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Ending Subsidized Degradation: The Ocean Dumping Example, Brenda Asher Dillman
Ending Subsidized Degradation: The Ocean Dumping Example, Brenda Asher Dillman
Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers
There is no way to measure, on a global scale, the pollution dumped directly into the oceans, let alone all the tens of thousands of particulates, toxics, and gaseous substances are added each day to the atmosphere surrounding the New York Bight. The aim of this paper is to develop a user fee framework for the ocean dumping of municipal sludge. Such a proposal requires a radical departure from the standards and enforcement approach of today's legislation. The ocean dumping of municipal sludge, while accounting for only a small percentage of the total waste dumped into the Bight, has proven …