[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: 40CFR230.52]



[Page 271]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 230_SECTION 404(b)(1) GUIDELINES FOR SPECIFICATION OF DISPOSAL SITES 

FOR DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL--Table of Contents

 

        Subpart F_Potential Effects on Human Use Characteristics

 

Sec.  230.52  Water-related recreation.



    (a) Water-related recreation encompasses activities undertaken for 

amusement and relaxation. Activities encompass two broad categories of 

use: consumptive, e.g., harvesting resources by hunting and fishing; and 

non-comsumptive, e.g. canoeing and sight-seeing.

    (b) Possible loss of values: One of the more important direct 

impacts of dredged or fill disposal is to impair or destroy the 

resources which support recreation activities. The disposal of dredged 

or fill material may adversely modify or destroy water use for 

recreation by changing turbidity, suspended particulates, temperature, 

dissolved oxygen, dissolved materials, toxic materials, pathogenic 

organisms, quality of habitat, and the aesthetic qualities of sight, 

taste, odor, and color.