2.3.2.11 Delaware : Regulations adopted under existing legislation. 



o Sale, distribution, possession, application or offer to sell or 



apply TBT antifouling paint is prohibited, 

 o Exemptions are granted to commercial boatyard owners or ships 



agent to apply acceptable release rate paint to vessels over 25 



meters length or vessels with aluminum hulls, 

 o Exemptions for 16 oz. spray cans of TBT paint to any person, 

 o Acceptable paint must be copolymer paint with a release rate of 



5.0 ug/cm 2 /day or less, 

 o Violation is criminal, fine to $1,000 and/or 6 months in prison. 



2.3.2.12 Maine : Enacted. 



o Sale, distribution, possession or application of TBT compounds is 



prohibited, 

 o Prohibition applies to vessels, lobster traps, fishing gear, 



moorings or piers, 

 o Exemptions granted for commercial boatyard owners/agents to apply 



paint having acceptable release rate to vessels longer than 25 



meters or vessels having aluminum hulls, 

 o Exemptions granted for sale and use of 16 oz. spray cans of TBT 



antifouling paint, 

 o An acceptable release rate is 3.0 ug/cm /day or less, 

 o Violation is criminal offense, fine to $25,000/day 



2.3.2.13 Massachusetts : Pending 



o Distribution, sale, possession, offer of sale, use or application 



of organotin antifouling paints or TBT compounds to mix to 



produce antifouling paint are prohibited 

 o Vessels, lobster traps and fishing apparatus may not be coated, 

 o Exceptions granted for commercial boatyard owners or agents to 



purchase and apply paints having acceptable release rates to 



vessels longer than 25 meters or to vessels having aluminum 



hulls, 

 o An acceptable release rate is 3.0 ug/cm 2 /day or less, 

 o Violation is a misdemeanor: fines $500 to $2,000 first offense, 



$2,000 second offense and subsequent offenses, 

 o Office of Coastal Zone Management and Bureau of Pesticides to 



develop public education program. 



2.3.2.14 New York : Enacted 



o Sale, use, application, or offer for sale of TBT antifouling 



paints are prohibited, 

 o Exceptions are granted for application to aluminum parts of 



vessels only. An acceptable release rate paint must be used and 



the vessel must be less than 25 meters long. 



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