New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES › Subchapter E - WATER REGULATION › Part 601 - Water Withdrawal Permiting, Reporting And Registration (exclusive Of Long Island Wells Regulated Under Part 602 Of This Title) › Section 601.10 - Application for a permit; renewal of an existing permit

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
An application for a water withdrawal permit or for the renewal
					 of an existing permit shall be on forms available from the department and shall
					 include all information determined by the department to be necessary to act on the
					 application, including but not limited to information which may be required to
					 comply with the requirements of an applicable compact basin commission. The
					 application must be signed by an authorized individual and all required resolutions,
					 consents, ordinances or certifications must be attached thereto. Unless otherwise
					 instructed, applicants must submit all forms and exhibits in hard copy, and
					 electronically whenever reasonably possible. The application for a permit shall
					 include the following exhibits, as applicable to the withdrawal:
(a) Project authorization. For public water supply
				  systems, project authorization shall include but not be limited to adequate proof
				  that the proposed project was legally adopted and authorized by an ordinance,
				  resolution, or order of the governing body of the applicant. This includes proof
				  that all requirements of local law have been met by the applicant. Such proof
				  includes, but is not limited to, copies of resolutions, ordinances, determinations
				  or certifications. For a privately owned public water supply system, project
				  authorization shall include but not be limited to adequate proof of its formation of
				  a water-works corporation pursuant to article 4 of the Transportation Corporations
				  Law.
(b) General map. For all water
				  withdrawal systems, the map shall show in sufficient detail the location or position
				  of the various lands, structures, and works associated with the existing and/or
				  proposed water withdrawal system, the location of lands to be acquired, and all
				  dams, reservoirs, well sites, ponds, wetlands, weirs, diversion structures or other
				  known withdrawals in the vicinity. For public water supply systems, a general map
				  indicating the boundaries of the proposed water service area and any potential
				  sources of contamination in the vicinity of the system's source(s) of supply and any
				  other points or locations as may be required by the department.
(c) Watershed maps. Watershed maps shall be USGS
				  topographic maps, or the equivalent, and must indicate the location of the
				  withdrawal and the location of any return flow, including any existing or proposed
				  interbasin diversions. For surface water withdrawals, the map shall include the line
				  of divide surrounding the tributary watershed.
(d) Contract plans. Include the contract plans for
				  the water withdrawal system. However, for public water supply systems, contract
				  plans and specifications for treatment and distribution aspects of the system shall
				  be provided directly to the Department of Health for review and approval.
(e) Engineer's report. The engineer's report shall
				  be from the professional engineer, licensed by the State, who made the
				  recommendations and/or designed the proposed water withdrawal system. The report
				  shall contain the following minimum information:
(1) a general description of the project and the
				  engineering features of the existing or proposed water withdrawal system;
(2) a listing of all existing sources of water
				  supply, including wells, surface withdrawals, and any purchases, sales or transfers
				  of water;
(3) an evaluation of all
				  practicable alternatives to the proposed source, which shall include an analysis of
				  increased water conservation measures as a means to reduce or eliminate the need for
				  the proposed source;
(4) for public
				  water supply systems, the present and projected population of the water service area
				  and the present and projected consumption rate;
(5) for public water supply systems, the radius of
				  land owned or controlled for wellhead protection surrounding any proposed
				  groundwater withdrawal, or the water quality classification and a copy of any
				  Department of Health Watershed Rules and Regulations for any proposed surface
				  withdrawal;
(6) the general character
				  and extent and essential design features of proposed controlling, diverting or
				  regulatory works;
(7) the proposed
				  instantaneous and maximum daily rates of withdrawal; the existing and projected
				  daily average, daily maximum, and 30-day maximum water demands of the water
				  withdrawal system;
(8) when applicable,
				  any fire suppression flows which can be supplied, including the duration for which
				  such flows can be maintained;
(9) for
				  public water supply systems, the location, extent and character of proposed
				  treatment facilities;
(10) for
				  groundwater sources, well drilling logs, monitoring well locations and pump test
				  data and analyses of results; and
(11)
				  for surface water sources, information on rainfall, stream flows and
				  classifications, contributing watershed size, location of the nearby USGS stream
				  gages, other upstream water withdrawals, safe yield analyses or pass by flow
				  calculations and proposed withdrawal methods including intake structure design and
				  screening.