Ocean Dumping: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session on H.R. 6113 ... June 16, 1982 |
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Page 234 - The district courts shall have jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties, to enforce such an emission standard or limitation, or such an order, or to order the Administrator to perform such act or duty, as the case may be.
Page 31 - Administrator determines that such dumping will not unreasonably degrade or endanger human health, welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems, or economic potentialities.
Page 229 - A person suffering legal wrong because of agency action, or adversely affected or aggrieved by agency action within the meaning of a relevant statute, is entitled to judicial review thereof.
Page 29 - Union, and ordered to be printed [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic...
Page 71 - Dredged material" means any material excavated or dredged from the navigable waters of the United States. (J) "High-level radioactive waste" means the aqueous waste resulting from the operation of the first cycle solvent extraction system, or equivalent and the concentrated waste from subsequent extraction cycles, or equivalent, in a facility for reprocessing irradiated reactor fuels, or irradiated fuel from nuclear power reactors.
Page 234 - ... (1) against any person (including (i) the United States, and (ii) any other governmental instrumentality or agency to the extent permitted by the eleventh amendment to the Constitution) who is alleged to be in violation of (A) an effluent standard or limitation under this chapter or (B) an order issued by the Administrator or a State with respect to such a standard or limitation...
Page 229 - Except as provided in subsection (b), any person may commence a civil action on his own behalf— (1) against any person (including (i) the United States, and (ii) any other governmental instrumentality or agency to the extent permitted by the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution...
Page 229 - Act, states. . . . any person may commence a civil suit on his own behalf to enjoin any person, including the United States and any other governmental instrumentality or agency...
Page 100 - London Dumping Convention The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Dumping Convention) was convened in 1972 to prevent pollution of the marine environment. The Convention was signed by the United States in December, 1972 and ratified by the US Senate in August, 1973.
Page 32 - The International Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, also known as the London Dumping Convention, provides for international control over ocean disposal of radioactive materials.