§ 2405. — Certification.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC2405]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 37--ORGANOTIN ANTIFOULING PAINT CONTROL
Sec. 2405. Certification
(a) Initial certification
Not later than 90 days after June 16, 1988, the Administrator shall
certify each antifouling paint containing organotin that the
Administrator determines has a release rate of not more than 4.0
micrograms per square centimeter per day on the basis of the information
submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency before June 16, 1988,
in response to its July 29, 1986, data call-in notice on tributyltin or
any other data call-in notice.
(b) Subsequent certification
After the initial period of certification required by subsection (a)
of this section, and not later than 90 days after the receipt of
information with regard to an antifouling paint containing organotin
submitted--
(1) in response to a data call-in referred to in subsection (a)
of this section; or
(2) under any provision of law;
the Administrator shall certify such paint if, on the basis of such
information, the Administrator determines that such paint has a release
rate of not more than 4.0 micrograms per square centimeter per day.
(Pub. L. 100-333, Sec. 6, June 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 607.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2402 of this title.
