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ATTACHMENT A 



STATUTORY CRITERIA 

 SECTION 102(a) and (c) 



(A) The need for the proposed dumping. 



(B) The effect of such dumping on human health and welfare, including 

 economic, esthetic, and recreational values. 



(G) The effect of such dumping on fisheries resources, plankton, fish, 

 shellfish, wildlife, shorelines and beaches. 



(D) The effect of such dumping on marine ecosystems, particularly with 

 respect to: 



(i) the transfer, concentration, and dispersion of such material 

 and its by-products through biological, physical, and chemical processes; 



(ii) potential changes in marine ecosystem diversity, 

 productivity, and stability; and 



(iii) species and community population dynamics. 



(E) The persistence and permanence of the effects of the dumping. 



(F) The effect of dumping particular volumes and concentrations of 

 such materials. 



(G) Appropriate locations and methods of disposal or recycling, 

 yicluding land-based alternatives and the probable impact of requiring use 

 of such alternate locations or methods upon considerations affecting the 

 public interest. 



(H) The effect on alternate uses of oceans, such as scientific study, 

 fishing, and other living resource exploitation, and nonliving resource 

 exploitation. 



(I) In designating recommended sites, the Administrator shall utilize 

 wherever feasible locations beyond the edge of the Continental Shelf. 



