-29 

Willdenow’s sedge, 4-131, 4-137 

Wood Turtle, 4-137, 4-142 

Yellow Lampmussel, 4-131