[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: 40CFR228.2]

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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--
Table of Contents
 
Sec. 228.2  Definitions.

    (a) The term disposal site means an interim or finally approved and 
precise geographical area within which ocean dumping of wastes is 
permitted under conditions specified in permits issued under sections 
102 and 103 of the Act. Such sites are identified by boundaries 
established by (1) coordinates of latitude and longitude for each 
corner, or by (2) coordinates of latitude and longitude for the center 
point and a radius in nautical miles from that point. Boundary 
coordinates shall be identified as precisely as is warranted by the 
accuracy with which the site can be located with existing navigational 
aids or by the implantation of transponders, buoys or other means of 
marking the site.
    (b) The term baseline or trend assessment survey means the planned 
sampling or measurement of parameters at set stations or in set areas in 
and near disposal sites for a period of time sufficient to provide 
synoptic data for determining water quality, benthic, or biological 
conditions as a result of ocean disposal operations. The minimum 
requirements for such surveys are given in Sec. 228.13.
    (c) The term disposal site evaluation study means the collection, 
analysis, and interpretation of all pertinent information available 
concerning an existing disposal site, including but not limited to, data 
and information from trend assessment surveys, monitoring surveys, 
special purpose surveys of other Federal agencies, public data archives, 
and social and economic studies and records of affected areas.
    (d) The term disposal site designation study means the collection, 
analysis and interpretation of all available pertinent data and 
information on a proposed disposal site prior to use, including but not 
limited to, that from baseline surveys, special purpose surveys of other 
Federal agencies, public data archives, and social and economic studies 
and records of areas which would be affected by use of the proposed 
site.
    (e) The term management authority means the EPA organizational 
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assigned responsibility for implementing the management functions 
identified in Sec. 228.3.
    (f) Statistical significance shall mean the statistical significance 
determined by using appropriate standard techniques of multivariate 
analysis with results interpreted at the 95 percent confidence level and 
based on data relating species which are present in sufficient numbers 
at control areas to permit a valid statistical comparison with the areas 
being tested.
    (g) Valuable commercial and recreational species shall mean those 
species for which catch statistics are compiled on a routine basis by 
the Federal or State agency responsible for compiling such statistics 
for the general geographical area impacted, or which are under current 
study by such Federal or State agencies for potential development for 
commercial or recreational use.
    (h) Normal ambient value means that concentration of a chemical 
species reasonably anticipated to be present in the water column, 
sediments, or biota in the absence of disposal activities at the 
disposal site in question.