[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 17, Parts 199 to 259]
[Revised as of July 1, 2000]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR224.2]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                           AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 224--RECORDS AND REPORTS REQUIRED OF OCEAN DUMPING PERMITTEES UNDER SECTION 102 OF THE ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 224.2  Reports.

    (a) Periodic reports. Information required to be recorded pursuant 
to Sec. 224.1 shall be reported to the Administrator or the Regional 
Administrator, as the case may be, for the periods indicated within 30 
days of the expiration of such periods:
    (1) For each six-month period, if any, following the effective date 
of the permit;
    (2) For any other period of less than six months ending on the 
expiration date of the permit; and
    (3) As otherwise required in the conditions of the permit.
    (b) Reports of emergency dumping. If material is dumped without a 
permit pursuant to paragraph (c)(4) of Sec. 220.1, the owner or operator 
of the vessel or aircraft from which such dumping occurs shall as soon 
as feasible inform the Administrator, Regional Administrator, or the 
nearest Coast Guard district of the incident by radio, telephone, or 
telegraph and shall within 10 days file a written report with the 
Administrator or Regional Administrator containing the information 
required under Sec. 224.1 and a complete description of the 
circumstances under which the dumping occurred. Such description shall 
explain how human life at sea was in danger and how the emergency 
dumping reduced that danger. If the material dumped included containers, 
the vessel owner or operator shall immediately request the U.S. Coast 
Guard to publish in the local Notice to Mariners the dumping location, 
the type of containers, and whether the contents are toxic or explosive. 
Notification shall also be given to the Food

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and Drug Administration, Shellfish Sanitation Branch, Washington, DC 
20204, as soon as possible.

[42 FR 2474, Jan. 11, 1977]