[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR8.10]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 8_ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF NONGOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES 
IN ANTARCTICA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 8.10  Cases of emergency.

    This part shall not apply to activities taken in cases of emergency 
relating to the safety of human life or of ships, aircraft, equipment 
and facilities of high value, or the protection of the environment, 
which require an activity to be undertaken without completion of the 
procedures set out in this part. Notice of any such activities which 
would have otherwise required the preparation of a CEE shall be provided 
within fifteen (15) days to the Department of State, as provided in this 
paragraph, for circulation to all Parties to the Protocol and to the 
Committee on Environmental Protection, and a full explanation of the 
activities carried out shall be provided within forty-five (45) days of 
those activities. Notification shall be provided to: The Director, The 
Office of Oceans Affairs, OES/OA, Room 5805, Department of State, 2201 C 
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20520-7818.