[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: 40CFR230.74]



[Page 275-276]

 

                   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 H_Actions To Minimize Adverse Effects

 

Sec.  230.74  Actions related to technology.



    Discharge technology should be adapted to the needs of each site. In 

determining whether the discharge operation sufficiently minimizes 

adverse



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environmental impacts, the applicant should consider:

    (a) Using appropriate equipment or machinery, including protective 

devices, and the use of such equipment or machinery in activities 

related to the discharge of dredged or fill material;

    (b) Employing appropriate maintenance and operation on equipment or 

machinery, including adequate training, staffing, and working 

procedures;

    (c) Using machinery and techniques that are especially designed to 

reduce damage to wetlands. This may include machines equipped with 

devices that scatter rather than mound excavated materials, machines 

with specially designed wheels or tracks, and the use of mats under 

heavy machines to reduce wetland surface compaction and rutting;

    (d) Designing access roads and channel spanning structures using 

culverts, open channels, and diversions that will pass both low and high 

water flows, accommodate fluctuating water levels, and maintain 

circulation and faunal movement;

    (e) Employing appropriate machinery and methods of transport of the 

material for discharge.