40 CFR § 227.3 - Materials which do not satisfy the environmental impact criteria set forth in subpart B.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s227.3"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 227.3 - Materials which do not satisfy the environmental impact criteria set forth in subpart B."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "227.3"
section_name: "Materials which do not satisfy the environmental impact criteria set forth in subpart B."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "OCEAN DUMPING"
part_number: "227"
part_name: "CRITERIA FOR THE EVALUATION OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR OCEAN DUMPING OF MATERIALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 1412 and 1418."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 2476, Jan. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "227"
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# 227.3 Materials which do not satisfy the environmental impact criteria set forth in subpart B.
If the material proposed for ocean dumping does not satisfy the environmental impact criteria of subpart B of this part, the Administrator or the Regional Administrator, as the case may be, will deny the permit application.
[73 FR 74987, Dec. 10, 2008]