N.Y. Navigation Law Section 40-B
Sale and use of tributyltin paint


1.

No person shall sell or offer to sell quick release tributyltin antifoulant bottom paints after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight. For purposes of this section, “quick release” shall mean a release rate of greater than five micrograms of tributyltin per square centimeter per day.

2.

No person shall apply a quick release tributyltin antifoulant bottom paint to any vessel expected to be used in the waters of the state including the marine and coastal district, as defined in Environmental Conservation Law § 13-0103 (Marine and coastal district described)section 13-0103 of the environmental conservation law, after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight, nor shall any person apply an antifoulant bottom paint having a release rate of greater than one microgram or less than five micrograms of tributyltin per square centimeter per day to any non-aluminum part of any vessel less than twenty-five meters in length which is expected to be used in the waters of the state including the marine and coastal district after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight.

3.

After January first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight, paint containers holding antifoulant bottom paint having a release rate of more than one microgram or less than five micrograms of tributyltin per square centimeter being sold or offered for retail sale shall not exceed thirty-two fluid ounces of such paint and shall have affixed to the container a label which states the application of such paint is restricted under New York state law to aluminum parts only.

4.

The department of environmental conservation shall, prior to January first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight, develop a list of those quick release antifoulant bottom paints which have been banned from use in this state under the provisions of this section as well as a list of those tributyltin antifoulant bottom paints which have had their sale and application restricted under the provisions of this section. The department shall make such lists available to any interested party and shall make a reasonable effort to transmit such lists to known manufacturers and those places of sale of such paints within the state and shall until December thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight provide such list to any applicant for a license or permit under article eleven or thirteen of the environmental conservation law.

5.

Any violation of this section shall be a violation punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred fifty dollars.

Source: Section 40-B — Sale and use of tributyltin paint, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/NAV/40-B (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

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Equipment
40‑A
Manufacture and sale of outboard motors
40‑B
Sale and use of tributyltin paint
41
Pilot rules
42
Searchlights
42‑A
Tow-chains
43
Lights to be displayed
43‑A
Use of digital billboards
44
Noise levels on pleasure vessels
45
Reckless operation of a vessel
45‑A
Beaching a disabled water craft
45‑AA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Canandaigua lake
45‑AAA
Special provisions relating to speed on Irondequoit bay
45‑AAAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Greenwood Lake
45‑AAAA*2
Special provisions relating to speed on Sodus Bay
45‑AAAAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice
45‑AAAAAA
Special provisions relating to noise and speed on Lamoka Lake and Waneta Lake
45‑AAAAAA*2
Special provisions relating to reckless operation, noise and speed on the Fulton Chain of Lakes
45‑B
Regulation of beaches
45‑C
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Conesus lake
45‑CC
Reckless operation and speed on the canal system
45‑D
Special provisions relating to speed at Crooke’s Point in Great Kills Harbor
46
Vessel regulation zone
46‑A
Regulations of vessels
46‑AA
Special provisions relating to speed on lakes in Chautauqua county
46‑AAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on certain lakes in Hamilton county
46‑AAAA
Special provisions relating to speed on Cuba lake
46‑B
Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake
47
Leaving the scene of an accident without reporting
47‑A
Accidents
47‑B
Report to the commissioner required upon accident
48
Negligence in use or operation of vessel attributable to owner
49
Operator
49‑A
Operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs
49‑B
Operating a vessel after having consumed alcohol
49‑C
Termination of unsafe operation
49‑D
Application

Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 40-B’s source at nysenate​.gov

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