[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR222.3]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 222--ACTION ON OCEAN DUMPING PERMIT APPLICATIONS UNDER SECTION 102 
OF THE ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 222.3  Notice of applications.

    (a) Contents. Notice of every complete application for a general, 
special, interim, emergency and research permit shall, in addition to 
any other material, include the following:
    (1) A summary of the information included in the permit application;
    (2) Any tentative determinations made pursuant to paragraph (b) of 
Sec. 222.2;
    (3) A brief description of the procedures set forth in Sec. 222.5 
for requesting a public hearing on the application including 
specification of the date by which requests for a public hearing must be 
filed;
    (4) A brief statement of the factors considered in reaching the 
tentative determination with respect to the permit and, in the case of a 
tentative determination to issue the permit, the reasons for the choice 
of the particular permit conditions selected; and

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    (5) The location at which interested persons may obtain further 
information on the proposed dumping, including copies of any relevant 
documents.
    (b) Publication--(1) Special, interim and research permits. Notice 
of every complete application for special, interim and research permits 
shall be given by:
    (i) Publication in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the 
State in closest proximity to the proposed dump site; and
    (ii) Publication in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the 
city in which is located the office of the Administrator or the Regional 
Administrator, as the case may be, giving notice of the permit 
application.
    (2) General permits. Notice of every complete application for a 
general permit or notice of action proposed to be taken by the 
Administrator to issue a general permit, without an application, shall 
be given by publication in the Federal Register.
    (3) Emergency permits. Notice of every complete application for an 
emergency permit shall be given by publication in accordance with 
paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (ii) of this section; Provided, however, That 
no such notice and no tentative determination in accordance with 
Sec. 222.2 shall be required in any case in which the Administrator 
determines:
    (i) That an emergency, as defined in paragraph (c) of Sec. 220.3 
exists;
    (ii) That the emergency poses an unacceptable risk relating to human 
health;
    (iii) That the emergency admits of no other feasible solution; and
    (iv) That the public interest requires the issuance of an emergency 
permit as soon as possible.

Notice of any determination made by the Administrator pursuant to this 
paragraph (b)(3) shall be given as soon as practicable after the 
issuance of the emergency permit by publication in accordance with 
paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (ii) and with paragraphs (a), (c) through (i) 
of this section.
    (c) Copies of notice sent to specific persons. In addition to the 
publication of notice required by paragraph (b) of this section, copies 
of such notice will be mailed by the Administrator or the Regional 
Administrator, as the case may be, to any person, group or Federal, 
State or local agency upon request. Any such request may be a standing 
request for copies of such notices and shall be submitted in writing to 
the Administrator or to any Regional Administrator and shall relate to 
all or any class of permit applications which may be acted upon by the 
Administrator or such Regional Administrator, as the case may be.
    (d) Copies of notice sent to States. In addition to the publication 
of notice required by paragraph (b) of this section, copies of such 
notice will be mailed to the State water pollution control agency and to 
the State agency responsible for carrying out the Coastal Zone 
Management Act, if such agency exists, for each coastal State within 500 
miles of the proposed dumping site.
    (e) Copies of notice sent to Corps of Engineers. In addition to the 
publication of notice required by paragraph (b) of this section, copies 
of such notice will be mailed to the office of the appropriate District 
Engineer of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for purposes of section 
106(c) of the Act, (pertaining to navigation, harbor approaches, and 
artificial islands on the outer continental shelf).
    (f) Copies of notice sent to Coast Guard. In addition to the 
publication of notice required by paragraph (b) of this section, copies 
of such notice will be sent to the appropriate district office of the 
U.S. Coast Guard for review and possible suggestion of additional 
conditions to be included in the permit to facilitate surveillance and 
enforcement.
    (g) Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. The Fish and Wildlife 
Coordination Act, Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970, and the Act require 
that the Administrator or the Regional Administrator, as the case may 
be, consult with appropriate regional officials of the Departments of 
Commerce and Interior, the Regional Director of the NMFS-NOAA, and the 
agency exercising administrative jurisdiction over the fish and wildlife 
resources of the States subject to any dumping prior to the issuance of 
a permit under this subchapter H. Copies of the notice shall be sent to 
the persons noted in paragraph (g) of this section.

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    (h) Copies of notice sent to Food and Drug Administration. In 
addition to the publication of notice required by paragraph (b) of this 
section, copies of such notice will be mailed to Food and Drug 
Administration, Shellfish Sanitation Branch (HF-417), 200 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20204.
    (i) Failure to give certain notices. Failure to send copies of any 
public notice in accordance with paragraphs (c) through (h) of this 
section shall not invalidate any notice given pursuant to this section 
nor shall such failure invalidate any subsequent administrative 
proceeding.
    (j) Failure of consulted agency to respond. Unless advice to the 
contrary is received from the appropriate Federal or State agency within 
30 days of the date copies of any public notice were dispatched to such 
agency, such agency will be deemed to have no objection to the issuance 
of the permit identified in the public notice.