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33 U.S.C. § 1414c — Special provisions regarding certain dumping sites
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**(a) New York Bight Apex**
(1) For purposes of this subsection—
(A) The term “Apex” means the New York Bight Apex consisting of the ocean waters of the Atlantic Ocean westward of 73 degrees 30 minutes west longitude and northward of 40 degrees 10 minutes north latitude.
(B) The term “Apex site” means that site within the Apex at which the dumping of municipal sludge occurred before October 1, 1983.
(C) The term “eligible authority” means any sewerage authority or other unit of State or local government that on November 2, 1983, was authorized under court order to dump municipal sludge at the Apex site.
(2) No person may apply for a permit under this subchapter in relation to the dumping of, or the transportation for purposes of dumping, municipal sludge within the Apex unless that person is an eligible authority.
(3) The Administrator may not issue, or renew, any permit under this subchapter that authorizes the dumping of, or the transportation for purposes of dumping, municipal sludge within the Apex after the earlier of—
(A) December 15, 1987; or
(B) the day determined by the Administrator to be the first day on which municipal sludge generated by eligible authorities can reasonably be dumped at a site designated under [section 1412 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1412&num=0&edition=prelim) other than a site within the Apex.
**(b) Restriction on use of 106-mile site** The Administrator may not issue or renew any permit under this subchapter which authorizes any person, other than a person that is an eligible authority within the meaning of subsection (a)(1)(C), to dump, or to transport for the purposes of dumping, municipal sludge within the site designated under [section 1412(c) of this ti
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**(a) New York Bight Apex**
(1) For purposes of this subsection—
(A) The term “Apex” means the New York Bight Apex consisting of the ocean waters of the Atlantic Ocean westward of 73 degrees 30 minutes west longitude and northward of 40 degrees 10 minutes north latitude.
(B) The term “Apex site” means that site within the Apex at which the dumping of municipal sludge occurred before October 1, 1983.
(C) The term “eligible authority” means any sewerage authority or other unit of State or local government that on November 2, 1983, was authorized under court order to dump municipal sludge at the Apex site.
(2) No person may apply for a permit under this subchapter in relation to the dumping of, or the transportation for purposes of dumping, municipal sludge within the Apex unless that person is an eligible authority.
(3) The Administrator may not issue, or renew, any permit under this subchapter that authorizes the dumping of, or the transportation for purposes of dumping, municipal sludge within the Apex after the earlier of—
(A) December 15, 1987; or
(B) the day determined by the Administrator to be the first day on which municipal sludge generated by eligible authorities can reasonably be dumped at a site designated under [section 1412 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1412&num=0&edition=prelim) other than a site within the Apex.
**(b) Restriction on use of 106-mile site** The Administrator may not issue or renew any permit under this subchapter which authorizes any person, other than a person that is an eligible authority within the meaning of subsection (a)(1)(C), to dump, or to transport for the purposes of dumping, municipal sludge within the site designated under [section 1412(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1412/c&num=0&edition=prelim) by the Administrator and known as the “106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site” (as described in 49 F.R. 19005).
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For the purposes of this Act the term—
**(a)** “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
**(b)** “Ocean waters” means those waters of the open seas lying seaward of the base line from which the territorial sea is measured, as provided for in the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone (15 UST 1606; TIAS 5639).
**(c)** “Material” means matter of any kind or description, including, but not limited to, dredged material, solid waste, incinerator residue, garbage, sewage, sewage sludge, munitions, radiological, chemical, and biological warfare agents, radioactive materials, chemicals, biological and laboratory waste, wreck or discarded equipment, rock, sand, excavation debris, and industrial, municipal, agricultural, and other waste; but such term does not mean sewage from vessels within the meaning of [section 1322 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1322&num=0&edition=prelim). Oil within the meaning of [section 1321 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1321&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be included only to the extent that such oil is taken on board a vessel or aircraft for the purpose of dumping.
**(d)** “United States” includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, the territories and possessions of the United States, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
**(e)** “Person” means any private person or entity, or any officer, employee, agent, department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government, of any State or local unit of government, or of any foreign government.
**(f)** “Dumping” means a disposition of material: Provided, That
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 1415
Rico discharged pursuant to a permit issued
by the Administrator under section 1412 of
this title;
(4) the term ‘‘industrial waste’’ means any
solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated by a
manufacturing or processing plant, other than
an excluded material;
(5) the term ‘‘interim measure’’ means any
short-term method for the management of
sewage sludge or industrial waste, which—
(A) is used before implementation of an al-
ternative system; and
(B) does not require a permit under this
Act; and
(6) the term ‘‘sewage sludge’’ means any
solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated by a
wastewater treatment plant, other than an ex-
cluded material.
(Pub. L. 92–532, title I, § 104B, as added Pub. L.
100–688, title I, § 1002, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4139.)
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This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a)(2), (d)(1), (e)(3)(A),
(f)(1)(A)(i), (B), and (k)(1), (5)(B), means Pub. L. 92–532,
which is classified generally to this chapter, chapter 41
(§ 2801 et seq.) of this title, and chapters 32 (§ 1431 et
seq.) and 32A (§ 1447 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to
in subsecs. (b)(2)(D), (5)(A), (d)(2)(C)(ii), (4), (e)(2)(C),
(3)(A), (B), (f)(2)(A), (B)(ii), (iii), and (3)(B), is act June
30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500,
§ 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified gen-
erally to chapter 26 (§ 1251 et seq.) of this title. Title VI
of that Act is classified to subchapter VI (§ 1381 et seq.)
of chapter 26 of this title. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 1251 of this title and Tables.
Subsection (j)(4), referred to in subsec. (
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