[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: 40CFR227.11]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 227_CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR OCEAN 

DUMPING OF MATERIALS--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart B_Environmental Impact

 

Sec.  227.11  Containerized wastes.



    (a) Wastes containerized solely for transport to the dumping site 

and expected to rupture or leak on impact or shortly thereafter must 

meet the appropriate requirements of Sec. Sec.  227.6, 227.7, 227.8, 

227.9, and 227.10.

    (b) Other containerized wastes will be approved for dumping only 

under the following conditions:

    (1) The materials to be disposed of decay, decompose or radiodecay 

to environmentally innocuous materials within the life expectancy of the 

containers and/or their inert matrix; and

    (2) Materials to be dumped are present in such quantities and are of 

such nature that only short-term localized adverse effects will occur 

should the containers rupture at any time; and

    (3) Containers are dumped at depths and locations where they will 

cause no threat to navigation, fishing, shorelines, or beaches.