40 C.F.R. § 227.5
Prohibited materials.
Cite as 40 C.F.R. § 227.5 (2026)
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.
- Cross-references to the CFR
- 227.30