33 U.S.C. § 1414a — Special provisions regarding certain dumping sites

(a) New York Bight Apex. (1) “Apex” means Atlantic Ocean waters west of 73°30′ west longitude and north of 40°10′ north latitude. “Apex site” means the site within the Apex where municipal sludge was dumped before October 1, 1983. “Eligible authority” means a sewerage authority or other State or local government unit that, on November 2, 1983, was authorized by court order to dump municipal sludge at the Apex site. (2) No one may apply for a permit concerning dumping, or transporting for dumping, municipal sludge within the Apex unless the applicant is an eligible authority. (3) The Administrator may not issue or renew such a permit after the earlier of December 15, 1987, or the day the Administrator determines that municipal sludge from eligible authorities can reasonably first be dumped at a designated site outside the Apex. (b) 106-mile site. The Administrator may not issue or renew a permit allowing anyone other than an eligible authority to dump, or transport for dumping, municipal sludge at the site designated under section 1412(c) and called the “106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site,” as described in 49 F.R. 19005.