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ATTACHMENT B 



GENERAL CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF SITES 

 SECTION 228.5 



(a) The dumping of materials into the ocean will be permitted only at 

 sites or in areas selected to minimize the interference of disposal 

 activities with other activities in the marine environment, particularly 

 avoiding areas of existing fisheries or shel Ifisheries, and regions of heavy 

 commercial or recreational navigation. 



(b) Locations and boundaries of disposal sites will be so chosen that 

 temporary perturbations in water quality or other environmental conditions 

 during initial mixing caused by disposal operations anywhere within the site 

 can be expected to be reduced to normal ambient seawater levels or to 

 undetectable contaminant concentrations or effects before reaching any 

 beach, shoreline, marine sanctuary, or known geographically limited fishery 

 or shellfishery. 



(c) If at anytime during or after disposal site evaluation studies, it 

 is determined that existing disposal sites presently approved on an interim 

 basis for ocean dumping do not meet the criteria for site selection set 

 forth in §§228.5-228.6, the use of such sites will be terminated as soon as 

 suitable alternate disposal sites can be designated. 



(d) The sizes of ocean disposal sites will be limited in order to 

 localize for identification and control any immediate adverse impacts and 

 permit the implementation of effective monitoring and surveillance programs 

 to prevent adverse long-range impacts. The size, configuration, and 

 location of any disposal site will be determined as part of the disposal 

 site evaluation or designation study. 



(e) EPA will, wherever feasible, designate ocean dumping sites beyond 

 the edge of the Continental Shelf and other such sites that have been 

 historically used. 



