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 670 - Reservoir Releases Regulations: Schoharie Reservoir-shandaken Tunnel-esopus Creek › Section 670.2 - 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) Ashokan reservoir shall
					 mean the reservoir known as the Ashokan reservoir, located in the Towns of
					 Olive, Marbletown and Hurley, Ulster County.
(b) City shall mean the City of New
					 York.
(c) City reservoir releases
					 manager shall mean an employee of the city formally designated by the mayor of
					 the city to fulfill the responsibilities of the city reservoir releases manager
					 set forth in this Part, which designation shall be on file in the office of the
					 department reservoir releases manager. In lieu of such designation, the city
					 reservoir releases manager shall be the administrator of the city environmental
					 protection administration.
(d)
					 Close the Shandaken tunnel shall mean the action of closing a gate or gates
					 located at the Schoharie reservoir to stop or decrease the flow of water from
					 the reservoir into the Shandaken tunnel.
(e) Commissioner shall mean the Commissioner
					 of Environmental Conservation.
(f)
					 Department shall mean the Department of Environmental Conservation.
(g) Department reservoir releases manager
					 shall mean the commissioner or 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 the city reservoir releases
					 manager.
(h) Diversion shall mean
					 the withdrawal of water from the Schoharie reservoir into the Shandaken
					 tunnel.
(i) Esopus Creek shall mean
					 that portion of a creek known as Esopus Creek which runs from the Shandaken
					 gaging station to the Ashokan reservoir.
(j) Open the Shandaken tunnel shall mean the
					 action of opening a gate or gates located at the Schoharie reservoir to
					 commence or increase the flow of water from the reservoir into the Shandaken
					 tunnel.
(k) Schoharie reservoir
					 shall mean that reservoir known as the Schoharie reservoir, located in the
					 Towns of Conesville and Gilboa, Schoharie County; the Town of Prattsville,
					 Greene County; and the Town of Roxbury, Delaware County.
(l) Shandaken gaging station shall mean the
					 United States Geological Survey (USGS) stream gaging station No. 01362198,
					 located on Esopus Creek at Shandaken, New York, as identified in Water
					 Resources Data for New York, Water Year 1975, U.S. Geological Survey water data
					 report NY-75-1 (see section 672.6 of this Title).
(m) Shandaken tunnel shall mean the tunnel
					 known as the Shandaken tunnel running beneath ground from the Schoharie
					 reservoir to Esopus Creek at Allaben, New York.
(n) Spill or spilling shall mean the flow of
					 water over the spillway of a dam which contains a reservoir or
					 reservoirs.