[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR228.6]

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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. 228.6  Specific criteria for site selection.

    (a) In the selection of disposal sites, in addition to other 
necessary or appropriate factors determined by the Administrator, the 
following factors will be considered:
    (1) Geographical position, depth of water, bottom topography and 
distance from coast;
    (2) Location in relation to breeding, spawning, nursery, feeding, or 
passage areas of living resources in adult or juvenile phases;

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    (3) Location in relation to beaches and other amenity areas;
    (4) Types and quantities of wastes proposed to be disposed of, and 
proposed methods of release, including methods of packing the waste, if 
any;
    (5) Feasibility of surveillance and monitoring;
    (6) Dispersal, horizontal transport and vertical mixing 
characteristics of the area, including prevailing current direction and 
velocity, if any;
    (7) Existence and effects of current and previous discharges and 
dump ing in the area (including cumulative effects);
    (8) Interference with shipping, fishing, recreation, mineral 
extraction, desalination, fish and shellfish culture, areas of special 
scientific importance and other legitimate uses of the ocean;
    (9) The existing water quality and ecology of the site as determined 
by available data or by trend assessment or baseline surveys;
    (10) Potentiality for the development or recruitment of nuisance 
species in the disposal site;
    (11) Existence at or in close proximity to the site of any 
significant natural or cultural features of historical importance.
    (b) The results of a disposal site evaluation and/or designation 
study based on the criteria stated in paragraphs (b)(1) through (11) of 
this section will be presented in support of the site designation 
promulgation as an environmental assessment of the impact of the use of 
the site for disposal, and will be used in the preparation of an 
environmental impact statement for each site where such a statement is 
required by EPA policy. By publication of a notice in accordance with 
this part 228, an environmental impact statement, in draft form, will be 
made available for public comment not later than the time of publication 
of the site designation as proposed rulemaking, and a final EIS will be 
made available at the time of final rulemaking.