New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter X - DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES › Subchapter A - GENERAL › Article 1 - MISCELLANEOUS RULES › Part 672 - RESERVOIR RELEASES REGULATIONS: OTHER › Subpart 672-1 - Reservoir Releases Regulations-General › Section 672-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
As used in this Part, the following words and terms
						  shall have the meaning ascribed to them, unless the context requires
						  otherwise:
(a) Agency shall mean any
						municipality, government agency, corporation or any other entity that operates
						a reservoir regulated by this Part. With respect to each of the remaining
						Subparts of this Part, said term also shall have the specific meaning set forth
						therein.
(b) Agency reservoir
						releases manager shall mean the person designated by the chief executive of the
						agency to fulfill the responsibilities of the agency reservoir releases manager
						set forth in this Part, which designation shall be on file in the office of the
						department reservoir releases manager. Each agency reservoir releases manager
						shall have major responsibilities for operation and maintenance of the agency's
						reservoir or reservoirs regulated by this Part. With respect to each of the
						remaining Subparts of this Part, said term also shall have the specific meaning
						provided therein.
(c) Cfs shall
						mean cubic feet per second.
(d)
						Commissioner shall mean the commissioner of the Department of Environmental
						Conservation.
(e) Department shall
						mean the Department of Environmental Conservation.
(f) Department reservoir releases manager
						shall mean an employee of the department formally designated by the
						commissioner to fulfill the responsibilities of the department reservoir
						releases manager set forth in this Part, which designation shall be on file in
						the office of each agency reservoir releases manager. The department reservoir
						releases manager shall be qualified through training and experience to
						understand hydrologic and engineering aspects and environmental consequences of
						reservoir operations.
(g) Diversion
						shall mean the withdrawal of water from a reservoir into a tunnel, man-made
						channel or other conduit used to transmit water from the reservoir to any place
						other than a river or stream downstream of such reservoir.
(h) Mgd shall mean million gallons per
						day.
(i) Release shall mean the
						discharge of water through the outlet works of a dam containing a reservoir or
						reservoirs to the river, stream or reservoir downstream of such dam. Release
						shall also mean the discharge of water from a reservoir through the power
						generating facilities of a hydroelectric generating plant where such water will
						be returned to the affected river or stream downstream of the dam containing
						the subject reservoir. Release shall not include any water which spills from a
						reservoir or any diversion.
(j)
						Spill or spilling shall mean the flow of water over the spillway of a dam which
						contains a reservoir or reservoirs.