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B. In the issue of permits for the dumping of large quantities of 
acids and alkalis, consideration shall be given to the possible presence 
in such wastes of the substances listed in ) paragraph A and to the fol- 
lowing additional substances : 
berylhum 
chromium 
nickel 
vanadium 
C. Containers, scrap metal and other bulky wastes lable to sink to 
the sea bottom which may present a serious obstacle to fishing or 
navigation. 
D. Radio-active wastes or other radio-active matter not Aneluded | in 
Annex I. In the issue of permits for the dumping of this matter, the 
Contracting Parties should take full account of the recommendations 
of the competent international body in this field, at Piven the Inter- 
national Atomic nergy Agency. 
and their compounds 
ANNEX III 
Provisions to be considered in establishing criteria governing the 
issue of permits for the dumping of matter at sea, taking into account 
Article IV (2), include: 
A. Characteristics and composition of the matter 
1. Total amount and average composition of matter dumped (e.g. 
per year). 
a Form, e.g. solid, sludge, liquid, or gaseous. 
3. Proper ties: physical “(e. g. solubility and density), cneweal and 
biochemical (e.g. oxygen demand, nutrients) and biological (e.g. pres- 
ence of viruses, bacteriagyeasts, parasites). 
4, Toxicity. 
5. Persistence: physical, chemical and biological. 
6. Accumulation and biotransformation in biological materials or 
sediments. 
7. Susceptibility to physical, chemical and biochemical changes and 
interaction in the aquatic environment with other dissolved organic 
and inorganic materials. 
8. Probability of production of taints or other changes reducing 
marketability or resources (fish, shellfish, etc.). 
B. Characteristics of dumping site and method of deposit 
1. Location (e.g. co-ordinates of the dumping area, depth and dis- 
tance from the coast), location in relation to other areas (e.g. amenity 
areas, spawning, nursery and fishing areas and exploitable resources). 
2. Rate of disposal per specific period (e.g. quantity per day, per 
week, per month). 
3. Methods of packaging and containment, if any. 
4, Initial dilution achieved by proposed method of release. 
5. Dispersal characteristics (e.g. effects of OREESE IS, tides and wind 
on horizontal transport and vertical mixing). 
6. Water characteristics (e.g. temperature, pH, salinity, stratifica- 
tion, oxygen indices of pollution-dissolved oxygen (DO), chemical 
