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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1414a. Special provisions regarding certain dumping sites
(a) New York Bight Apex
(1) For purposes of this 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 subchapter 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 subchapter 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 1412 of
this title other than a site within the Apex.
(b) Restriction on use of 106-mile site
The Administrator may not issue or renew any permit under this
subchapter which authorizes any person, other than a person that is
an eligible authority within the meaning of subsection (a)(1)(C) of
this section, to dump, or to transport for the purposes of dumping,
municipal sludge within the site designated under section 1412(c)
of this title by the Administrator and known as the "106-Mile Ocean
Waste Dump Site" (as described in 49 F.R. 19005).
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