42 U.S.C. § 4902 : US Code - Section 4902: Definitions

Search 42 U.S.C. § 4902 : US Code - Section 4902: Definitions

For purposes of this chapter:
(1) The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) The term "person" means an individual, corporation,
partnership, or association, and (except as provided in sections
4910(e) and 4911(a) of this title) includes any officer,
employee, department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States, a State, or any political subdivision of a State.
(3) The term "product" means any manufactured article or goods
or component thereof; except that such term does not include -
(A) any aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance,
as such terms are defined in section 40102(a) of title 49; or
(B)(i) any military weapons or equipment which are designed
for combat use; (ii) any rockets or equipment which are
designed for research, experimental, or developmental work to
be performed by the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration; or (iii) to the extent provided by regulations
of the Administrator, any other machinery or equipment designed
for use in experimental work done by or for the Federal
Government.
(4) The term "ultimate purchaser" means the first person who in
good faith purchases a product for purposes other than resale.
(5) The term "new product" means (A) a product the equitable or
legal title of which has never been transferred to an ultimate
purchaser, or (B) a product which is imported or offered for
importation into the United States and which is manufactured
after the effective date of a regulation under section 4905 or
4907 of this title which would have been applicable to such
product had it been manufactured in the United States.
(6) The term "manufacturer" means any person engaged in the
manufacturing or assembling of new products, or the importing of
new products for resale, or who acts for, and is controlled by,
any such person in connection with the distribution of such
products.
(7) The term "commerce" means trade, traffic, commerce, or
transportation -
(A) between a place in a State and any place outside thereof,
or
(B) which affects trade, traffic, commerce, or transportation
described in subparagraph (A).
(8) The term "distribute in commerce" means sell in, offer for
sale in, or introduce or deliver for introduction into, commerce.
(9) The term "State" includes the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa,
Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
(10) The term "Federal agency" means an executive agency (as
defined in section 105 of title 5) and includes the United States
Postal Service.
(11) The term "environmental noise" means the intensity,
duration, and the character of sounds from all sources.