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 672-3 - CROTON SYSTEM RESERVOIRS › Section 672-3.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
In addition to the definitions set forth in section
						  672-1.2  of this Part,
						  the following words and terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this
						  Subpart, unless the context requires otherwise.
(a) The term agency shall mean the department
						of environmental protection of the city of New York.
(b) The term agency reservoir releases
						manager shall mean that person formally designated by the commissioner of the
						department of environmental protection of the city of New York to fulfill the
						responsibilities of the agency reservoir releases manager set forth in this
						Part.
(c) Amawalk reservoir shall
						mean the reservoir known as the Amawalk reservoir, located in the Town of
						Somers, Westchester County.
(d) Bog
						Brook shall mean that portion of a stream known as Bog Brook which runs from
						the Bog Brook reservoir to the East Branch Croton River.
(e) Bog Brook reservoir shall mean the
						reservoir known as the Bog Brook reservoir, located in the Town of Southeast,
						Putnam County.
(f) Boyds Corner
						reservoir shall mean the reservoir known as the Boyds Corner reservoir, located
						in the Town of Kent, Putnam County.
(g) Cross River shall mean that portion of a
						river known as the Cross River which runs from the Cross River reservoir to the
						Muscoot reservoir.
(h) Cross River
						reservoir shall mean the reservoir known as the Cross River reservoir, located
						in the Towns of Bedford, Pound Ridge and Lewisboro, Westchester
						County.
(i) Croton Falls reservoir
						shall mean the reservoir known as the Croton Falls reservoir, located in the
						Towns of Carmel and Southeast, Putnam County.
(j) Croton River shall mean that portion of a
						river known as the Croton River which runs from the New Croton reservoir to the
						Hudson River.
(k) Croton System
						reservoirs shall mean the following reservoirs: Bog Brook, Boyds Corner, Croton
						Falls, Middle Branch, West Branch, East Branch, Diverting, Amawalk, Cross
						River, Titicus, Muscoot and New Croton reservoirs.
(l) East Branch Croton River shall mean those
						portions of a river known as the East Branch Croton River which run from the
						East Branch reservoir to the Diverting reservoir and from the Diverting
						reservoir to the Muscoot reservoir.
(m) East Branch reservoir shall mean the
						reservoir known as the East Branch reservoir, located in the Town of Southeast,
						Putnam County.
(n) Middle Branch
						reservoir shall mean the reservoir known as the Middle Branch reservoir,
						located in the Town of Southeast, Putnam County.
(o) Muscoot reservoir shall mean the
						reservoir known as the Muscoot reservoir, located in the Towns of Somers,
						Bedford, Lewisboro and North Salem, Westchester County.
(p) Muscoot River shall mean that portion of
						a river known as the Muscoot River which runs from the Amawalk reservoir to the
						Muscoot reservoir.
(q) New Croton
						reservoir shall mean the reservoir known as the New Croton reservoir, located
						in the Towns of Cortlandt, Yorktown, Newcastle, Bedford and Somers, Westchester
						County.
(r) New Croton gaging
						station shall mean the United States Geological Survey (USGS) stream gaging
						station No. 0137500, located on the Croton River downstream from the New Croton
						reservoir, about 1.8 miles northeast of Croton-on-Hudson, New York, as
						identified in Water Resources Data for New York, Water Year 1978, U.S.
						Geological Survey water data report NY-78-1 (see Subpart 672-6 of this
						Part).
(s) Titicus reservoir shall
						mean the reservoir known as the Titicus reservoir, located in the Town of North
						Salem, Westchester County.
(t)
						Titicus River shall mean that portion of a river known as the Titicus River
						which runs from the Titicus reservoir to Muscoot reservoir.
(u) West Branch Croton River shall mean those
						portions of a river known as the West Branch Croton River which run from the
						Boyds Corner reservoir to the West Branch reservoir, from the West Branch
						reservoir to the Croton Falls reservoir, and from the Croton Falls reservoir to
						the Muscoot reservoir.
(v) West
						Branch reservoir shall mean the reservoir known as the West Branch reservoir,
						located in the Towns of Kent and Carmel, Putnam County.
(w) Total available water storage capacity
						shall mean that quantity of water in a reservoir which can be removed from the
						reservoir through the release and/or diversion works.
(x)
(1)
						Above normal stream flow condition shall mean a condition for any calendar
						month in which the actual sum of all water inflow into the Croton System
						reservoirs during the immediately preceding six-month period, as measured from
						the first day of said calendar month, is equal to or greater than the six-month
						inflow total indicated by curve A on that chart entitled "Preceding Stream Flow
						Condition Curves for Croton System Reservoirs" included as Appendix 10 of this
						Title.
(2) Normal stream flow
						condition shall mean a condtion for any calendar month in which the actual sum
						of all water inflow into the Croton System reservoirs during the immediately
						preceding six-month period, as measured from the first day of said calendar
						month, is between the six-month inflow totals indicated by curves A and B on
						that chart entitled "Preceding Stream Flow Condition Curves for Croton System
						Reservoirs" included as Appendix 10 of this Title.
(3) Below normal stream flow condition shall
						mean a condition for any calendar month in which the actual sum of all water
						inflow into the Croton System reservoirs during the immediately preceding
						six-month period, as measured from the first day of said calendar month, is
						equal to or less than the six-month inflow total indicated by curve B on that
						chart entitled "Preceding Stream Flow Condition Curve for Croton System
						Reservoirs" included as Appendix 10 of this Title.