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(2) Subsection (c) is amended to read as follows: 
“(e)(1) The Administrator shall designate sites at which 
materials may be dumped under permits issued under this 
section and section 103; except that no site may be designat- 
ed by the Administrator under this subsection until the Ad- 
ministrator undertakes and completes an analysis of the char- 
acteristics of the site and its suitability for dumping and of 
the environmental effects which will likely result from dump- 
ing. In undertaking such an analysis of each site, the Admin- 
istrator shall take into consideration the criteria set forth in 
subsection (a) and shall specifically take mto account the fol- 
lowing factors: 
“(A) The types and quantities of wastes and pol- 
lutants projected to be deposited in, and adjacent to, 
the site from dumping and other sources. 
“(B) The ability of the waters at the site to dis- 
perse, detoxify, or neutralize the materials. 
“(C) The importance of the site to the surround- 
ing biological community, including the presence of 
breeding, spawning, nursery or foraging areas, migra- 
tory pathways, or areas necessary for other functions 
or critical stages in the life cycle of marine organisms. 
“(D) The immediate and cumulative effects on 
human health and on the ecosystem adjacent to the 
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