[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: 40CFR227.15]

[Page 211]
 
                   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 C--Need for Ocean Dumping
 
Sec. 227.15  Factors considered.

    The need for dumping will be determined by evaluation of the 
following factors:
    (a) Degree of treatment useful and feasible for the waste to be 
dumped, and whether or not the waste material has been or will be 
treated to this degree before dumping;
    (b) Raw materials and manufacturing or other processes resulting in 
the waste, and whether or not these materials or processes are essential 
to the provision of the applicant's goods or services, or if other less 
polluting materials or processes could be used;
    (c) The relative environmental risks, impact and cost for ocean 
dumping as opposed to other feasible alternatives including but not 
limited to:
    (1) Land fill;
    (2) Well injection;
    (3) Incineration;
    (4) Spread of material over open ground;
    (5) Recycling of material for reuse;
    (6) Additional biological, chemical, or physical treatment of 
intermediate or final waste streams;
    (7) Storage.
    (d) Irreversible or irretrievable consequences of the use of 
alternatives to ocean dumping.