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1 deposit or discharge into the coastal waters of the United 



2 States of all industrial wastes, sludge, spoil, and all other 



3 materials that might be harmful to the wildlife or wildlife 



4 resources or to the ecology of these waters. Such standards 



5 shall be for the purpose of insuring that no damage to the 



6 natural environment and ecology including but not limited 



7 to marine and wildlife ecology of the navigable waters of 



8 the United States will result from any such activity. Such 



9 standards shall require, in part, that any person before 



10 depositing or discharging of such materials into the coastal 



11 waters of the United States must present sufficient evidence 



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



13 tion in which they are to be deposited wUl not endanger 

 1^4 the natural environment and ecology of these waters, and 



15 to meet such additional requirements as the Secretary of the 



16 Interior may deem necessary for the orderly regulation of 



17 such activity. 



18 "(b) Such standards shall be adopted and enforced by 



19 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal 



20 Government or any State department, agency, or instra- 



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



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



23 coastal waters. 



24 "(c) Such standards shall be applicable to all of the 



25 departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the Federal 



