[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: 40CFR224.2]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 224_RECORDS AND REPORTS REQUIRED OF OCEAN DUMPING PERMITTEES UNDER 

SECTION 102 OF THE ACT--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  224.2  Reports.



    (a) Periodic reports. Information required to be recorded pursuant 

to Sec.  224.1 shall be reported to the Administrator or the Regional 

Administrator, as the case may be, for the periods indicated within 30 

days of the expiration of such periods:

    (1) For each six-month period, if any, following the effective date 

of the permit;

    (2) For any other period of less than six months ending on the 

expiration date of the permit; and

    (3) As otherwise required in the conditions of the permit.

    (b) Reports of emergency dumping. If material is dumped without a 

permit pursuant to paragraph (c)(4) of Sec.  220.1, the owner or 

operator of the vessel or aircraft from which such dumping occurs shall 

as soon as feasible inform the Administrator, Regional Administrator, or 

the nearest Coast Guard district of the incident by radio, telephone, or 

telegraph and shall within 10 days file a written report with the 

Administrator or Regional Administrator containing the information 

required under Sec.  224.1 and a complete description of the 

circumstances under which the dumping occurred. Such description shall 

explain how human life at sea was in danger and how the emergency 

dumping reduced that danger. If the material dumped included containers, 

the vessel owner or operator shall immediately request the U.S. Coast 

Guard to publish in the local Notice to Mariners the dumping location, 

the type of containers, and whether the contents are toxic or explosive. 

Notification shall also be given to the Food



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and Drug Administration, Shellfish Sanitation Branch, Washington, DC 

20204, as soon as possible.



[42 FR 2474, Jan. 11, 1977]