---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 1700.32"
title: "40"
number: "1700.32"
heading: "Seawater piping biofouling prevention."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/1700.32"
---

# §1700.32. Seawater piping biofouling prevention.

- (a) Seawater piping biofouling chemicals subject to registration under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) ([7 U.S.C. 136](/usc/7/136.md) et seq.) must be used in accordance with the FIFRA label. Pesticides or chemicals banned for use in the United States must not be discharged.
- (b) To the greatest extent practicable, only the minimum amount of biofouling chemicals must be used to keep fouling under control.
- (c) Fouling organisms must be removed from seawater piping on a regular basis. For all vessels, except submarines, the discharge of fouling organisms removed during cleanings is prohibited.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 82 3183, Jan. 11, 2017, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1322, 1361.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 25134, May 10, 1999, unless otherwise noted.