6 CRR-NY 601.6NY-CRR

STATE COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
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)
6 CRR-NY 601.6
6 CRR-NY 601.6
601.6 Water withdrawal permit.
Except to the extent that it is otherwise explicitly stated in this Part, no person may take any of the following actions without having first obtained a water withdrawal permit:
(a) take, condemn or acquire lands for a source or for the protection of such source of public water supply equal to or greater than the threshold volume;
(b) commence or undertake the construction of any water withdrawal system, including any of its facilities or works, with a capacity equal to or greater than the threshold volume;
(c) operate or maintain any water withdrawal system with a capacity equal to or greater than the threshold volume;
(d) extend supply or distribution mains of a public water supply system into any new water service area or extension thereof such that the water withdrawal system remains or becomes one with a capacity equal to or greater than the threshold volume;
(e) make a non-incidental change in the permitted use(s) of a water withdrawal system with a capacity equal to or greater than the threshold volume;
(f) for a public water supply system with a capacity equal to or greater than the threshold volume, to enter into a final contract or other agreement for the bulk sale of 10,000 gallons per day or more of water for a commercial, industrial, or oil or gas well development purpose outside of the public water supply system’s approved water service area;
(g) take, condemn or acquire an existing water withdrawal system with a capacity equal to or greater than the threshold volume;
(h) place into service any additional or replacement wells in connection with an existing water withdrawal system such that the water withdrawal system remains or becomes one with a capacity equal to or greater than the threshold volume;
(i) increase the amount of water withdrawal, whether by changing the pumping specifications, enlargement of the conduits, increased reservoir storage, or by any other means, such that the water withdrawal system becomes one with a capacity equal to or greater than the threshold volume, or further exceeds the threshold volume than it did previously;
(j) transport or carry water in any amount from any fresh surface waters of this State or from any ground waters of this State to any location outside the State through pipes, conduits, ditches or canals; or
(k) transport or carry by vessel, more than ten thousand gallons in any one day of the waters of any surface water in this State.
6 CRR-NY 601.6
Current through February 15, 2022
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