| 11. | June 20 : Shell abandons plan for ocean dumping of oil rig just after Major defends proposal.
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| 12. | Under the rules, that constitutes ocean dumping,
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| 13. | Pallone said the EPA needs to look for alternatives to ocean dumping, not make ocean dumping easier.
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| 14. | Additionally, fines are assessed for ocean dumping of medical wastes that carry the same penalties previously listed.
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| 15. | Public Law 97-424, enacted in 1983, placed a 2-year prohibition on ocean dumping of any low-level radioactive waste.
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| 16. | Ocean dumping of sludge is illegal.
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| 17. | EPA designates sites for ocean dumping and specifies in each permit where the material is to be disposed.
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| 18. | Among them are laws on fair housing, drug-free workplaces, clean air, child abuse, ocean dumping and highway safety.
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| 19. | EPA did not appeal the court s ruling and, as a result, ocean dumping was allowed to continue.
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| 20. | A treaty banning ocean dumping of nuclear waste took effect last April, but Russia has not signed it.
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