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15 U.S.C. § 8931

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United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective

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15 U.S.C. § 8931, Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/442595
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In this subchapter: The term “Director” means the Director of the United States Geological Survey. The term “highly fluorinated compound” means a perfluoroalkyl substance or a polyfluoroalkyl substance with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. In this paragraph: The term “fully fluorinated carbon atom” means a carbon atom on which all the hydrogen substituents have been replaced by fluorine. The term “perfluoroalkyl substance” means a chemical of which all of the carbon atoms are fully fluorinated carbon atoms. The term “polyfluoroalkyl substance” means a chemical containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom and at least one carbon atom that is not a fully fluorinated carbon atom.

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