§3841 Prohibitions

Summary

People must not break the rules in this chapter or its regulations. No one may sell or ship organotin or antifouling coatings that contain organotin. No one may make, process, or use organotin to make those coatings. No one may put an organotin antifouling coating on a vessel covered by these rules. After the Convention enters into force for the United States, people must not use an antifouling system on covered vessels in ways that violate that Convention. No vessel may have an organotin antifouling coating on its hull or outer surface unless it has an overcoat that prevents organotin from leaching, no matter when the coating was applied. That rule does not apply to fixed or floating platforms, FSUs, or FPSOs built before January 1, 2003, if they have not been in dry dock on or after that date. It also does not apply when an agreement with the Administrator sets an earlier ban or cancellation date, or for organotin used only in sonar domes or conductivity sensors in oceanographic instruments.