[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1443]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 27--OCEAN DUMPING
SUBCHAPTER II--RESEARCH
Sec. 1443. Research program respecting ocean dumping and other
methods of waste disposal
(a) Cooperation with public authorities, agencies, and institutions,
private agencies and institutions, and individuals
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall--
(1) conduct research, investigations, experiments, training,
demonstrations, surveys, and studies for the purpose of--
(A) determining means of minimizing or ending, as soon as
possible after October 6, 1980, the dumping into ocean waters,
or waters described in section 1411(b) of this title, of
material which may unreasonably degrade or endanger human
health, welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment,
ecological systems, or economic potentialities, and
(B) developing disposal methods as alternatives to the
dumping described in subparagraph (A); and
(2) encourage, cooperate with, promote the coordination of, and
render financial and other assistance to appropriate public
authorities, agencies, and institutions (whether Federal, State,
interstate, or local) and appropriate private agencies,
institutions, and individuals in the conduct of research and other
activities described in paragraph (1).
(b) Termination date for ocean dumping of sewage sludge not affected
Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect in any way the
December 31, 1981, termination date, established in section 1412a of
this title, for the ocean dumping of sewage sludge.
(c) Regional management plans for waste disposal
The Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary, the Secretary
of Commerce, and other officials of appropriate Federal, State, and
local agencies, shall assess the feasibility in coastal areas of
regional management plans for the disposal of waste materials. Such
plans should integrate where appropriate Federal, State, regional, and
local waste disposal activities into a comprehensive regional disposal
strategy. These plans should address, among other things--
(1) the sources, quantities, and types of materials that require
and will require disposal;
(2) the environmental, economic, social, and human health
factors (and the methods used to assess these factors) associated
with disposal alternatives;
(3) the improvements in production processes, methods of
disposal, and recycling to reduce the adverse effects associated
with such disposal alternatives;
(4) the applicable laws and regulations governing waste
disposal; and
(5) improvements in permitting processes to reduce
administrative burdens.
(d) Report on sewage disposal in New York metropolitan area
The Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce,
shall submit to the Congress and the President, not later than one year
after April 7, 1986, a report on sewage sludge disposal in the New York
City metropolitan region. The report shall--
(1) consider the factors listed in subsection (c) of this
section as they relate to landfilling, incineration, ocean dumping,
or any other feasible disposal or reuse/recycling option;
(2) include an assessment of the cost of these alternatives; and
(3) recommend such regulatory or legislative changes as may be
necessary to reduce the adverse impacts associated with sewage
sludge disposal.
(Pub. L. 92-532, title II, Sec. 203, Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1061; Pub.
L. 96-381, Sec. 1, Oct. 6, 1980, 94 Stat. 1523; Pub. L. 99-272, title
VI, Sec. 6063, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 131.)
Codification
In subsec. (a)(1)(A), October 6, 1980, was substituted for ``the
date of the enactment of this section'', which has been translated to
reflect the probable intent of Congress as meaning the date of enactment
of Pub. L. 96-381 which amended this section generally and which was
approved Oct. 6, 1980.
Amendments
1986--Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 99-272 added subsecs. (c) and (d).
1980--Pub. L. 96-381 substituted provision authorizing the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct
research, etc., and to encourage and cooperate with public authorities,
etc., for the purpose of determining means of minimizing or ending, as
soon as possible after Oct. 6, 1980, dumping in ocean waters, or waters
described in section 1411(b) of this title, of materials which may
unreasonably degrade or endanger human health or the marine environment
and to develop disposal methods as alternatives to dumping for provision
authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to conduct research, etc., and to
encourage and cooperate with public authoritie
