[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: 40CFR228.9]



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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.  228.9  Disposal site monitoring.



    (a) The monitoring program, if deemed necessary by the Regional 

Administrator or the District Engineer, as appropriate, may include 

baseline or trend assessment surveys by EPA, NOAA, other Federal 

agencies, or contractors, special studies by permittees, and the 

analysis and interpretation of data from remote or automatic sampling 

and/or sensing devices. The primary purpose of the monitoring program is 

to evaluate the impact of disposal on the marine environment by 

referencing the monitoring results to a set of baseline conditions. When 

disposal sites are being used on a continuing basis, such programs may 

consist of the following components:

    (1) Trend assessment surveys conducted at intervals frequent enough 

to assess the extent and trends of environmental impact. Until survey 

data or other information are adequate to show that changes in frequency 

or scope are necessary or desirable, trend assessment and baseline 

surveys should generally conform to the applicable requirements of Sec.  

228.13. These sur veys shall be the responsibility of the Federal 

government.

    (2) Special studies conducted by the permittee to identify immediate 

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short-term impacts of disposal operations.

    (b) These surveys may be supplemented, where feasible and useful, by 

data collected from the use of automatic sampling buoys, satellites or 

in situ platforms, and from experimental programs.

    (c) EPA will require the full participation of permittees, and 

encourage the full participation of other Federal and State and local 

agencies in the development and implementation of disposal site 

monitoring programs. The monitoring and research programs presently 

supported by permittees may be incorporated into the overall monitoring 

program insofar as feasible.