Section 46-17.2-1. – Short title.

§ 46-17.2-1. Short title. This chapter may be cited as the “Tributyltin Antifoulant Paint Control Act”. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 568, § 1.

Section 46-17.2-2. – Legislative findings.

§ 46-17.2-2. Legislative findings. (a) The General Assembly finds the following: (1) Antifoulant paints containing tributyltin based biocides are widely used on vessels in the state to inhibit the growth of marine fouling organisms, such as barnacles, that increase drag and reduce vessel speed and fuel and operating efficiency; (2) Laboratory and field studies have […]

Section 46-17.2-3. – Definitions.

§ 46-17.2-3. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Acceptable release rate” means a measured release rate not 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 […]

Section 46-17.2-4. – Sale and application of tributyltin compounds.

§ 46-17.2-4. Sale and application of tributyltin compounds. (a) Except as provided in this chapter, a person may not distribute, possess, sell, 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 state police […]

Section 46-17.2-5. – Education programs.

§ 46-17.2-5. 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. […]

Section 46-17.2-6. – Severability.

§ 46-17.2-6. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part adjudged invalid. History […]

Section 46-17.2-7. – Penalty.

§ 46-17.2-7. 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 a fine and imprisonment. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 568, § […]

Section 46-17.2-8. – Regulations.

§ 46-17.2-8. Regulations. 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 of 1976, chapter 25 of title 23. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 568, § 1.