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1994 US Code
Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 37 - ORGANOTIN ANTIFOULING PAINT CONTROL
Sec. 2404 - Prohibition of certain organotin antifouling paints and organotin additives used to make such paints

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 1994 Edition, 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. 2404 - Prohibition of certain organotin antifouling paints and organotin additives used to make such paints
Containssection 2404
Date1994
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 4, 1995
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 100-333, §5, June 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 606.
Statutes at Large Reference102 Stat. 606
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 100-333


§2404. Prohibition of certain organotin antifouling paints and organotin additives used to make such paints (a) Interim prohibition of certain organotin antifouling paints

Subject to section 12(d), no person in any State may—

(1) sell or deliver to, or purchase or receive from, another person an antifouling paint containing organotin; or

(2) apply to a vessel an antifouling paint containing organotin;


unless the antifouling paint is certified by the Administrator as being a qualified antifouling paint containing organotin.

(b) Prohibition of certain organotin additives

Subject to section 12(d), no person in any State may sell or deliver to, or purchase or receive from, another person at retail any substance containing organotin for the purpose of adding such substance to paint to create an antifouling paint.

(Pub. L. 100–333, §5, June 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 606.)

References in Text

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

Effective Date

Section effective June 16, 1988, with subsec. (a) to remain in effect until a final decision, as defined in section 12(c) of Pub. L. 100–333, regarding release of organotin into the aquatic environment by antifouling paints, is issued and takes effect, see section 12(a) to (c) of Pub. L. 100–333, set out as an Effective Date; Use of Existing Stocks 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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