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CHAPTER 27⁠—OCEAN DUMPING — Front Matter

Chap.Sec.
1401.Congressional finding, policy, and declaration of purpose.
1402.Definitions.
1411.Prohibited acts.
1412.Dumping permit program.
1412a.Emergency dumping of industrial waste.
1413.Dumping permit program for dredged material.
1414.Permit conditions.
1414a.Special provisions regarding certain dumping sites.
1414b.Ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste.
1414c.Prohibition on disposal of sewage sludge at landfills on Staten Island.
1415.Penalties.
1416.Relationship to other laws.
1417.Enforcement.
1418.Regulations.
1419.International cooperation.
1420.Authorization of appropriations.
1421.Omitted.
1441.Monitoring and research program.
1442.Research program respecting possible long-range effects of pollution, overfishing, and man-induced changes of ocean ecosystems.
1443.Research program respecting ocean dumping and other methods of waste disposal.
1444.Annual reports.
1445.Authorization of appropriations.