§3841 Prohibitions

Summary

No one may do certain things with organotin or antifouling systems that contain organotin. People must not break this chapter or its rules. They must not sell or distribute organotin or those antifouling systems in domestic or international commerce. They must not make, process, or use organotin to make antifouling systems. They must not put an organotin antifouling system on any vessel covered by this chapter. After the Convention enters into force for the United States, they also must not use an antifouling system on covered vessels in ways that conflict with the Convention. No vessel may have an organotin antifouling coating on its hull or outer surface, no matter when it was applied, unless it has an overcoating that stops organotin from leaching. The hull rule does not apply to fixed or floating platforms, FSUs, or FPSOs built before January 1, 2003, if they have not been dry-docked on or after that date. The bans also do not apply to actions under an agreement with the Administrator that creates an earlier ban, or to organotin or antifouling systems used only for sonar domes or conductivity sensors in oceanographic instruments.