40 CFR § 227.9 - Limitations on quantities of waste materials.

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title: "40 CFR § 227.9 - Limitations on quantities of waste materials."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "227.9"
section_name: "Limitations on quantities of waste materials."
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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authority: "33 U.S.C. 1412 and 1418."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 2476, Jan. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 227.9 Limitations on quantities of waste materials.

Substances which may damage the ocean environment due to the quantities in which they are dumped, or which may seriously reduce amenities, may be dumped only when the quantities to be dumped at a single time and place are controlled to prevent long-term damage to the environment or to amenities.