What US Ocean Dumping Act / MPRSA Title I (33 USC ch 27): Dumping Permits, Prohibitions and Penalties requires
Title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (the Ocean Dumping Act), codified at 33 U.S.C. Chapter 27 (sections 1401-1445), regulates the transportation and dumping of material into ocean waters and is administered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with the US Army Corps of Engineers responsible for permits for the ocean dumping of dredged material. Section 1401 sets the findings, policy and purpose, and section 1402 contains the definitions. Section 1411 sets the prohibited acts: no person shall transport from the United States, and no officer or employee of a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States shall transport from any location, any material for the purpose of dumping it into ocean waters, except as authorized by a permit; and no person shall dump any material transported from a location outside the United States into the territorial sea of the United States or into a zone contiguous to the territorial sea, except as authorized. Section 1412 establishes the EPA dumping permit program, under which EPA may issue permits for dumping where it determines that the dumping will not unreasonably degrade or endanger human health, welfare or the marine environment, applying published criteria and designated disposal sites. Section 1413 establishes the permit program administered by the Corps of Engineers for the dumping of dredged material, using EPA's criteria. Section 1414 sets permit conditions, monitoring and recordkeeping. Section 1415 sets the penalties: a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 for each violation (and not more than $125,000 for dumping medical waste), assessed after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, with each day of a continuing violation a separate offense; and a criminal penalty for a knowing violation of a fine under title 18 or imprisonment of not more than five years, or both, together with forfeiture provisions. Penalty figures are subject to inflation adjustment by regulation.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: US Congress / US Environmental Protection Agency and US Army Corps of Engineers · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2022-title33/html/USCODE-2022-title33-chap27.htm
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- Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (Ocean Dumping Act), 33 U.S.C. 1401 - findings, policy and declaration of purpose.
- Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, 33 U.S.C. 1402 - definitions.
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