                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 3.2-3935)

As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise:
		&#8220;Acceptable release rate&#8221; means a measured release rate not to
exceed 4.0 micrograms per square centimeter per day at steady state conditions
as determined in accordance with a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
testing procedure as outlined in the EPA data call-in notice of July 29, 1986,
on tributyltin in antifoulant paints under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide
and Rodenticide Act, (7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.); or a lower release rate if
adopted by the Board as necessary to protect health or the environment.
		&#8220;Commercial boat yard&#8221; means any facility that engages for hire in
the construction, storage, maintenance, repair or refurbishing of vessels (other
than seaplanes) or any licensed independent marine maintenance contractor who
engages in such activities.
		&#8220;Marine antifoulant paint&#8221; means any compound, coating, paint or
treatment applied or used for the purpose of controlling freshwater or marine
fouling organisms on vessels.
		&#8220;Tributyltin compounds&#8221; means any compound having three normal
butyl groups attached to a tin atom and with or without an anion such as
chloride, fluoride or oxide.
		&#8220;Vessel&#8221; means every description of watercraft, other than a
seaplane, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the
water, whether self-propelled or otherwise, and includes barges and tugs.

HISTORY: 1987, c. 15, § 3.1-249.22; 1989, c. 575, § 3.1-249.59; 2008, c. 860.