WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a rule called: Marine Protection: Modification To Expand Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites Offshore of Corpus Christi, Texas.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 28 by Walter Mason, Regional Administrator, Region 6, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Summary: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a rule that modifies the existing EPA-designated ocean dredged material disposal sites (ODMDSs) offshore of Corpus Christi, Texas; specifically, the Corpus Christi Ship Channel (CCSC) ODMDS and the Corpus Christi New Work (CCNW) ODMDS to serve the long-term need for locations to dispose of suitable material dredged from the Corpus Christi ...