{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s8931","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f8931.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f8931.\nDefinitions\nIn this subchapter:\n(1)\nDirector\nThe term \u201cDirector\u201d means the Director of the United States Geological Survey.\n(2)\nHighly fluorinated compound\n(A)\nIn general\nThe term \u201chighly fluorinated compound\u201d means a perfluoroalkyl substance or a polyfluoroalkyl substance with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.\n(B)\nDefinitions\nIn this paragraph:\n(i)\nFully fluorinated carbon atom\nThe term \u201cfully fluorinated carbon atom\u201d means a carbon atom on which all the hydrogen substituents have been replaced by fluorine.\n(ii)\nPerfluoroalkyl substance\nThe term \u201cperfluoroalkyl substance\u201d means a chemical of which all of the carbon atoms are fully fluorinated carbon atoms.\n(iii)\nPolyfluoroalkyl substance\nThe term \u201cpolyfluoroalkyl substance\u201d 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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s8931.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s8931","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f8931."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this subchapter:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s8931/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Director"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cDirector\u201d means the Director of the United States Geological Survey.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s8931/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Highly fluorinated compound"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s8931/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201chighly fluorinated compound\u201d means a perfluoroalkyl substance or a polyfluoroalkyl substance with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s8931/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this paragraph:"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t15/s8931/2/B/i","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(i)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Fully fluorinated carbon atom"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cfully fluorinated carbon atom\u201d means a carbon atom on which all the hydrogen substituents have been replaced by fluorine.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t15/s8931/2/B/ii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(ii)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Perfluoroalkyl substance"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cperfluoroalkyl substance\u201d means a chemical of which all of the carbon atoms are fully fluorinated carbon atoms.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"clause","id":"/us/usc/t15/s8931/2/B/iii","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(iii)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Polyfluoroalkyl substance"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cpolyfluoroalkyl substance\u201d 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}