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rendered nontoxic or nonbioaccumulative [Subsection 227.6(£)] or 
"rapidly rendered harmless" [Annex I London Dumping Convention]. 
1.€ Subsection 102(a)(1)(F) states, 
any material of any kind whatsoever for dumping in the area of 
ocean waters lying westward of 73 degrees 30 minutes west longi- 
tude and northward of 40 degrees 10 minutes north latitude, 
except that-- 
(1) any permit for the dumping of material, other than 
dredge spoil, in such area that was issued before, and is in 
effect on, the date of the enactment of the Ocean Dumping 
Amendments Act of 1982 shall terminate at the close of Decem- 
ber 31, 1982 or such earlier date as may be specified in the 
permit; and 
(ii) any permit for the dumping of dredge spoil in such 
area that was issued before, and is in effect on, the date of 
the enactment of such Act of 1982 may be renewed after such 
date for a term ending on or before the close of December 31, 
1982. 
Subsection 102(a)(1)(F) sets forth the latitude and longitude coor- 
dinates which outline the apex of the New York Bight in the western 
north Atlantic Ocean plus portions of the north Pacific Ocean and the 
Bering and Beaufort seas. No material may be dumped in these areas 
except under valid permits which for dredged material may extend 
until 31 December 1985, or for all other materials only until 
31 December 1982. The New York Bight Apex contains four major dump- 
sites--the 12-Mile Site for sewage sludge, the dredged material 
dumpsite, the cellar dirt dumpsite, and the acid waste dumpsite. 
EPA and NOAA, the federal experts on ocean waste disposal in the New 
York Bight, have not concluded that this portion of the ocean is 
"unreasonably degraded" as defined in the Act. Their studies have 
