[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: 40CFR227.8]



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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.  227.8  Limitations on the disposal rates of toxic wastes.



    No wastes will be deemed acceptable for ocean dumping unless such 

wastes can be dumped so as not to exceed the limiting permissible 

concentration as defined in Sec.  227.27; Provided, That this Sec.  

227.8 does not apply to those wastes for which specific criteria are 

established in Sec.  227.11 or Sec.  227.12. Total quantities of wastes 

dumped at a site may be limited as described in Sec.  228.8.