§ 23-25.3-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Acceptable release rate” means a measured release rate not to exceed four (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 […]
§ 23-25.3-2. Sale and application of tributyltin compounds. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person may not distribute, possess, sell, or offer for sale, apply, or offer for use or application any marine antifoulant paint containing tributyltin compounds. Authorized personnel of the department of environmental management, department of the attorney general, and […]
§ 23-25.3-3. Education programs. Through cooperative programs the department shall begin immediately to develop and implement a program designed to inform interstate and intrastate paint manufacturers and distributors, vessel owners, and commercial boat yards in the state of properties of tributyltin in marine antifoulant paints and the law to restrict its use. History of Section.P.L. […]
§ 23-25.3-4. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part adjudged […]
§ 23-25.3-5. Penalty. Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both the fine and imprisonment. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 255, § […]
§ 23-25.3-6. Regulations. The provisions of this chapter shall be in compliance with the rules and regulations relating to pesticides promulgated by the department of environmental management under provisions of the Rhode Island Pesticide Control Act, chapter 25 of this title. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 255, § 1.
