40 CFR 227.5
§ 227.5 Prohibited materials.
United States · 40 CFR — Protection of Environment · Status: effective
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- 40 CFR 227.5, § 227.5 Prohibited materials, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/184753
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The ocean dumping of the following materials will not be approved by EPA or the Corps of Engineers under any circumstances:
(a) High-level radioactive wastes as defined in § 227.30;
(b) Materials in whatever form (including without limitation, solids, liquids, semi-liquids, gases or organisms) produced or used for radiological, chemical or biological warfare;
(c) Materials insufficiently described by the applicant in terms of their compositions and properties to permit application of the environmental impact criteria of this subpart B;
(d) Persistent inert synthetic or natural materials which may float or remain in suspension in the ocean in such a manner that they may interfere materially with fishing, navigation, or other legitimate uses of the ocean.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.