Illinois Administrative Code › Title 32 - ENERGY › Part 130 - ILLINOIS RENEWABLE FUELS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM › Section 130.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions are applicable to this Part:
"Act" means the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program
				Act [20 ILCS 689 ].
"Award Value Criteria" means the criteria established by the
				Department in Section
				130.90
				in order to determine appropriate grant award levels.
"Biodiesel" means a renewable diesel fuel derived from biomass
				that is intended for use in diesel engines (Section 10 of the Act).
"Biodiesel blend" means a blend of biodiesel with
				petroleum-based diesel fuel in which the resultant product contains no less
				than 1% and no more than 99% biodiesel (Section 10 of the Act).
"Biofuels" means either ethanol or biodiesel.
"Biomass" means non-fossil organic materials that have an
				intrinsic energy content. "Biomass" includes, but is not limited to, soybean
				oil, vegetable oils, and ethanol. (Section 10 of the Act)
"Cooperative" means a business that is established, financed,
				operated and owned by individuals for the purpose of providing additional value
				to their agricultural products.
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Commerce and
				Economic Opportunity.
"Diesel Fuel" means any product intended for use or offered for
				sale as a fuel for engines in which the fuel is injected into the combustion
				chamber and ignited by pressure without electric spark (Section 10 of the
				Act).
"Director" means the Director of the Department.
"Ethanol" means a product produced from agricultural
				commodities or by-products used as a fuel or to be blended with other fuels for
				use in motor vehicles (Section 10 of the Act).
"Fuel" means fuel as defined in Section 1.19 of the Motor Fuel
				Tax Law [35 ILCS 505/1.19 ] (Section
				10 of the Act).
"Gasohol" means motor fuel that is no more than 90% gasoline
				and at least 10% denatured ethanol that contains no more than
				1.25 % water by
				weight (Section 10 of the Act).
"Gasoline" means all products commonly or commercially known or
				sold as gasoline (including casing head and absorption or natural gasoline)
				(Section 10 of the Act).
"Illinois Agricultural Product" means any agricultural
				commodity grown in Illinois that is used by a production facility to produce
				renewable fuel in Illinois, including, but not limited to, corn, barley, and
				soybeans (Section 10 of the Act).
"Labor Organization"means any organization or regional body or
				group of local unions:
in which building and construction industry trades, crafts, or
				labor employees, or all or any of these, participate; and
that represents building and construction industry trades,
				crafts, or labor employees, or any or all of these; and
that existsfor the purpose,in whole or in part, of negotiating
				with the employersof building and construction industry trades, crafts, or
				labor employees, or any orall of these, terms and conditions of employment,
				including, but not limited to:wages, hours of work, overtime provisions, fringe
				benefits, and the settlement ofgrievances; and
that participate in apprenticeship and training approved and
				registered with the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of
				Apprenticeship and Training, in the State of Illinois. (Section 10 of the
				Act)
"Majority Blended Ethanol Fuel" means motor fuel that contains
				no less than 70% and no more than 90% denatured ethanol and no less than 10%
				and no more than 30% gasoline (Section 10 of the Act).
"Motor Vehicles" means motor vehicles as defined in the
				Illinois Vehicle Code [625 ILCS 5 ] and watercraft propelled by an internal
				combustion engine (Section 10 of the Act).
"Owner" means any individual, sole proprietorship, limited
				partnership, co-partnership, joint venture, corporation, cooperative, or other
				legal entity that operates or will operate a plant located within the State of
				Illinois (Section 10 of the Act).
"Permanent Job" means a job in which a new employee works for
				the owner at the project at a rate of at least 35 hours per week and does not
				include construction jobs.
"Plant" means a production facility that produces a renewable
				fuel. "Plant" includes land, any building or other improvement on or to land,
				and any personal properties deemed necessary or suitable for use, whether or
				not now in existence, in the processing of fuel from agricultural commodities
				or by-products. (Section 10 of the Act)
"Plant Construction" means any new construction of a renewable
				fuels production plant with a minimum annual production capacity of 30 million
				gallons.
"Plant Expansion" means any modification, alteration or
				retrofitting of an existing plant, with a minimum annual renewable fuels
				production capacity of 30 million gallons, that will result in an increased
				renewable fuels production capacity, yield or efficiency.
"Project" means a plant construction or plant expansion project
				that is funded under the program. Over a period of time, separated by a
				reasonable period, multiple "projects" could occur at one facility; for
				instance, an initial plant construction project followed by a plant expansion
				project at the same facility.
"Program" means the Renewable Fuels Development Program.
"Renewable fuel" means ethanol, gasohol, majority blended
				ethanol fuel, biodiesel blend fuel, and biodiesel (Section 10 of the
				Act).
"Rural County" means a county in the State of Illinois
				designated as a non-Metropolitan Statistical Area by the United States Office
				of Management and Budget. A rural county has a population of less than
				50,000.
"State" means the State of Illinois.