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title: "15 U.S.C. § 8931"
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description: "Definitions"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 15
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title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_number: "115"
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chapter_name: "PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES AND EMERGING CONTAMINANTS"
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section: "8931"
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citation: "15 U.S.C. § 8931"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 8931 - Definitions
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## Text
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In this subchapter:
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(1) Director The term “Director” means the Director of the United States Geological Survey.
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(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.
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(B) Definitions In this paragraph:
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(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carbon atom The term “fully fluorinated carbon atom” means a carbon atom on which all the hydrogen substituents have been replaced by fluorine.
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(ii) Perfluoroalkyl substance The term “perfluoroalkyl substance” means a chemical of which all of the carbon atoms are fully fluorinated carbon atoms.
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(iii) Polyfluoroalkyl substance 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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(Pub. L. 116–92, div. F, title LXXIII, § 7331, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2281.)
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