---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 230.40"
title: "40"
number: "230.40"
heading: "Sanctuaries and refuges."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/230.40"
---

# §230.40. Sanctuaries and refuges.

- (a) Sanctuaries and refuges consist of areas designated under State and Federal laws or local ordinances to be managed principally for the preservation and use of fish and wildlife resources.
- (b) **Possible loss of values—** Sanctuaries and refuges may be affected by discharges of dredged or fill material which will:
  - (1) Disrupt the breeding, spawning, migratory movements or other critical life requirements of resident or transient fish and wildlife resources;
  - (2) Create unplanned, easy and incompatible human access to remote aquatic areas;
  - (3) Create the need for frequent maintenance activity;
  - (4) Result in the establishment of undesirable competitive species of plants and animals;
  - (5) Change the balance of water and land areas needed to provide cover, food, and other fish and wildlife habitat requirements in a way that modifies sanctuary or refuge management practices;
  - (6) Result in any of the other adverse impacts discussed in subparts C and D as they relate to a particular sanctuary or refuge.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 85344, Dec. 24, 1980, unless otherwise noted.