---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 227.22"
title: "40"
number: "227.22"
heading: "Assessment of impact."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/227.22"
---

# §227.22. Assessment of impact.


The assessment of impact on other uses of the ocean will consider both temporary and long-range effects within the state of the art, but particular emphasis will be placed on any irreversible or irretrievable commitment of resources that would result from the proposed dumping.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1412 and 1418.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 2476, Jan. 11, 1977, unless otherwise noted.