Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 02 - Agriculture, Department of › Rule 02.02.14 - RULES FOR WEIGHTS AND MEASURES › Section 02.02.14.010 - DEFINITIONS

Current through August 31, 2023
In addition to the definitions set forth in Sections
				71-108 and
				71-401, Idaho Code, the following
				definitions apply to this rule: (3-15-22)
01.
Alcohol
. A volatile
			 flammable liquid having the general formula CnH (2n+1) OH used or sold for the
			 purpose of blending or mixing with gasoline for use in motor vehicles, and
			 commonly or commercially known or sold as an alcohol, including ethanol and
			 methanol. (3-15-22)
02.
Biodiesel
. A fuel comprised of mono-alkyl esters of long chain
			 fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats, designated B100.
			 (3-15-22)
03.
Biodiesel
			 Blends
. A fuel comprised of a blend of biodiesel fuel with
			 petroleum-based diesel fuel, designated BXX. In the abbreviation BXX, the XX
			 represents the volume percentage of biodiesel fuel in the blend.
			 (3-15-22)
04.
Certificate of
			 Conformance
. A document issued by the National Institute of Standards
			 and Technology based on testing in participating laboratories, said document
			 constituting evidence of conformance of a type with the requirements of
			 National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbooks 44, 105-1, 105-2,
			 105-3. (3-15-22)
05.
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
. Natural Gas which has been
			 compressed and dispensed into fuel storage containers and is suitable for use
			 as an engine fuel. (3-15-22)
06.
Commercial Weighing and Measuring Device
. Any weight or measure or
			 weighing or measuring device commercially used or employed in establishing the
			 size, quantity, extent, area or measurement of quantities, things, product, or
			 articles for distribution or consumption, purchased, offered or submitted for
			 sale, hire, or award, or in computing any basic charge or payment for services
			 rendered on the basis of weight or measure, and must also include any accessory
			 attached to or used in connection with a commercial weighing or measuring
			 device when such accessory is so designed or installed that its operation
			 affects, or may affect, the accuracy of the device. (3-15-22)
07.
Co-Solvent
. An alcohol or
			 any other chemical with higher molecular weight than methanol or ethanol which
			 is blended with either or both to prevent phase separation in gasoline.
			 (3-15-22)
08.
Diesel Gallon
			 Equivalent (DGE)
. Equivalent to six point three hundred eighty-four
			 thousandths (6.384) pounds of compressed natural gas or six point fifty-nine
			 thousandths (6.059) pounds of liquefied natural gas. (3-15-22)
09.
Ethanol
. Ethyl alcohol, a
			 flammable liquid having the formula C2H5OH used or sold for the purpose of
			 blending or mixing with gasoline for use in motor vehicles, and commonly or
			 commercially known or sold as ethanol or ethyl alcohol. (3-15-22)
10.
Gasoline
. Any fuel sold for
			 use in motor vehicles and commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline
			 whether leaded or unleaded. (3-15-22)
11.
Gasoline Gallon Equivalent
			 (GGE)
. Equivalent to five point six hundred sixty thousandths (5.660)
			 pounds (two point five hundred sixty- seven thousandths (2.567) kilograms) of
			 compressed natural gas. (3-15-22)
12.
Gasoline Liter Equivalent
			 (GLE)
. Equivalent to one point four hundred ninety-five thousandths
			 (1.495) pounds (zero point six hundred seventy-eight thousandths (0.678)
			 kilograms) of compressed natural gas. (3-15-22)
13.
Gasoline-Oxygenate Blend
.
			 For labeling purposes, any spark-ignition motor fuel containing one percent
			 (1%) or more by volume of oxygenates or combination of oxygenates, such as but
			 not restricted to ethanol, methanol, or methyl-tertiary-butyl ether.
			 (3-15-22)
14.
Label
.
			 Any written, printed, or graphic matter affixed to, applied to, attached to,
			 blown into, formed, molded into, embossed on, or appearing upon or adjacent to
			 a consumer commodity or a package containing any consumer commodity, for
			 purposes of branding, identifying, or giving any information with respect to
			 the commodity or to the contents of the package, except an inspector's tag or
			 other non-promotional matter affixed to or appearing upon a consumer commodity
			 will not be deemed to be a label requiring the repetition of label information
			 required by this rule. (3-15-22)
15.
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
.
			 Natural gas that has been liquefied at minus one hundred sixty-two degrees
			 Celsius (-162 °C) (minus two hundred sixty degrees Fahrenheit (-260
			 °F)) and stored in insulated cryogenic tanks for use as an engine fuel.
