California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 3 - Air Resources › Chapter 1 - Air Resources Board › Subchapter 7.5 - Airborne Toxic Control Measures › Airborne Toxic Control Measure for Diesel Particulate Matter from Portable Engines Rated at 50 Horsepower and Greater › Section 93120.1 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) For the
					 purposes of this Airborne Toxic Control Measure, the following definitions
					 shall apply:
(1) "ANSI" means the American
					 National Standards Institute.
(2)
					 "ARB" means the California Air Resources Board.
(3) "ASTM" means the American Society for
					 Testing and Materials.
(4) "Batch"
					 means the amount of composite wood product manufactured during a shift (8 or 12
					 hours, plus or minus one hour of production).
(5) "Combination core" means a platform for
					 making hardwood plywood that consists of a combination of layers of veneer and
					 particleboard or medium density fiberboard.
(6) "Component part" means a fabricated part
					 that contains one or more composite wood products and is used in the assembly
					 of finished goods.
(7) "Composite
					 core" means a platform for making hardwood plywood or laminated products that
					 consists of particleboard and/or medium density fiberboard, or combination
					 core.
(8) "Composite wood products"
					 means hardwood plywood, particleboard, and medium density fiberboard.
					 "Composite wood products" does not include hardboard, structural plywood as
					 specified in the "Voluntary Product Standard -- Structural Plywood" (PS 1-07),
					 structural panels as specified in the "Voluntary Product Standard --
					 Performance Standard for Wood-Based Structural-Use Panels" (PS 2-04),
					 structural composite lumber as specified in "Standard Specification for
					 Evaluation of Structural Composite Lumber Products" (ASTM D 5456-06), oriented
					 strand board, glued laminated timber as specified in "Structural Glued
					 Laminated Timber" (ANSI A190.1-2002), prefabricated wood I-joists as specified
					 in "Standard Specification for Establishing and Monitoring Structural
					 Capacities of Prefabricated Wood I-Joists" (ASTM D 5055-05), finger-jointed
					 lumber, or "composite wood products" used inside of new vehicles as defined in
					 section
					 430 of the
					 California Vehicle Code (excluding recreational vehicles), rail cars, boats,
					 aerospace craft, or aircraft.
(9)
					 "Distributor" means any person to whom a composite wood product or finished
					 good is sold or supplied for the purposes of resale or distribution in
					 commerce, except that manufacturers and retailers are not
					 "distributors."
(10) "Door" means a
					 finished good used to close off a room, closet, or entrance. A "door" moves on
					 hinges, slides or rotates, and consists of a movable panel or combination of
					 panels, and may include component parts.
(11) "Executive Officer" means the "Executive
					 Officer" of the California Air Resources Board, or his or her
					 delegate.
(12) "Fabricator" means
					 any person that uses composite wood products to make finished goods.
					 "Fabricator" includes producers of laminated products.
(13) "Facility" means any site where
					 composite wood products or finished goods are manufactured, tested, used,
					 supplied or offered for sale, or sold in California. "Facility" includes, but
					 is not limited to, manufacturing plants, testing laboratories, distribution
					 centers, fabricator shops, warehouses, and retail stores.
(14) "Fiber" means the slender threadlike
					 elements of wood or similar cellulosic material, which can be separated by
					 chemical and/or mechanical means, such as pulping, and can be formed into
					 panels.
(15) "Finished goods" means
					 any good or product, other than a panel, containing hardwood plywood,
					 particleboard, or medium density fiberboard. Component parts are not "finished
					 goods," although they are used in the assembly of finished goods. "Finished
					 goods" do not include used goods such as antiques or second-hand furniture. For
					 the purposes of this subsection, a "used good" means a "finished good" that has
					 previously been sold or supplied to the ultimate purchaser. "Ultimate
					 purchaser" means the first person who in good faith purchases or acquires a
					 "finished good" for purposes other than resale.
(16) "Formaldehyde" means a colorless gas at
					 room temperature that at elevated concentrations has a strong, pungent odor and
					 can be irritating to the eyes, nose, and lungs (i.e., CAS No.
					 50-00-0).
(17) "Hardboard" means a
					 composite panel composed of cellulosic fibers, made by dry or wet forming and
					 hot pressing of a fiber mat with or without resins, that complies with one of
					 the following ANSI standards: "Basic Hardboard" (ANSI A135.4-2004),
					 "Prefinished Hardboard Paneling" (ANSI A135.5-2004), or "Hardboard Siding"
					 (ANSI A135.6-2006).
(18) "Hardwood"
					 means the wood of a deciduous broad-leafed tree. Examples of "hardwoods"
					 include, but are not limited to, aspen, birch, and oak.
