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While cremated remains often are scattered at sea, full-body burials are uncommon and highly regulated. Under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations, the body must be in a coffin of non-corrosive metal that weighs four times the individual’s body weight, to ensure the body sinks to the bottom “rapidly and permanently.”

In addition, EPA rules require that humans who are not cremated must be buried at least three nautical miles from land in water at least 600 feet deep.