42 U.S.C. § 12002 : US Code - Section 12002: Definitions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 12002 : US Code - Section 12002: Definitions

As used in this chapter -
(1) the term "invention" means an invention or discovery that
is patented or for which a patent may be obtained under title 35,
or any novel variety of plant that is protected or for which
plant variety protection may be obtained under the Plant Variety
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.) and that is conceived or
reduced to practice as a result of work under an agreement
entered into under this chapter;
(2) the term "non-Federal person" means an entity located in
the United States, the controlling interest (as defined by the
Secretary) of which is held by persons of the United States,
including -
(A) a for-profit business;
(B) a private foundation;
(C) a nonprofit organization such as a university;
(D) a trade or professional society; and
(E) a unit of State or local government;
(3) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Energy;
(4) the term "small business", with respect to a participant in
any demonstration and commercial application project under this
chapter, means a private firm that does not exceed the numerical
size standard promulgated by the Small Business Administration
under section 632(a) of title 15 for the Standard Industrial
Classification (SIC) code designated by the Secretary of Energy
as the primary business activity to be undertaken in the
demonstration and commercial application project;
(5) the term "source reduction" means any practice which -
(A) reduces the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant,
or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released
into the environment, including fugitive emissions, prior to
recycling, treatment, or disposal; and
(B) reduces the hazards to the public health and the
environment associated with the release of such substances,
pollutants, or contaminants,
including equipment or technology modifications, process or
procedure modifications, reformulation or redesign of products,
substitution of raw materials, and improvements in housekeeping,
maintenance, training, and inventory control, but not including
any practice which alters the physical, chemical, or biological
characteristics or the volume of a hazardous substance,
pollutant, or contaminant through a process or activity which
itself is not integral to and necessary for the production of a
product or the providing of a service; (!1)
(6) the term "United States" means the several States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United
States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other Commonwealth,
territory, or possession of the United States.