[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: 40CFR228.2]



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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

--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  228.2  Definitions.



    (a) The term disposal site means an interim or finally approved and 

precise geographical area within which ocean dumping of wastes is 

permitted under conditions specified in permits issued under sections 

102 and 103 of the Act. Such sites are identified by boundaries 

established by (1) coordinates of latitude and longitude for each 

corner, or by (2) coordinates of latitude and longitude for the center 

point and a radius in nautical miles from that point. Boundary 

coordinates shall be identified as precisely as is warranted by the 

accuracy with which the site can be located with existing navigational 

aids or by the implantation of transponders, buoys or other means of 

marking the site.

    (b) The term baseline or trend assessment survey means the planned 

sampling or measurement of parameters at set stations or in set areas in 

and near disposal sites for a period of time sufficient to provide 

synoptic data for determining water quality, benthic, or biological 

conditions as a result of ocean disposal operations. The minimum 

requirements for such surveys are given in Sec.  228.13.

    (c) The term disposal site evaluation study means the collection, 

analysis, and interpretation of all pertinent information available 

concerning an existing disposal site, including but not limited to, data 

and information from trend assessment surveys, monitoring surveys, 

special purpose surveys of other Federal agencies, public data archives, 

and social and economic studies and records of affected areas.

    (d) The term disposal site designation study means the collection, 

analysis and interpretation of all available pertinent data and 

information on a proposed disposal site prior to use, including but not 

limited to, that from baseline surveys, special purpose surveys of other 

Federal agencies, public data archives, and social and economic studies 

and records of areas which would be affected by use of the proposed 

site.

    (e) The term management authority means the EPA organizational 

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assigned responsibility for implementing the management functions 

identified in Sec.  228.3.

    (f) Statistical significance shall mean the statistical significance 

determined by using appropriate standard techniques of multivariate 

analysis with results interpreted at the 95 percent confidence level and 

based on data relating species which are present in sufficient numbers 

at control areas to permit a valid statistical comparison with the areas 

being tested.

    (g) Valuable commercial and recreational species shall mean those 

species for which catch statistics are compiled on a routine basis by 

the Federal or State agency responsible for compiling such statistics 

for the general geographical area impacted, or which are under current 

study by such Federal or State agencies for potential development for 

commercial or recreational use.

    (h) Normal ambient value means that concentration of a chemical 

species reasonably anticipated to be present in the water column, 

sediments, or biota in the absence of disposal activities at the 

disposal site in question.