Ocean Dumping Reports

The United States and all other contracting nations to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (known as the London Convention) are required to submit an annual report for all ocean dumping operations.

The following reports describe categories of non-dredged material that were ocean dumped during each year.

• 1998 EPA Ocean Dumping Report (PDF) (3 pp, 28K)
• 1999 EPA Ocean Dumping Report (PDF) (2 pp, 23K)
• 2000 EPA Ocean Dumping Report (PDF) (3 pp, 20K)
• 2001 EPA Ocean Dumping Report (PDF) (4 pp, 43K)
• 2002 EPA Ocean Dumping Report (PDF) (6 pp, 54K)
• 2003 EPA Ocean Dumping Report (PDF) (6 pp, 60K)
• 2004 EPA Ocean Dumping Report (PDF) (6 pp, 53K)
• 2005 EPA Ocean Dumping Report (PDF) (5 pp, 131K)
• 2006 EPA Ocean Dumping Report (PDF) (5 pp, 127K)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers prepares annual reports for the ocean dumping of dredged material. The information used to compile these reports can be found in the Corps' online ocean disposal database .