[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: 40CFR228.1]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 228--CRITERIA FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DISPOSAL SITES FOR OCEAN DUMPING--
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Sec. 228.1  Applicability.

    The criteria of this part 228 are established pursuant to section 
102 of the Act and apply to the evaluation of proposed ocean dumping 
under title I of the Act. The criteria of this part 228 deal with the 
evaluation of the proposed dumping of material in ocean waters in 
relation to continuing requirements for effective management of ocean 
disposal sites to prevent unreasonable degradation of the marine 
environment from all wastes being dumped in the ocean. This part 228 is 
applicable to dredged material disposal sites only as specified in 
Secs. 228.4(e), 228.9, and 228.12.