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Part 856: Sparkill Creek Drainage Basin - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
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Part 856: Sparkill Creek Drainage Basin
856.1 Adopting Order
856.2 Definitions and Conditions
856.3 Assigned Classifications and Standards of Quality and Purity
856.4 Table I
856.5 Map 1
856.6 Map 2
856.7 [Repealed]
§856.1 Adopting Order
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 Sparkill Creek within Rockland County as hereinafter described.
§856.2 Definitions and Conditions
(2) This system was applied to the basin under consideration by the Conservation Department in its biological survey of the Sparkill Creek watershed 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 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 Sparkill Creek drainage basin may be illustrated as follows:
Identification of Waters in the Sparkill Creek Drainage Basin
H-13 portion as described including P24
The 13th tributary entering Hudson River in Rockland Co. from Ferdon Mill Pond dam to Valentine Avenue, Sparkill.
H-13-2 and trib.
Trib. of Sparkill Creek
The 2nd trib. entering Sparkill Creek approx. 1.7 miles above mouth, east of Sparkill.
H-13-2-1-P24a
Golf Club Pond
Located at the Rockland Country Club, the source of trib. 1 which flows into trib. 2.
(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.
(f) Map ref. no.as appearing in table I of this Part 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. The following map was produced from original maps which may be procured through the Washington Distribution Section, Geological Survey.
Nyack (partial)
(g) Class as appearing in table I of this Part, and denoted by the letters A, B, C, or D, opposite each specifically designated waters, shall mean class A, B, C, or D, as the case may be, as set forth in Part 701, supra.
(h) Standards as appearing in table I of this Part, and denoted by the letters A, B, C, or D, opposite each specifically designated waters shall mean the standards of quality and purity established for class 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, Salvelinusand Thymallus.
(l) The Sparkill Creek drainage basin shall be deemed to include the following areas: all land and water areas, the natural surface water drainage from which is directly or indirectly tributary to Sparkill Creek.
§856.3 Assigned Classifications and Standards of Quality and Purity
The classifications and standards of quality and purity which are hereby assigned to all surface waters within the Sparkill Creek drainage basin are as set forth in table I of this Part.
§856.4 Table I
Classifications and Standards of Quality and Purity Which Are Assigned to All Surface Waters Within the Sparkill Creek Drainage Basin, Rockland County, New York
H-13 portion as described
From mouth to dam forming Ferdon Mill Pond, P 24 tidal portion of stream.
H-13 portion as described including P 24
From dam forming Ferdon Mill Pond, P 24, to Valentine Avenue, Sparkill.
H-13 portion as described excluding portions in New Jersey
From Valentine Avenue, Sparkill,to trib. 6a.
From trib. 6a to P 26b.
H-13-P 26b
Located on Sparkill Creek approximately 2.2 miles above New York - New Jersey state line and east of hamlet of Orangeburg.
From P 26b to trib. 13.
H-13-1, 1a
Tribs. of Sparkill Creek
Enter Sparkill Creek at mouth and approximately 0.1 mile above mouth, respectively. Both tribs. have tidal effect.
Enters Sparkill Creek approximately 1.7 miles above mouth and east of hamlet of Sparkill.
H-13-2-1-P 24a
Located at Rockland Country Club. Source of H-13-2-1.
H-13-3
Enters Sparkill Creek approximately 2.5 miles above mouth.
H-13-4 portion within New York State
Enters Sparkill Creek approximately 3.0 miles above mouth.
H-13-5a
Enters Sparkill Creek approximately 0.1 mile above New York-New Jersey state line.
H-13-5b
Enters Sparkill Creek approximately 0.7 mile above New York-New Jersey state line.
H-13-6 portion as described
From mouth to P 26a. Enters Sparkill Creek approximately 1.35 miles above New York- New Jersey state line.
H-13-6-P 26a
St. Agnes Pond
Located on trib. 6 of Sparkill Creek.
From P 26a to source.
H-13-6a and tribs.
Enters Sparkill Creek approximately 1.6 miles above New York-New Jersey state line.
H-13-7 and trib., 8, 9
Tribs. 7 and 8 enter Sparkill Creek approximately 1.9 and 2.1 miles above New York - New Jersey state line, respectively; trib. 9 enters Sparkill Creek 0.1 mile above P 26b.
H-13-9a
Enters Sparkill Creek 0.3 mile above State Highway 303 west of fair grounds.
H-13-9b
Enters Sparkill Creek from west 0.1 mile above trib. 9a.
H-13-10 and trib.
Enters Sparkill Creek 0.5 mile above State Highway 303 west of fair grounds.
H-13-11
Enters Sparkill Creek 0.85 mile above State Highway 303 west of fair grounds.
Enters Sparkill Creek 1.35 miles above State Highway 303 west of fair grounds.
H-13-13 and trib.
Enters Sparkill Creek 1.65 miles above State Highway 303 west of fair grounds.
§856.5 Map 1
TABULAR OR GRAPHIC MATERIAL SET FORTH AT THIS POINT IS NOT
§856.6 Map 2
§856.7 [Repealed]