[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: 40CFR227.5]



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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.  227.5  Prohibited materials.



    The ocean dumping of the following materials will not be approved by 

EPA or the Corps of Engineers under any circumstances:

    (a) High-level radioactive wastes as defined in Sec.  227.30;

    (b) Materials in whatever form (including without limitation, 

solids, liquids, semi-liquids, gases or organisms) produced or used for 

radiological, chemical or biological warfare;

    (c) Materials insufficiently described by the applicant in terms of 

their compositions and properties to permit application of the 

environmental impact criteria of this subpart B;

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

or remain in suspension in the ocean in such a manner that they may 

interfere materially with fishing, navigation, or other legitimate uses 

of the ocean.