---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 227.5"
title: "40"
number: "227.5"
heading: "Prohibited materials."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/227.5"
---

# §227.5. Prohibited materials.


The ocean dumping of the following materials will not be approved by EPA or the Corps of Engineers under any circumstances:

- (a) High-level radioactive wastes as defined in [§ 227.30](/cfr/40/227.30.md);
- (b) Materials in whatever form (including without limitation, solids, liquids, semi-liquids, gases or organisms) produced or used for radiological, chemical or biological warfare;
- (c) Materials insufficiently described by the applicant in terms of their compositions and properties to permit application of the environmental impact criteria of this subpart B;
- (d) Persistent inert synthetic or natural materials which may float or remain in suspension in the ocean in such a manner that they may interfere materially with fishing, navigation, or other legitimate uses of the ocean.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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