[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: 40CFR230.74]

[Page 275]
 
                   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 H_Actions To Minimize Adverse Effects
 
Sec. 230.74  Actions related to technology.

    Discharge technology should be adapted to the needs of each site. In 
determining whether the discharge operation sufficiently minimizes 
adverse environmental impacts, the applicant should consider:
    (a) Using appropriate equipment or machinery, including protective 
devices, and the use of such equipment or machinery in activities 
related to the discharge of dredged or fill material;
    (b) Employing appropriate maintenance and operation on equipment or 
machinery, including adequate training, staffing, and working 
procedures;
    (c) Using machinery and techniques that are especially designed to 
reduce damage to wetlands. This may include machines equipped with 
devices that scatter rather than mound excavated materials, machines 
with specially designed wheels or tracks, and the use of mats under 
heavy machines to reduce wetland surface compaction and rutting;
    (d) Designing access roads and channel spanning structures using 
culverts, open channels, and diversions that will pass both low and high 
water flows, accommodate fluctuating water levels, and maintain 
circulation and faunal movement;
    (e) Employing appropriate machinery and methods of transport of the 
material for discharge.