42 U.S.C. § 13211 : US Code - Section 13211: Definitions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 13211 : US Code - Section 13211: Definitions

For purposes of this subchapter, subchapter II of this chapter,
and subchapter III of this chapter (unless otherwise specified) -
(1) the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency;
(2) the term "alternative fuel" means methanol, denatured
ethanol, and other alcohols; mixtures containing 85 percent or
more (or such other percentage, but not less than 70 percent, as
determined by the Secretary, by rule, to provide for requirements
relating to cold start, safety, or vehicle functions) by volume
of methanol, denatured ethanol, and other alcohols with gasoline
or other fuels; natural gas, including liquid fuels domestically
produced from natural gas; liquefied petroleum gas; hydrogen;
coal-derived liquid fuels; fuels (other than alcohol) derived
from biological materials; electricity (including electricity
from solar energy); and any other fuel the Secretary determines,
by rule, is substantially not petroleum and would yield
substantial energy security benefits and substantial
environmental benefits;
(3) the term "alternative fueled vehicle" means a dedicated
vehicle or a dual fueled vehicle;
(4) the term "comparable conventionally fueled motor vehicle"
means a motor vehicle which is, as determined by the Secretary -
(A) commercially available at the time the comparability of
the vehicle is being assessed;
(B) powered by an internal combustion engine that utilizes
gasoline or diesel fuel as its fuel source; and
(C) provides passenger capacity or payload capacity the same
or similar to the alternative fueled vehicle to which it is
being compared;
(5) "covered person" means a person that owns, operates,
leases, or otherwise controls -
(A) a fleet that contains at least 20 motor vehicles that are
centrally fueled or capable of being centrally fueled, and are
used primarily within a metropolitan statistical area or a
consolidated metropolitan statistical area, as established by
the Bureau of the Census, with a 1980 population of 250,000 or
more; and
(B) at least 50 motor vehicles within the United States;
(6) the term "dedicated vehicle" means -
(A) a dedicated automobile, as such term is defined in
section 32901(a)(7) of title 49; or
(B) a motor vehicle, other than an automobile, that operates
solely on alternative fuel;
(7) the term "domestic" means derived from resources within 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, or any
other Commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United
States, including the outer Continental Shelf, as such term is
defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act [43 U.S.C. 1331
et seq.], or from resources within a Nation with which there is
in effect a free trade agreement requiring national treatment for
trade;
(8) the term "dual fueled vehicle" means -
(A) dual fueled automobile, as such term is defined in
section 32901(a)(8) of title 49; or
(B) a motor vehicle, other than an automobile, that is
capable of operating on alternative fuel and is capable of
operating on gasoline or diesel fuel;
(9) the term "fleet" means a group of 20 or more light duty
motor vehicles, used primarily in a metropolitan statistical area
or consolidated metropolitan statistical area, as established by
the Bureau of the Census, with a 1980 population of more than
250,000, that are centrally fueled or capable of being centrally
fueled and are owned, operated, leased, or otherwise controlled
by a governmental entity or other person who owns, operates,
leases, or otherwise controls 50 or more such vehicles, by any
person who controls such person, by any person controlled by such
person, and by any person under common control with such person,
except that such term does not include -
(A) motor vehicles held for lease or rental to the general
public;
(B) motor vehicles held for sale by motor vehicle dealers,
including demonstration motor vehicles;
(C) motor vehicles used for motor vehicle manufacturer
product evaluations or tests;
(D) law enforcement motor vehicles;
(E) emergency motor vehicles, including vehicles directly
used in the emergency repair of transmission lines and in the
restoration of electricity service following power outages, as
determined by the Secretary;
(F) motor vehicles acquired and used for military purposes
that the Secretary of Defense has certified to the Secretary
must be exempt for national security reasons;
(G) nonroad vehicles, including farm and construction motor
vehicles; or
(H) motor vehicles which under normal operations are garaged
at personal residences at night;
(10) the term "fuel supplier" means -
(A) any person engaged in the importing, refining, or
processing of crude oil to produce motor fuel;
(B) any person engaged in the importation, production,
storage, transportation, distribution, or sale of motor fuel;
and
(C) any person engaged in generating, transmitting,
importing, or selling at wholesale or retail electricity;
(11) the term "light duty motor vehicle" means a light duty
truck or light duty vehicle, as such terms are defined under
section 7550(7) of this title, of less than or equal to 8,500
pounds gross vehicle weight rating;
(12) the term "motor fuel" means any substance suitable as a
fuel for a motor vehicle;
(13) the term "motor vehicle" has the meaning given such term
under section 7550(2) of this title; and
(14) the term "replacement fuel" means the portion of any motor
fuel that is methanol, ethanol, or other alcohols, natural gas,
liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, coal derived liquid fuels,
fuels (other than alcohol) derived from biological materials,
electricity (including electricity from solar energy), ethers, or
any other fuel the Secretary determines, by rule, is
substantially not petroleum and would yield substantial energy
security benefits and substantial environmental benefits.