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C. Federal Activities Related to Pollution Control and Abatement 
in the New York Bight 
Federal agency interests and responsibilities broadly relating 
to ocean pollution and disposal problems are given in Part II, 
beginning on page 50. Specific activities and interests concerned 
with the New York Bight are summarized below: 
1. Corps of Engineers: 
The Corps has statutory authority to regulate ocean disposal 
of wastes in specific areas, such as New York Harbor (pages 19 and 50 
and Appendix 2) in cooperation with State agencies and interstate 
authorities. Dumping permits are issued for 3-month periods. Logs 
and fathometer charts are required of tugboat operators as a check 
on their operations and the areas are patrolled infrequently by 
vessels and aircraft. The operation involves 
a. Application, by potential users, for permission to dump 
in the area designated for the particular type of waste; 
b. Issuance or rejection of permit by the Corps after 
review of application; 
c. Monitoring of disposal operations by the Corps, as the 
applicant transports waste materials from inland to dumping ground. 
Compliance with the above disposal procedures is largely a matter 
of cooperation; fines are occasionally levied for infraction of 
rules and the permit could be revoked. 
2. Coast Guard: 
As noted on page 53, the Coast Guard enforces Federal mari- 
time laws, including those related to pollution control. As an 
emergency measure, the Coast Guard has towed disposal barges during 
a barge operators' strike. 
3. Health, Education, and Welfare: 
Interests of the Bureau of Solid Waste Management and the 
Food and Drug Administration in the New York Bight are noted in 
Part II, pages 54, 55, and 56. 
4. Interior: 
The Department, through its various bureaus, has specific 
interests in the New York Bight. Section 5 of Public Law 89-603 
requires all Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities 
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