FLOOD08883

• County: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Federal Register EPA Guidelines for Specification of Disposal Sites for Dredged or Fill Material
• Date: 12/24/1980
• Prepared By: EPA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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Fedoral Register! Vol. 45. No. 249 1 Wednesday. December 24. 1980 ! Rules and Re~ulalions 8535;

[el Selechl1g sItes that will nol be
det~imelltal cr increase incompatiLle
human Clctivily. or require the neerlfor
frequent dredge or fill maintenance
actilo-ity in remote fish and wildlife
areas:
(f} Locating the disposal site outside
of the vicinity of a public water supply
intake.

~ 230.77 Other actions.

(a) In the case of fills. controlling
runoff and other discharges from
activilies to be conducted on the fill:
(b) In the case of dams. designing
water releases to accommodate the
needs of fish and wildlife.
(c) In dredging projects funded by
Federal agencies other than the Corps of
Engineers. maintain desired water
quality of the return discharge through
agreement ,....Uh the Federal funding
authority on scientifically defensjble
pollutant concentration levels in
addition to any applicable water quality
standards.-
{d) When a significant ecological
change in the aquatic environment is
proposed by the discharge of dredged or '
fill material. the permitting authority
should consider the ecosystem that will
be lost as well as the environmental
benefits of the new system.

Subpart !-Planning To Shorten Permit
Processing Time

~ 230.80 Advanced Identification of
disposal areas.
(aj Cunsistent with these Guidelines.
EPA and the permitting authority. on
their own initiative or at the request of
any other party and after consultation
with any.affected State that is not the
permitting authority. may identify sites
which will be considered as:
(1) Possible future disposal sites,
including existing disposal sites and
nOrl-sensltive areas: or
{2j Areas generaUy unsuitable for
disposal site specification:
(b) The identification of anv area as a
po~sible future disposal site ;hould nol
be deemed to constitute a permit for the
(.li:::chJrge of dredged or filJ material
within such area or a specification of a
disposal sileo The identification of areas
that generally will not be availClble for
disposal site specification should not be
deemed as prohibiting applicahons for
permits to discharge dredged or fill
material in such areas. Either type of
identification constitutes information to
facilitate individual or General permit
appli,~ation and processing.
(c) An appropriate public notice of the
propQ!led identifica tion of such ar,~as
shall be issued;

rd) To provide the basi" for advanced
identIfication of disposal areas. and
areas unsuitable for disposal. EPA and
the permitting authority shall consider
the likelihood that use of the area in
question for dredged or fill material
disposal will comply with these
Guidelines. To facilitate this analvsis.
EPA and the permitting authority .should
.review available water resources
management data including data
available from the public. other Federal
and Stale agencies. and information
from approved Coastal Zone
Man~gement programs and River Basin
Plans.
(e) The permitting authority should
.maintain a public record of the
identified areas and a written statement
of the basis for identification.

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