[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: 40CFR227.4]



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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.  227.4  Criteria for evaluating environmental impact.





    This subpart B sets specific environmental impact prohibitions, 

limits, and conditions for the dumping of materials into ocean waters. 

If the applicable prohibitions, limits, and conditions are satisfied, it 

is the determination of EPA that the proposed disposal will not unduly 

degrade or endanger the marine environment and that the disposal will 

present:

    (a) No unacceptable adverse effects on human health and no 

significant damage to the resources of the marine environment;

    (b) No unacceptable adverse effect on the marine ecosystem;

    (c) No unacceptable adverse persistent or permanent effects due to 

the dumping of the particular volumes or concentrations of these 

materials; and

    (d) No unacceptable adverse effect on the ocean for other uses as a 

result of direct environmental impact.