[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 21]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR125.124]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 125_CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE 

ELIMINATION SYSTEM--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart M_Ocean Discharge Criteria

 

Sec.  125.124  Information required to be submitted by applicant.



    The applicant is responsible for providing information which the 

director may request to make the determination required by this subpart. 

The director may require the following information as well as any other 

pertinent information:

    (a) An analysis of the chemical constituents of any discharge;

    (b) Appropriate bioassays necessary to determine the limiting 

permissible concentrations for the discharge;

    (c) An analysis of initial dilution;

    (d) Available process modifications which will reduce the quantities 

of pollutants which will be discharged;

    (e) Analysis of the location where pollutants are sought to be 

discharged, including the biological community and the physical 

description of the discharge facility;

    (f) Evaluation of available alternatives to the discharge of the 

pollutants including an evaluation of the possibility of land-based 

disposal or disposal in an approved ocean dumping site.