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1 require, in part, that any person before depositing or dis- 



2 charging of such materials into the ocean, coastal, and other 



3 waters of the United States must present sufficient evidence 



4 to sustain a burden of proof that such materials in the loca- 



5 tion in which they are to be deposited will not endanger 



6 the natural environment and ecology of these waters, and 



7 to meet such additional requirements as the Administrator 



8 may deem necessary for the orderly regulation of such 



9 activity. 



10 "(c) Such standards shall be adopted and enforced by 



11 any department, agency, or instrumentahty of the Eederal 



12 Government or any State department, agency, or instru- 



13 mentality that issues any license, permit, or other authori- 



14 zation for any such activity with respect to any of such 



15 coastal waters. 



16 "(d) Such standards shall be applicable to all of the 



17 departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal 



18 Government, to the States and their agencies, including 



19 any person having any hcense, permit, or other authorization 



20 from such State or agency for any such activity with respect 



21 to any of such ocean, coastal, and other waters. 



22 "(e) After the date that a Federal standard is estab- 



23 lished under this section, a State may establish its own stand- 



24 ard with respect to the activity covered by such Federal 



25 standard, except that the State standard must be more strin- 



