40 CFR § 227.31 - Applicable marine water quality criteria.

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title: "40 CFR § 227.31 - Applicable marine water quality criteria."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "227.31"
section_name: "Applicable marine water quality criteria."
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"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "33 U.S.C. 1412 and 1418."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 2476, Jan. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 227.31 Applicable marine water quality criteria.

Applicable marine water quality criteria means the criteria given for marine waters in the EPA publication “Quality Criteria for Water” as published in 1976 and amended by subsequent supplements or additions.