New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter X - DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES › Subchapter B - CLASSES AND STANDARDS OF QUALITY AND PURITY ASSIGNED TO FRESH SURFACE AND TIDAL SALT WATERS › Article 13 - NEW YORK CITY WATERS SERIES › Part 890 - NEW YORK CITY WATERS › Section 890.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The several terms, words or phrases hereinafter mentioned
						shall be construed as follows:
(a)
Item No.
In Table I an item number is assigned consecutively to
						each specifically designated waters or portion thereof.
(b)
Waters index number
as
					 appearing in Table I shall mean that number or abbreviation assigned to any
					 designated waters or portion thereof for the purpose of identification.
(1) The numbering or index system used to
					 identify specific waters of New York State was adapted from that used by the
					 New York State Conservation Department in its biological survey series of
					 reports on watersheds of the State. The primary waters of a drainage area, such
					 as a river, large lake, bay or sound is usually referred to by name or an
					 abbreviation. Tributaries of primary river waters are consecutively numbered
					 progressing upstream from the mouth. Tributaries of primary lake, bay or sound
					 waters are consecutively numbered in a clockwise order from a defined point,
					 usually the outlet of the primary waters. Subtributaries are numbered as
					 encountered along the tributary proceeding from its mouth to the source, and in
					 like manner all of its other stream courses are so numbered. Ponds and lakes
					 are numbered in the order they are encountered within the system. Tributaries
					 of such lakes and ponds are numbered consecutively as they enter, progressing
					 clockwise around the lake or pond from its outlet or mouth. The numbers
					 assigned to such lakes and ponds are prefixed by the letter P. 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 waters
					 under consideration by the New York State Conservation Department in its
Biological Survey of the Lower Hudson Watershed
and
Biological Survey of the Fresh Waters of Long Island
in 1936
					 and 1938, respectively, and has been closely followed in connection with the
					 numerical 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 1936 and 1938 surveys but not shown on later editions of maps
					 reproduced herein. Conversely, streams, lakes and ponds not shown on the older
					 maps but appearing on the newer maps are designated by suffix letters a, b, c,
					 etc.
(3) The system as applied to
					 the identification of the designated waters may be outlined as follows: There
					 are several primary indices used to identify the designated waters. Those
					 waters that drain Staten Island proper are identified by waters index numbers
					 prefixed by the abbreviation SI. Waters draining Long Island proper are
					 identified by waters index numbers prefixed by the abbreviation LI. Waters of
					 the East River are identified by waters index numbers prefixed by ER.
					 Accordingly, those waters within the designated basin that have not been
					 assigned waters index numbers, such as New York Bay, Raritan Bay, Arthur Kill,
					 Kill Van Kull and Atlantic Ocean, have been identified by name only.
(4) The following table will illustrate how
					 the designated waters may be identified through use of the waters index system:
Waters index
								  number
Name of waters
Explanation
None assigned
Atlantic Ocean New York Bay Raritan Bay Arthur Kill
								  Gowanus Bay Gravesend Bay Newark Bay Kill Van Kull
Primary waters identified by description and not
								  used to index tributaries.
SI 8-1-1
Springville Creek
Springville Creek is the first tributary of SI 8-1
								  (Main Creek) and Main Creek is the first tributary of SI 8 (Fresh Kills)
								  located on Staten Island.
LI 253
Coney Island Creek
The 253rd stream encountered on Long Island
								  proceeding in a clockwise direction around the island from Fort Hamilton.
ER
East River
Primary waters.
ER 1
Harlem River
The first tributary entering East River above the
								  mouth.
ER 1-5
Tibbetts Brook
The fifth tributary entering Harlem River above the
								  mouth.
ER 1-5-P 1043
Van Cortlandt Lake
The 1043rd pond or lake encountered in the
								  biological survey area of the Lower Hudson River watershed.
ER 1-5 (1.0)
Tibbetts Brook
A point on Tibbetts Brook one mile above the
								  mouth.
(5) There are instances where a parenthetical
					 decimal number appears following the waters index number. Such number appearing
					 within the parentheses indicates the distance in miles above the mouth to a
					 point on the identified watercourse.