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 PUBLIC LAW 100-4—FEB. 4, 1987

101 STAT. 79

SEC. 508. SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CERTAIN DUMPING SITES.

(a) FINDING.—The Congress finds that the New York Bight Apex 33 USC 1414a is no longer a suitable location for the ocean dumping of municipal note, sludge. (b) GENERAL RULE.—Title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) is further amended by inserting after section 104 the following new section: 33 USC 1414. SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING CERTAIN DUMPING SITES

"SEC. 104A. (a) N E W YORK BIGHT APEX.—(1) For purposes of this

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subsection: "(A) The term 'Apex' means the New York Bight Apex consisting of the ocean waters of the Atlantic Ocean westward of 73 degrees 30 minutes west longitude and northward of 40 degrees 10 minutes north latitude. "(B) The term 'Apex site' means that site within the Apex at which the dumping of municipal sludge occurred before October 1, 1983. "(C) The term 'eligible authority' means any sewerage authority or other unit of State or local government that on November 2, 1983, was authorized under court order to dump municipal sludge at the Apex site. %2) No person may apply for a permit under this title in relation to the dumping of, or the transportation for purposes of dumping, municipal sludge within the Apex unless that person is an eligible authority. "(3) The Administrator may not issue, or renew, any permit under this title that authorizes the dumping of, or the transportation for purposes of dumping, municipal sludge within the Apex after the ='^'' earlier of— "(A) December 15, 1987; or "(B) the day determined by the Administrator to be the first day on which municipal sludge generated by eligible authorities can reasonably be dumped at a site designated under section 102 33 USC 1412. other than a site within the Apex. "(b) RESTRICTION ON USE OF THE 106-MILE SITE.—The Adminis-

trator may not issue or renew any permit under this title which authorizes any person, other than a person that is an eligible authority within the meaning of subsection (a)(1)(C), to dump, or to transport for the purposes of dumping, municipal sludge within the site designated under section 102(c) by the Administrator and known as the '106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site' (as described in 49 F.R. 19005).".

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SEC. 509. OCEAN DISCHARGE RESEARCH PROJECTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California. Administrator is authorized to issue a research permit to the Orange County, California, Sanitation Districts for the discharge of preconditioned municipal sewage sludge into the ocean for the '' purpose of enabling research to be conducted in assessing and analyzing the effects of disposing of sewage sludge by pipeline into ocean waters— ^ (1) if the Administrator is satisfied that such local governmental agency is actively pursuing long-term land-based options for the handling of its sludge with special emphasis on remote disposal alternatives set forth in the 1980 LA/OMA sludge

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