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102(c)(1) which must be evaluated by EPA. The Act provides that 
the EPA Administrator may establish and issue various categories of 
permits, whereas the draft Amendment proceeds to define an interim 
permit category. 
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 
As drafted, the proposed amendment would totally eliminate the ocean 
disposal of all currently dumped wastes by strictly prohibiting known 
or suspected carcinogens, mutagens, and teratogens in any quantity. 
Such a prohibition is inappropriate in a law enacted to regulate 
rather than to eliminate ocean dumping, especially since alternatives 
to such disposal may lead to greater human exposure to such mater- 
ials. 
There is no technical justification for the proposed ban on ocean 
dumping at sites within the New York Bight Apex. These sites were 
designated only after careful consideration of information from 
comprehensive environmental impact statements, and the advice of 
responsible scientists and interested members of the public. The 
results of those assessments were that significant adverse impacts 
will not be caused by continued dumping. 
The proposed Amendments set regulatory criteria, many of which are 
tentative and based on evolving technical knowledge, into legisla- 
tion. Similar criteria already are incorporated into EPA’s existing 
Ocean Dumping Regulations and the London Dumping Convention in a 
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