[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: 40CFR227.15]



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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 C_Need for Ocean Dumping

 

Sec.  227.15  Factors considered.



    The need for dumping will be determined by evaluation of the 

following factors:

    (a) Degree of treatment useful and feasible for the waste to be 

dumped, and whether or not the waste material has been or will be 

treated to this degree before dumping;

    (b) Raw materials and manufacturing or other processes resulting in 

the waste, and whether or not these materials or processes are essential 

to the provision of the applicant's goods or services, or if other less 

polluting materials or processes could be used;

    (c) The relative environmental risks, impact and cost for ocean 

dumping as opposed to other feasible alternatives including but not 

limited to:

    (1) Land fill;

    (2) Well injection;

    (3) Incineration;

    (4) Spread of material over open ground;

    (5) Recycling of material for reuse;

    (6) Additional biological, chemical, or physical treatment of 

intermediate or final waste streams;

    (7) Storage.

    (d) Irreversible or irretrievable consequences of the use of 

alternatives to ocean dumping.