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(A) The water bodies listed in table 19-1 of this rule are ordered from downstream to upstream. Tributaries of a water body are indented. The aquatic life habitat, water supply and recreation use designations are defined in rule 3745-1-07 of the Administrative Code. The state resource water use designation is defined in rule 3745-1-05 of the Administrative Code. The most stringent criteria associated with any one of the use designations assigned to a water body will apply to that water body.
(B) Figure 1 of the appendix to this rule is a generalized map of the Huron river drainage basin. A generalized map of Ohio outlining the twenty-three major drainage basins and listing associated rule numbers in Chapter 3745-1 of the Administrative Code is in figure 1 of the appendix to rule 3745-1-08 of the Administrative Code.
(C) RM, as used in this rule, stands for river mile and refers to the method used by the Ohio environmental protection agency to identify locations along a water body. Mileage is defined as the lineal distance from the downstream terminus (i.e., mouth) and moving in an upstream direction.
(D) The following symbols are used throughout this rule:
+ Designated use based on the results of a biological field assessment performed by the Ohio environmental protection agency;
o Designated use based on justification other than the results of a biological field assessment performed by the Ohio environmental protection agency; and
L An L in the warmwater habitat column signifies that the water body segment is designated limited warmwater habitat.
Table 19-1. Use designations for water bodies in the Huron river drainage basin.
Water Body Segment Use Designations Comments
Aquatic Life Habitat Water Supply RecreationS W E M S C L P A I B P S
R W W W S W R W W W W C C
W H H H H H W S S S R R
Huron river – East branch/West branch confluence to Lake Erie + + + + +
Mud creek * * * *
Village creek + + + +
Rattlesnake creek + + + +
West branch (Rattlesnake creek RM 0.28 ) + + + +
East branch + + + +
Norwalk creek – at RMs 0.11 and 4.02 + o + + + PWS intake – Norwalk
- all other segments + + + +
Unnamed tributary (Norwalk creek RM 0.38 ) + + + +
Cole creek + + + +
Unnamed tributary (Cole creek RM 2.46 ) + + + +
Unnamed tributary (East branch RM 19.98 ) + + + +
West branch – at RMs 8.52 and 33.8 + o + + + PWS intakes – Monroeville (RM 8.52 ) and Willard (RM 33.8 )
- all other segments + + + +
Clayton ditch (West branch RM 0.4 ) – Higbee rd. (RM 2.85 ) to the mouth + + + +
Seymour creek + + + +
Megginson creek + + + +
Frink run – at RM 4.83 + o + + + PWS intake – Bellevue
- all other segments + + + +
Haas ditch * * * *
Schoeffel ditch * * * *
Slate run + + + +
Mud run (East branch) + + + +
Mud run (West branch) + + + +
Shriner run * * * *
Holiday tributary (West branch RM 23.09 ) + + + +
Unnamed tributary (Holiday tributary RM 2.8 ) + + + +
Jacobs creek + + + +
Walnut creek (West branch RM 33.05 ) + + + +
Marsh run + + + +
Unnamed tributary (West branch RM 41.50 ) + + + +
Old Woman creek – estuary o + + + +
- within boundaries of Old Woman preserve o + +
- all other segments + + + +
Unnamed tributary (Old Woman creek RM 3.70 ) + + + +
Unnamed tributary (Old Woman creek RM 8.82 ) + + + +
Cranberry creek * * * *
Chappel creek + + + +
Sugar creek + + + +
Darby creek * * * *
Sherod creek * * * *
SRW = state resource water; WWH = warmwater habitat; EWH = exceptional warmwater habitat; MWH = modified warmwater habitat; SSH = seasonal salmonid habitat; CWH = coldwater habitat; LRW = limited resource water; PWS = public water supply; AWS = agricultural water supply; IWS = industrial water supply; BW = bathing water; PCR = primary contact recreation; SCR = secondary contact recreation.
Effective: 06/16/2011
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 01/06/2011 and 06/16/2016
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 6111.041
Rule Amplifies: 6111.041
Prior Effective Dates: 4/4/1985, 8/19/1985, 7/21/2002, 4/1/2007