[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: 40CFR228.1]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 228_CRITERIA FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DISPOSAL SITES FOR OCEAN DUMPING

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Sec.  228.1  Applicability.









Sec.

228.1 Applicability.

228.2 Definitions.

228.3 Disposal site management responsibilities.

228.4 Procedures for designation of sites.

228.5 General criteria for the selection of sites.

228.6 Specific criteria for site selection.

228.7 Regulation of disposal site use.

228.8 Limitations on times and rates of disposal.

228.9 Disposal site monitoring.

228.10 Evaluating disposal impact.

228.11 Modification in disposal site use.

228.12 [Reserved]

228.13 Guidelines for ocean disposal site baseline or trend assessment 

          surveys under section 102 of the Act.

228.14 Dumping sites designated on an interim basis.

228.15 Dumping sites designated on a final basis.



    Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1412 and 1418.



    Source: 42 FR 2482, Jan. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted.





    The criteria of this part 228 are established pursuant to section 

102 of the Act and apply to the evaluation of proposed ocean dumping 

under title I of the Act. The criteria of this part 228 deal with the 

evaluation of the proposed dumping of material in ocean waters in 

relation to continuing requirements for effective management of ocean 

disposal sites to prevent unreasonable degradation of the marine 

environment from all wastes being dumped in the ocean. This part 228 is 

applicable to dredged material disposal sites only as specified in 

Sec. Sec.  228.4(e), 228.9, and 228.12.