FEDERAL · 15 U.S.C. · Chapter 115
Definitions
Current through Pub. L. 119-102
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade·Ch. 115 — PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES AND EMERGING CONTAMINANTS·Subch. III
In this subchapter:
(1)Director
The term "Director" means the Director of the United States Geological Survey.
(2)Highly fluorinated compound
(A)In general
The term "highly fluorinated compound" means a perfluoroalkyl substance or a polyfluoroalkyl substance with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
(B)Definitions
In this paragraph:
(i)Fully fluorinated carbon atom
The term "fully fluorinated carbon atom" means a carbon atom on which all the hydrogen substituents have been replaced by fluorine.
(ii)Perfluoroalkyl substance
The term "perfluoroalkyl substance" means a chemical of which all of the carbon atoms are fully fluorinated carbon atoms.
(iii)Polyfluoroalkyl substance
The term "polyfluoroalkyl substance" means a chemical containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon a
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History
(Pub. L. 116–92, div. F, title LXXIII, §7331, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2281.)