Ocean pollution

By Harms

  • Congress encacts the MPRSA

    Marine Protection Reaserch and sancuary act Executive branch

  • EPA issues first ocean dumping permits under the MPRSA

    Epa- Enviormental protection agency creates the permits to try and protect ocean dumping but enebitly fails Executive branch

  • EPA publishes Ocean Dumping Regulations and dredged material testing guidance

    Dredged material proposed for ocean disposal is evaluated and tested to ensure that the material will not adversely affect human health and the marine environment. Judicial/legeslative

  • MPRSA amended to require Congressional approval for dumping of low-level radioactive wastes

    is one of several key environmental laws. While the MPRSA regulates the ocean dumping of waste and provides for a research program on ocean dumping Jucical branch

  • EPA phases out dumping at sea of sewage sludge

    formally known as the Marine Protection. provides for control of both the transportation of material to be dumped and the dumping itself. Legeslative branch

  • Last permit issued for ocean dumping of construction debris and cellar dirt expires

    Executive branch

  • U.S. signs the London Protocal

    Management Program has stopped the ocean dumping of many harmful materials and has worked to control ocean dumping through permits since the 1972 enactment of the Marine Protection Executive branch

  • Wood burrning activties conducted at sea stops

    It is very toxic with all if the fumes it gives off. Juicial branch

  • Sweage slude dumping ends

    semi-solid material that is produced as a by-product during sewage treatment of industrial or municipal wastewater. Water treatment is the only way to get rid of it which is expensive. Legeslative

  • National Dredging Team established to promote national and regional consistency on dredging issues

    The National Dredging Team has addressed issues that affect dredging projects and has developed guidance documents to improve sediment management and promote the beneficial use of dredged materials Judicial Branch

  • EPA and Navy sign agreement to control removal of toxic substances from target vessels for Navy's SINKEX Program

    It is a new threat Executive Branch

  • EPA issues first general permit for ocean disposal of National Science Foundation ice piers in Antarctica

    EPA is re-issuing a permit authorizing the National Science Foundation (NSF) to dispose of ice piers in ocean waters Executive Branch

  • London patrol enters into force

    Legeslate Branch

  • EPA celebrates 40 years of protecting the ocean under the MPRSA

    For nearly 45 years, EPA's Ocean Dumping Management Program has worked to protect the ocean Judicial branch

  • EPA renews general permit for the ocean disposal of National Science Foundation ice piers in Antarctica

    By renewing this permit it continues to keep the ocean safer than it has been in the past. Executive Branch