[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 24]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 40CFR223.1]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 223_CONTENTS OF PERMITS; REVISION, REVOCATION OR LIMITATION OF OCEAN 

DUMPING PERMITS UNDER SECTION 104(d) OF THE ACT--Table of Contents

 

Subpart A_Contents of Ocean Dumping Permits Issued Under Section 102 of 

                                 the Act

 

Sec.  223.1  Contents of special, interim, emergency, general and 

research permits; posting requirements.









Subpart A_Contents of Ocean Dumping Permits Issued Under Section 102 of 

                                 the Act



Sec.

223.1 Contents of special, interim, emergency, general and research 

          permits; posting requirements.



  Subpart B_Procedures for Revision, Revocation or Limitation of Ocean 

             Dumping Permits Under Section 104(d) of the Act



223.2 Scope of these rules.

223.3 Preliminary determination; notice.

223.4 Request for, scheduling and conduct of public hearing; 

          determination.

223.5 Request for, scheduling and conduct of adjudicatory hearing; 

          determination.



    Authority: Secs. 102, 104, 107, 108, Marine Protection Research, and 

Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1412, 1414, 1417, 1418)



    Source: 42 FR 60702, Nov. 28, 1977, unless otherwise noted.







    (a) All special, interim, emergency and research permits shall be 

displayed on the vessel engaged in dumping and shall include the 

following:

    (1) Name of permittee;

    (2) Means of conveyance and methods and procedures for release of 

the materials to be dumped;

    (3) The port through or from which such material will be transported 

for dumping;

    (4) A description of relevant physical and chemical properties of 

the materials to be dumped;

    (5) The quantity of the material to be dumped expressed in tons;

    (6) The disposal site;

    (7) The times at which the permitted dumping may occur and the 

effective date and expiration date of the permit;

    (8) Special provisions which, after consultation with the Coast 

Guard, are deemed necessary for monitoring or surveillance of the 

transportation or dumping;

    (9) Such monitoring relevant to the assessment of the impact of 

permitted dumping activities on the marine environment at the disposal 

site as the Administrator or Regional Administrator, as the case may be, 

determine to be necessary or appropriate; and

    (10) Any other terms and conditions determined by the Administrator, 

or Regional Administrator, as the case may be, to be necessary or 

appropriate, including, without limitation, release procedures and 

requirements for the continued investigation or development of 

alternatives to ocean dumping.

    (b) General permits shall contain such terms and conditions as the 

Administrator deems necessary or appropriate.

    (c) Interim permits shall, in addition to the information required 

or permitted to be included in the permit pursuant to paragraph (a) of 

this section, include terms and conditions which satisfy the 

requirements of Sec. Sec.  220.3(d) and 227.8.