1998 US Code
Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 37 - ORGANOTIN ANTIFOULING PAINT CONTROL
Sec. 2403 - Prohibition on application of organotin antifouling paints on certain vessels

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 37 - ORGANOTIN ANTIFOULING PAINT CONTROL
Sec. 2403 - Prohibition on application of organotin antifouling paints on certain vessels
Containssection 2403
Date1998
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 5, 1999
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 100-333, §4, June 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 606.
Statutes at Large Reference102 Stat. 606
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 100-333


§2403. Prohibition on application of organotin antifouling paints on certain vessels (a) Prohibition

Subject to section 12(d), and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no person in any State may apply to a vessel that is less than 25 meters in length an antifouling paint containing organotin.

(b) Exceptions

Subsection (a) of this section shall not prohibit the application of a qualified antifouling paint containing organotin on—

(1) the aluminum hull of a vessel that is less than 25 meters in length; or

(2) the outboard motor or lower drive unit of a vessel that is less than 25 meters in length.

(Pub. L. 100–333, §4, June 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 606.)

References in Text

Section 12(d), referred to in subsec. (a), is section 12(d) of Pub. L. 100–333, which is set out as a note under section 2401 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 2409 of this title.

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