Responses to Comment # EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0003-0026 (Continued) regarding Draft National Guidance for Preparing

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency This document is one section from the Response to Public Comments Document regarding the “Draft National Guidance: Best Management Practices for Preparing Vessels Intended to Create Artificial Reefs,” published in August 2004. You can find the Response to Comments document in its entirety at http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/habitat/artificialreefs/index.html. Response to Public Comments Regarding the “Draft National Guidance: Best Management Practices for Preparing Vessels Intended to Create Artificial Reefs” Responses to Comment # EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0003-0026 (Continued) May 2006 1Response to Public Comments regarding the Draft National Guidance: Best Management Practices for Preparing Vessels Intended to Create Artificial Reefs 69 Fed. Reg. 46141 (August 2, 2004) Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0003. “Draft National Guidance: Best Management Practices for Preparing Vessels Intended to Create Artificial Reefs.” 69 Fed. Reg. 46141 (August 2, 2004). Public Comment Docket Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2004-0003-0026 Author Date: October 1, 2004 Richard Gutierrez and Jim Puckett Author: Basel Action Network Comment # O-I-11: 1. Reefing or disposal at sea is at or near the bottom of the globally acknowledged waste management hierarchy and is not the environmentally preferable option. Response to Comment # O-I-11: Because this document is intended to ...