Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00699:schedule:1:p16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00699
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 16/20)
Character Range: 79388–82627

.2 properties: physical, chemical, biochemical and biological;

         .3 toxicity;

         .4 persistence: physical, chemical and biological; and

         .5 accumulation and biotransformation in biological materials or sediments.

ACTION LIST

    9 Each Contracting Party shall develop a national Action List to provide a mechanism for screening candidate wastes and their constituents on the basis of their potential effects on human health and the marine environment. In selecting substances for consideration in an Action List, priority shall be given to toxic, persistent and bioaccumulative substances from anthropogenic sources (e.g., cadmium, mercury, organohalogens, petroleum hydrocarbons, and, whenever relevant, arsenic, lead, copper, zinc, beryllium, chromium, nickel and vanadium, organosilicon compounds, cyanides, fluorides and pesticides or their by‑products other than organohalogens). An Action List can also be used as a trigger mechanism for further waste prevention considerations.

    10 An Action List shall specify an upper level and may also specify a lower level. The upper level should be set so as to avoid acute or chronic effects on human health or on sensitive marine organisms representative of the marine ecosystem. Application of an Action List will result in three possible categories of waste:

         .1 wastes which contain specified substances, or which cause biological responses, exceeding the relevant upper level shall not be dumped, unless made acceptable for dumping through the use of management techniques or processes;

          .2 wastes which contain specified substances, or which cause biological responses, below the relevant lower levels should be considered to be of little environmental concern in relation to dumping; and

         .3 wastes which contain specified substances, or which cause biological responses, below the upper level but above the lower level require more detailed assessment before their suitability for dumping can be determined.

DUMP‑SITE SELECTION

11 Information required to select a dump‑site shall include:

         .1 physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the water‑column and the seabed;

         .2 location of amenities, values and other uses of the sea in the area under consideration;

         .3 assessment of the constituent fluxes associated with dumping in relation to existing fluxes of substances in the marine environment; and

         .4 economic and operational feasibility.

ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL EFFECTS

    12 Assessment of potential effects should lead to a concise statement of the expected consequences of the sea or land disposal options, i.e., the "Impact Hypothesis". It provides a basis for deciding whether to approve or reject the proposed disposal option and for defining environmental monitoring requirements.

    13 The assessment for dumping should integrate information on waste characteristics, conditions at the proposed dump‑site(s), fluxes, and proposed disposal techniques and specify the potential effects on human health, living resources, amenities and other legitimate uses of the sea. It should define the nature, temporal and spatial scales and duration of expected impacts