			 (3-15-22)
16.
Methanol
. Methyl alcohol, a flammable liquid having the formula
			 CH3OH used or sold for the purpose of blending or mixing with gasoline for use
			 in motor vehicles, and commonly or commercially known or sold as methanol or
			 methyl alcohol. (3-15-22)
17.
Motor Vehicles
. Include all vehicles, vessels, watercraft,
			 engines, machines, or mechanical contrivances that are propelled by internal
			 combustion engines or motors. (3-15-22)
18.
Multi-Unit Package
. A
			 package containing two (2) or more individual packages of the same commodity,
			 in the same quantity, with the individual packages intended to be sold as part
			 of the multi-unit package but capable of being individually sold in full
			 compliance with all requirements of this rule. (3-15-22)
19.
National Type Evaluation
			 Program
. A program of cooperation between the National Institute of
			 Standards and Technology, the National Conference on Weights and Measures, the
			 states, and the private sector for determining, on a uniform basis, conformance
			 of a type with the relevant provisions of the National Institute of Standards
			 and Technology Handbook 44, "Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical
			 Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices," National Institute of
			 Standards and Technology Handbook 105-1, "Specifications and Tolerances for
			 Reference Standards and Field Standard Weights and Measures, Specifications and
			 Tolerances for Field Standard Weights (NIST Class F)," National Institute of
			 Standards and Technology Handbook 105-2, "Specifications and Tolerances for
			 Reference Standards and Field Standard Weights and Measures, Specifications and
			 Tolerances for Field Standard Measuring Flask," or National Institute of
			 Standards and Technology Handbook 105-3, "Specifications and Tolerances for
			 Reference Standards and Field Standard Weights and Measures, Specifications and
			 Tolerances for Graduated Neck Type Volumetric Field Standards."
			 (3-15-22)
20.
Package
.
			 Any commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units
			 suitable for either wholesale or retail sale. (3-15-22)
21.
Participating Laboratory
.
			 Any State Measurement Laboratory that has been certified by the National
			 Institute of Standards and Technology, in accordance with its program for the
			 Certification of Capability of State Measurement Laboratories, to conduct a
			 type of evaluation under the National Type Evaluation Program.
			 (3-15-22)
22.
Principal
			 Display Panel or Panels
. That part, or those parts, of a label that is,
			 or are, so designed as to most likely be displayed, presented, shown, or
			 examined under normal and customary conditions of display and purchase.
			 Wherever a principal display panel appears more than once on a package, all
			 requirements pertaining to the "principal display panel" shall pertain to all
			 such "principal display panels." (3-15-22)
23.
Random Package
. A package
			 that is one (1) of a lot, shipment, or delivery of packages of the same
			 consumer commodity with varying weights; that is, packages of the same consumer
			 commodity with no fixed pattern of weight. (3-15-22)
24.
Registered Service Agency
.
			 Any agency, firm, company or corporation which, for hire, award, commission or
			 any other payment of any kind, installs, services, repairs or reconditions a
			 commercial weighing or measuring device, and which voluntarily registers itself
			 as such with the Bureau of Weights and Measures. Under agency registration,
			 identification of individual servicemen is required. (3-15-22)
25.
Registered Serviceman
. Any
			 individual who for hire, award, commission or any other payment of any kind,
			 installs, services, repairs or reconditions a commercial weighing or measuring
			 device, and who voluntarily registers himself as such with the Bureau of
			 Weights and Measures. (3-15-22)
26.
Retail Dealer
. Any person who owns, operates, controls, or
			 supervises an establishment at which gasoline is sold or offered for sale to
			 the public. (3-15-22)
27.
Sale from Bulk
. The sale of commodities when the quantity is determined
			 at the time of sale. (3-15-22)
28.
Spark-Ignition Motor Fuel
. Gasoline and its blends with oxygenates
			 such as co-solvent and ethers (also "spark-ignition engine fuel").
			 (3-15-22)
29.
Type
. A
			 model or models of a particular measurement system, instrument, element or a
			 field standard that positively identifies the design. A specific type may vary
			 in its measurement ranges, size, performance, and operating characteristics as
			 specified in the Certificate of Conformance. (3-15-22)
30.
Type Evaluation
. The
			 testing, examination, and evaluation of a type by a participating laboratory
			 under the National Type Evaluation Program. (3-15-22)
31.
Wholesale Dealer
. Any person
			 engaged in the sale of gasoline to others who the seller knows or has
			 reasonable cause to believe intends to resell the gasoline in the same or an
			 altered form to another. (3-15-22)