[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: 40CFR227.11]

[Page 210]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 227--CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR OCEAN 
DUMPING OF MATERIALS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B--Environmental Impact
 
Sec. 227.11  Containerized wastes.

    (a) Wastes containerized solely for transport to the dumping site 
and expected to rupture or leak on impact or shortly thereafter must 
meet the appropriate requirements of Secs. 227.6, 227.7, 227.8, 227.9, 
and 227.10.
    (b) Other containerized wastes will be approved for dumping only 
under the following conditions:
    (1) The materials to be disposed of decay, decompose or radiodecay 
to environmentally innocuous materials within the life expectancy of the 
containers and/or their inert matrix; and
    (2) Materials to be dumped are present in such quantities and are of 
such nature that only short-term localized adverse effects will occur 
should the containers rupture at any time; and
    (3) Containers are dumped at depths and locations where they will 
cause no threat to navigation, fishing, shorelines, or beaches.