[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: 40CFR230.52]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 230--SECTION 404(b)(1) GUIDELINES FOR SPECIFICATION OF DISPOSAL SITES 
FOR DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart F--Potential Effects on Human Use Characteristics
 
Sec. 230.52  Water-related recreation.

    (a) Water-related recreation encompasses activities undertaken for 
amusement and relaxation. Activities encompass two broad categories of 
use: consumptive, e.g., harvesting resources by hunting and fishing; and 
non-comsumptive, e.g. canoeing and sight-seeing.
    (b) Possible loss of values: One of the more important direct 
impacts of dredged or fill disposal is to impair or destroy the 
resources which support recreation activities. The disposal of dredged 
or fill material may adversely modify or destroy water use for 
recreation by changing turbidity, suspended particulates, temperature, 
dissolved oxygen, dissolved materials, toxic materials, pathogenic 
organisms, quality

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of habitat, and the aesthetic qualities of sight, taste, odor, and 
color.