Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 207 - VEHICLE SCRAPPAGE ACTIVITIES › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 207.102 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless otherwise specified in this Part and unless a
				  different meaning of a term is clear from its context, the definitions for the
				  terms used in this Part shall be the same as those found in the Environmental
				  Protection Act [415 ILCS 5 ] or in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 211 or 240. As used in
				  this Part, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:
"Creditable Emissions Reductions" or "CER" means a unit of
				  emissions reductions based on vehicle retirement activities in accordance with
				  an Agency-approved vehicle scrappage plan.
"Eligible vehicle" means any vehicle that qualifies for
				  retirement in a vehicle scrappage project or program as specified in Section
				  207.304 of
				  this Part.
"Emissions-related parts" means the engine and other vehicle
				  parts involved with fuel intake, combustion, exhaust, or the control of the
				  evaporation of fuel, which have a direct relation to the type or quantity of
				  emissions produced by the vehicle.
"IM240 Test" means a transient loaded mode exhaust test
				  procedure, as specified in 35 Ill. Adm. Code 276, designed to measure mass
				  quantities of vehicle exhaust emissions of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide,
				  carbon dioxide and oxides of nitrogen generated during vehicle operation on a
				  chassis dynamometer.
"Light-duty truck 1" means a motor vehicle rated at 6000
				  pounds maximum gross vehicle weight rate (GVWR) or less and which has a vehicle
				  frontal area of 45 square feet or less, and which is designed primarily for
				  purposes of transportation of property or is a derivation of such a vehicle, or
				  is designed primarily for transportation of persons and has a capacity of more
				  than 12 persons, or is available with special features enabling off-street or
				  off-highway operation and use.
"Light-duty truck 2" means a motor vehicle rated between 6001
				  and 8500 pounds maximum GVWR and which has a vehicle frontal area of 45 square
				  feet or less, and which is designed primarily for purposes of transportation of
				  property or is a derivation of such a vehicle, or is designed primarily for
				  transportation of persons and has a capacity of more than 12 persons, or is
				  available with special features enabling off-street or off-highway operation
				  and use.
"Light-duty vehicle" means a passenger car or passenger car
				  derivative capable of seating twelve passengers or fewer.
"Non-emissions-related parts" means vehicle parts not
				  involved with fuel intake, combustion or exhaust, or the control of evaporation
				  of fuel, and which do not have a direct relation to the type or quantity of
				  emissions produced by the vehicle.
"Recognized repair technician" means a person professionally
				  engaged in vehicle repair, employed by a going concern whose purpose is the
				  repair of vehicles, or possessing a nationally recognized certification for
				  emissions-related diagnosis and repair.
"Vehicle retirement" means the permanent rendering of an
				  eligible vehicle into an inoperable condition, in accordance with this Part and
				  a vehicle scrappage plan.
"Vehicle scrappage" means activities related to the
				  retirement of eligible vehicles for the purpose of receiving CERs under this
				  Part.
"Vehicle scrappage manager" means a natural person who
				  satisfies all qualification requirements specified in Section
				  207.700
				  of this Part and is eligible to conduct vehicle scrappage activities pursuant
				  to this Part.
"Vehicle scrappage plan" means a type of plan that satisfies
				  all applicable requirements of Subpart F of this Part, and has been approved or
				  sponsored by the Agency, under which the vehicle scrappage activities for the
				  applicable vehicle scrappage project or program must be conducted.
"Vehicle scrappage program" means periodic or ongoing vehicle
				  scrappage activities conducted in accordance with the applicable requirements
				  of this Part and a vehicle scrappage plan.
"Vehicle scrappage project" means a one-time vehicle
				  scrappage event conducted in accordance with the applicable requirements of
				  this Part and a vehicle scrappage plan.
"Vehicle scrappage sponsor" means any interested person or
				  entity that satisfies all of the requirements of Section
				  207.702
				  of this Part and financially underwrites a vehicle scrappage project or program
				  conducted under this Part.