The National Marine Sanctuaries Act and legislation ... The National Marine Sanctuaries Act ... The National Marine Sanctuaries Act [pdf] (NMSA) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to designate and protect areas of the marine environment with special national significance due to their conservation, recreational,
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The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA), also known as the Ocean Dumping Act, prohibits the dumping of material into the ocean that would unreasonably degrade or endanger human health or the marine environment.
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Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds. ... EPA Home > Water > Wetlands, Oceans, & Watersheds > Oceans & Coastal Protection > Summary of Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act Title I (MPRSA)
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Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-532; October 23, 1972; 86 Stat. 1052 and 1061. Titles I and II are codified at 33 U.S.C. 1401-1445. Title III is codified at 16 U.S.C. 1431-1445.) Amendments to Titles I (ocean dumping permit program) and II (ocean dumping research) include:
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(NECN) - Ian Bowles, Secretary of Environmental Affairs in Massachusetts, talks about the new Ocean Sanctuaries Act. How will the legislation project the state's waters and waterfront and how will developers be impacted? ... BUSINESS: Looking at the Ocean Sanctuaries Act...
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; 11. Ocean Sanctuaries Act ... Proposals that are below MEPA thresholds are presumed to comply with the Ocean Sanctuaries Act. A project that receives a Chapter 91 License is presumed to comply with the Ocean Sanctuaries Act.
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How Current is This? ... § 1431. Findings, purposes, and policies; establishment of system ... § 1445b. Enhancing support for national marine sanctuaries...
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Pursuant to section 314 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1445) and consistent with the Cooperative Agreement ...
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Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (, 86 Stat. , enacted |Missing required parameter 1= month ! , 1972) or Ocean Dumping Act was one of several key environmental laws passed by the U...
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