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 PUBLIC LAW 96-572—DEC. 22, 1980

94 STAT. 3345

the Administrator determines that there has been demonstrated to exist an emergency, requiring the dumping of such waste, which poses an unacceptaole risk relating to human health and admits of no other feasible solution. As used herein, 'emergency' refers to situations requiring action with a marked degree of urgency. "(d) For purposes of this section— "(1) the term 'sewage sludge* means any solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated by a municipal wastewater treatment plant the ocean dumping of which may unreasonably degrade or endanger human health, welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems, and economic potentialities; and "(2) the term 'industrial waste* means any solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated by a manufacturing or processing plant the ocean dumping of which may unreasonably degrade or endanger human health, welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems, and economic potentialities.'*. SEC. 3. Section 102(e) of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1412(e)) is further amended— (1) by inserting after "transportation of material,** the words "by an agency or instrumentality of the United States or", and (2) by striking out "section.** and inserting "section: Provided, That in the case of an agency or instrumentality of the United States, no application shall be made for a permit to be issued pursuant to the authority of a foreign State Party to the Convention unless the Administrator concurs in the fUing of such application.**. SEC. 4. Section 106 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: "(f) In addition to other provisions of law and notwithstanding the specific exclusion relating to dredged material in the first sentence in section 102(a) of this Act, the dumping of dredged material in Long Island Sound from any Federal project (or pursuant to Federal authorization) or from a dredging project by a non-Federal applicant exceeding 25,000 cubic yards shall complv with the criteria established pursuant to the second sentence or section 102(a) of the Act relating to the effects of dumping. Subsection (d) of this section shall not apply to this subsection.**. SEC. 5. Title II of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section:

"Emergency." "Sewage sludge."

"Industrial waste."

33 USC 1416. Long Island Sound, dumping. 33 USC 1412.

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