### Question
What is the definition of release rate?


### Answer
The definition of **release rate** is as follows in *33 U.S.C. § 2402*:

> the rate at which organotin is released from an antifouling paint over the long term, as determined by the Administrator, using—


(A) the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) standard test method which the Environmental Protection Agency required in its July 29, 1986, data call-in notice on tributyltin compounds used in antifouling paints

#### Citation:
  - *33 U.S.C. § 2402*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 37-ORGANOTIN ANTIFOULING PAINT CONTROL**

