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1 "Sec. 5B. For the purposes of this section: 



2 (1) the term "ocean, coastal, and other waters" 



3 means oceans, gulfs, bays, salt-water lagoons, salt-water 



4 harbors, other coastal waters where the tide ebbs and 



5 flows, the Great Lakes, and all waters in a zone con- 



6 tiguous to the United States extending to a line twelve 

 '^ nautical miles seaward from the baseline of the terri- 

 ^ torial sea as provided in article 24 of the Convention on 

 ^ the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. 



10 (2) the term "Administrator" means the Admin- 



■^^ istrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 



1^ " (h) The Administrator and the Secretary of the In- 



13 terior (acting through the United States Fish and Wildlife 



14 Service) in consultation with the Secretary of the Army 



15 (acting through the Chief of Engineers of the United States 



16 Army Corps of Engineers) , shall establish standards which 



17 apply to the deposit or discharge into the ocean, coastal, and 



18 other waters of the United States of all industrial wastes, 



19 sludge, spoil, and all other materials that might be harmful 



20 to the wildlife or wildlife resources or to the ecology of these 



21 waters. Such standards shall be for the purpose of insuring 



22 that no damage to the natural environment and ecology in- 



23 eluding but not limited to marine and wildlife ecology of 



24 the ocean, coastal, and other waters of the United States 



25 will result from any such activity. Such standards shall 



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