[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: 40CFR227.9]



[Page 209]

 

                   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.  227.9  Limitations on quantities of waste materials.



    Substances which may damage the ocean environment due to the 

quantities in which they are dumped, or which may seriously reduce 

amenities, may be dumped only when the quantities to be dumped at a 

single time and place are controlled to prevent long-term damage to the 

environment or to amenities.