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<section article="gnr" article_name="Natural Resources" number="8-703.1" title_number="8" title_name="Waters" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="State Boat Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall develop and implement by August 1, 1987, an educational program to advise boaters, boatyards, marine suppliers, and other users of antifouling paints on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The provisions of Title 5, Subtitle 9 of the Agriculture Article, § 9–321.1 of the Environment Article, and this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The toxic propensities to marine life of antifouling paints containing tributyltin compounds; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The availability of substitute paints.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Publish for use by the public a detailed listing of antifouling paints in use in the State that contain tributyltin and those that do not; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Publish, to the extent possible, which antifouling paints containing tributyltin have acceptable release rates, as defined in § 5–901 of the Agriculture Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall develop the educational program under subsection (a) of this section and the materials used in the program in coordination with the State Department of Agriculture and in consultation with the marine trades and with representatives of the boating public.</text>
  </level>
</section>
