[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: 40CFR227.12]



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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.  227.12  Insoluble wastes.



    (a) Solid wastes consisting of inert natural minerals or materials 

compatible with the ocean environment may be generally approved for 

ocean dumping provided they are insoluble above the applicable trace or 

limiting permissible concentrations and are rapidly and completely 

settleable, and they are of a particle size and density that they would 

be deposited or rapidly dispersed without damage to benthic, demersal, 

or pelagic biota.

    (b) Persistent inert synthetic or natural materials which may float 

or remain in suspension in the ocean as prohibited in paragraph (d) of 

Sec.  227.5 may be dumped in the ocean only when they have been 

processed in such a fashion that they will sink to the bottom and remain 

in place.