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SECTION 46-17.2-3

   § 46-17.2-3  Definitions. – As used in this chapter:

   (1) "Acceptable release rate" means a measured release ratenot to exceed 4.0 micrograms per square centimeter per day for weeks three (3)to five (5), and a cumulative release rate of one hundred sixty-eight (168)micrograms per square centimeter for the first fourteen (14) days as determinedin accordance with an United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)testing procedure as outlined in the EPA data call-in notice of July 29, 1986,on tributyltin in antifoulant paints under the federal Insecticide, Fungicideand Rodenticide Act, 7 USC, § 136. If a lower release rate is determinedby the department to be necessary to protect health or the environment, therate if duly adopted by regulatory action of the department, shall be theacceptable release rate as herein defined.

   (2) "Commercial boat yard" means any facility which engagesfor hire in the construction, storage, maintenance, repair, or refurbishing ofvessels (other than seaplanes), or any licensed independent marine maintenancecontractor who engages in such activities.

   (3) "Department" means the department of environmentalmanagement.

   (4) "Marine antifoulant paint" means any compound, coating,paint, or treatment applied or used for the purpose of controlling fresh wateror marine fouling organisms on vessels.

   (5) "Tributyltin compounds" means any compound having three(3) normal butyl groups attached to a tin atom and with or without an anionsuch as chloride, flouride, or oxide.

   (6) "Vessel" means every description of watercraft, otherthan a seaplane, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation onthe water, whether self-propelled or otherwise, and includes barges and tugs.

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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-46 > Chapter-46-17-2 > 46-17-2-3

SECTION 46-17.2-3

   § 46-17.2-3  Definitions. – As used in this chapter:

   (1) "Acceptable release rate" means a measured release ratenot to exceed 4.0 micrograms per square centimeter per day for weeks three (3)to five (5), and a cumulative release rate of one hundred sixty-eight (168)micrograms per square centimeter for the first fourteen (14) days as determinedin accordance with an United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)testing procedure as outlined in the EPA data call-in notice of July 29, 1986,on tributyltin in antifoulant paints under the federal Insecticide, Fungicideand Rodenticide Act, 7 USC, § 136. If a lower release rate is determinedby the department to be necessary to protect health or the environment, therate if duly adopted by regulatory action of the department, shall be theacceptable release rate as herein defined.

   (2) "Commercial boat yard" means any facility which engagesfor hire in the construction, storage, maintenance, repair, or refurbishing ofvessels (other than seaplanes), or any licensed independent marine maintenancecontractor who engages in such activities.

   (3) "Department" means the department of environmentalmanagement.

   (4) "Marine antifoulant paint" means any compound, coating,paint, or treatment applied or used for the purpose of controlling fresh wateror marine fouling organisms on vessels.

   (5) "Tributyltin compounds" means any compound having three(3) normal butyl groups attached to a tin atom and with or without an anionsuch as chloride, flouride, or oxide.

   (6) "Vessel" means every description of watercraft, otherthan a seaplane, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation onthe water, whether self-propelled or otherwise, and includes barges and tugs.


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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-46 > Chapter-46-17-2 > 46-17-2-3

SECTION 46-17.2-3

   § 46-17.2-3  Definitions. – As used in this chapter:

   (1) "Acceptable release rate" means a measured release ratenot to exceed 4.0 micrograms per square centimeter per day for weeks three (3)to five (5), and a cumulative release rate of one hundred sixty-eight (168)micrograms per square centimeter for the first fourteen (14) days as determinedin accordance with an United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)testing procedure as outlined in the EPA data call-in notice of July 29, 1986,on tributyltin in antifoulant paints under the federal Insecticide, Fungicideand Rodenticide Act, 7 USC, § 136. If a lower release rate is determinedby the department to be necessary to protect health or the environment, therate if duly adopted by regulatory action of the department, shall be theacceptable release rate as herein defined.

   (2) "Commercial boat yard" means any facility which engagesfor hire in the construction, storage, maintenance, repair, or refurbishing ofvessels (other than seaplanes), or any licensed independent marine maintenancecontractor who engages in such activities.

   (3) "Department" means the department of environmentalmanagement.

   (4) "Marine antifoulant paint" means any compound, coating,paint, or treatment applied or used for the purpose of controlling fresh wateror marine fouling organisms on vessels.

   (5) "Tributyltin compounds" means any compound having three(3) normal butyl groups attached to a tin atom and with or without an anionsuch as chloride, flouride, or oxide.

   (6) "Vessel" means every description of watercraft, otherthan a seaplane, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation onthe water, whether self-propelled or otherwise, and includes barges and tugs.