The Ocean Dumping Ban Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-688) marked an end to almost a century of sewage sludge and industrial waste dumping into the ocean. The law was enacted amid negative publicity about beach closures from high levels of pathogens and...

The Ocean Dumping Ban Act, enacted in 1988, significantly amended portions of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 and banned ocean dumping of municipal sewage sludge and industrial waste (with limited exceptions) by phased...

The Ocean Dumping Ban Act of 1988 (§ 2030) is a United States federal law passed in 1988 that amended the Ocean Dumping Act of 1972. Formerly, ocean dumping was regulated and curtailed by license; this act made the dumping of those materials simply...

00-00-0000 EPA to act on ocean dumping -- Whitman vows tough stance By JIM GERAGHTY, STATES NEWS SERVICE Date: 07-16-2002, Tuesday Section: LOCAL NEWS Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star B WASHINGTON - EPA Administrator and former Gov....

The Senate yesterday ratified an international agreement to ban ocean dumping of plastics, which kills hundreds of thousands of marine mammals every year through strangulation or intestinal damage. U.S. ratification was considered essential to trigger the agreement, which becomes effective one year after...