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P R ONS 
In 1973, EPA ISSUED REGULATIONS GOVERNING OCEAN DISPOSAL OF 
RADIOACTIVE WASTES- THESE REGULATIONS DIRECTED THAT RADIOACTIVE 
MATERIALS BE CONTAINED TO PREVENT THEIR DIRECT DISPERSION OR DILUTION 
IN OCEAN WATERS- FURTHERMORE, THE MATERIALS TO BE DISPOSED OF SHOULD 
RADIODECAY TO ENVIRONMENTALLY INNOCUOUS MATERIAL WITHIN THE LIFE 
EXPECTANCY OF THE CONTAINERS AND THEIR INERT MATRIX- THESE 
REQUIREMENTS WERE ALSO INCLUDED IN EPA’s OCEAN DUMPING REGULATIONS 
PUBLISHED IN 1977 (40 CFR Part 227-11). 
Even THOUGH EPA HAS HAD REGULATIONS AVAILABLE SINCE 1973 FoR 
EVALUATING PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR OCEAN DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE 
MATERIALS, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SUCH REQUESTS- CONSEQUENTLY, WE 
HAVE NOT ISSUED ANY PERMITS AND WE HAVE TAKEN NO POSITION ON THE MERITS 
OF OCEAN DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES- 
INTERNATIONAL C 
THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION OF MARINE POLLUTION 
BY DumpING oF WASTES AND OTHER MATTER, ALSO KNOWN AS THE LonDON DuMPING 
CONVENTION, PROVIDES FOR INTERNATIONAL CONTROL OVER OCEAN DISPOSAL OF 
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS- THE UNITED STATES BECAME A CONTRACTING PARTY TO 
