the United Kingdom's "Don't Foul It" for distribution with the assistance 

 of the Coastal States Organization and private boating organizations to 

 registered boat owners. The leaflet provides boat owners with guidance on 

 proper use and disposal practices of TBT antifouling paints to reduce the 

 risks to both humans and the environment from misuse. The University of 

 Hawaii's Sea Grant Extension Service has prepared and distributed its own 

 leaflet "Don't Foul Things Up" drafted from the UK and the EPA/NCAA 

 leaflets (Tabata, 1988) . The Department of Environmental Quality of the 

 State of Oregon and the Oregon State Marine Board have prepared a "A Users 

 Guide for Antifouling feints" leaflet modified from the EPA/NOAA leaflet 

 (Wolniakowski, 1988) . Also a citizens group in the New England region 

 (Westport, MA) has prepared and distributed its own public information 

 leaflet "TBT Alert" (Westport River Watershed Alliance, 1987) . 



2.3.1.3 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 



In furtherance of the objectives of the National Ocean Pollution Planning 

 Act (NOPPA) , NOAA's National Marine Pollution Program Office (NMPPO) co- 

 ordinated the development of an interagency (NAVY, EPA, NBS AND NOAA) 

 Workshop on Organotins. This Workshop was held in July 1986. The Work- 

 shop brought together leading researchers from across the country on 

 aquatic monitoring and analysis for organotin compounds. It was held at 

 the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The purpose of the Work- 

 shop was to identify analytical and field methodological problems and 

 research needs. The Proceedings of the Workshop (landy, et al., 1986) 

 consists of background papers and two working subgroup reports. The 

 purpose of the Workshop was to provide a forum for discussing field and 

 laboratory methodologies for sampling activities that were beginning at 

 the state and federal levels. With the resultant discussions leading to 

 the Workshop participants identifying data collection, research and 

 monitoring needs for organotin compounds in aquatic environments. These 

 discussions were very valuable because sampling programs were being initi- 

 ated in Chesapeake Bay by the States of Maryland (DNR) and Virginia (VIMS) 

 and EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program, and in California, by Goldberg at 

 SCRIPPS, by Stephenson at the Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, and by the 

 Department of Environmental Quality in Oregon. 



In preparation for the next 5-year plan, NMPPO is currently directing the 

 collection of information on various aspects of issues associated with the 

 use of TBT based antifoulant paints. A broad scope of information is 

 being collected from the open literature, gray literature and from direct 

 contact with researchers in the field. The status of developments for the 

 regulation of organotin antifouling paints both at the state and interna- 

 tional levels is being monitored continuously and the results are being 

 compiled for use in the preparation of the next 5-year U.S. Federal Marine 

 Pollution Research Plan. 



In September of 1987, the OCEANS '87 International Organotin Symposium was 

 co-sponsored by an interagency effort of the following Federal agencies: 



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