[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: 40CFR227.5]

[Page 206]
 
                   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. 227.5  Prohibited materials.

    The ocean dumping of the following materials will not be approved by 
EPA or the Corps of Engineers under any circumstances:
    (a) High-level radioactive wastes as defined in Sec. 227.30;
    (b) Materials in whatever form (including without limitation, 
solids, liquids, semi-liquids, gases or organisms) produced or used for 
radiological, chemical or biological warfare;
    (c) Materials insufficiently described by the applicant in terms of 
their compositions and properties to permit application of the 
environmental impact criteria of this subpart B;
    (d) Persistent inert synthetic or natural materials which may float 
or remain in suspension in the ocean in such a manner that they may 
interfere materially with fishing, navigation, or other legitimate uses 
of the ocean.