(19) "Hardwood plywood" (HWPW) means a panel
					 composed of an assembly of (A) hardwood layers or plies of veneer or (B)
					 veneers in combination with a platform consisting of lumber core, composite
					 core, a special core material, or special back material, joined with an
					 adhesive. The face veneer may be composed of a hardwood or decorative softwood
					 species (ANSI/HPVA HP-1-2004). "Hardwood plywood" includes wall paneling,
					 industrial panels, and "hardwood plywood" panels used in making flooring.
					 "Hardwood plywood" does not include laminated products, military specified
					 plywood, or curved plywood.
(20)
					 "Hardwood plywood -- composite core" (HWPW-CC) means hardwood plywood with a
					 composite core.
(21) "Hardwood
					 plywood -- veneer core" (HWPW-VC) means hardwood plywood with a core made of a
					 sheet or sheets of veneer.
(22)
					 "HPVA" means the Hardwood Plywood and Veneer Association.
(23) "Importer" means the person or entity as
					 defined in the regulations of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, 19
					 Code of Federal Regulations, section
					 101.1.
(24) "Laminate" means a veneer or other
					 material affixed as a decorative surface to a platform.
(25) "Laminated product" means a finished
					 good or component part of a finished good made by a fabricator in which a
					 laminate or laminates are affixed to a platform. If the platform consists of a
					 composite wood product, the platform must comply with the applicable emission
					 standards.
(26) "Lot" means the
					 volume of a product type produced either:
(A)
					 from the beginning of a production run until the first quality control test;
					 or
(B) between one quality control
					 test and the next one; or
(C) from
					 the last quality control test to the end of a production
					 run.
(27) "Manufacturer"
					 means any person who manufactures or produces a composite wood
					 product.
(28) "Medium density
					 fiberboard" (MDF) means a panel composed of cellulosic fibers (usually wood)
					 made by dry forming and pressing of a resinated fiber mat (ANSI
					 A208.2-2002).
(29) "No-added
					 formaldehyde based resins" means resins formulated with no added formaldehyde
					 as part of the resin cross linking structure for making hardwood plywood,
					 particleboard, or medium density fiberboard. "No-added formaldehyde based
					 resins" include, but are not limited to, resins made from soy, polyvinyl
					 acetate, or methylene diisocyanate.
(30) "Panel" means any particleboard, medium
					 density fiberboard, or hardwood plywood board produced for sale, supply, or
					 distribution by a composite wood product manufacturer.
(31) "Particle" means a distinct fraction of
					 wood or other cellulosic material produced mechanically and used along with
					 resin to make particleboard. "Particles" are larger in size than
					 fibers.
(32) "Particleboard" means
					 a panel composed of cellulosic material (usually wood) in the form of discrete
					 particles (as distinguished from fibers, flakes, or strands) that are pressed
					 together with resin (ANSI A208.1-1999).
(33) "Person" shall have the same meaning as
					 defined in Health and Safety Code section
					 39047.
(34) "Platform" means the veneer core,
					 composite core, combination core, lumber core, or special core material used in
					 the manufacture of hardwood plywood or laminated products.
(35) "Plywood" means a panel product
					 consisting of layers of wood veneers in combination with a platform, pressed
					 together with resin. "Plywood" includes panel products made by either hot or
					 cold pressing (with resin) veneers to a platform.
(36) "Product type" means a type of composite
					 wood product that differs from another based on composition, thickness, number
					 of plies (if hardwood plywood), and resin to distinguish one composite wood
					 product from another made by the same manufacturer.
(37) "Recreational vehicle" has the same
					 meaning as defined in section
					 18010
					 of the California Health and Safety Code.
(38) "Retailer" means any person or entity
					 that sells, offers for sale, or supplies directly to consumers composite wood
					 products or finished goods that contain composite wood products.
(39) "Softwood" means wood produced from
					 needle and/or cone bearing trees (ANSI/HPVA HP-1-2004).
(40) "Thin MDF" means medium density
					 fiberboard that has a maximum thickness of eight millimeters.
(41) "Third party certifier" means an
					 organization or entity approved by the Executive Officer that:
(A) verifies the accuracy of the emission
					 test procedures and facilities used by manufacturers to conduct formaldehyde
					 emission tests,
(B) monitors
					 manufacturer quality assurance programs, and
(C) provides independent audits and
					 inspections.
(42)
					 "Ultra-low-emitting formaldehyde (ULEF) resins" means resins formulated such
					 that average formaldehyde emissions are consistently below the Phase 2 emission
					 standards in section
					 93120.2, as provided in section
					 93120.3(d).
(43) "Veneer" means thin sheets of wood
					 peeled or sliced from logs for use in the manufacture of wood products such as
					 plywood, laminated veneer lumber, laminated products, or other
					 products.
(44) "Veneer core" means
					 a core material for making plywood that consists of veneer.
(45) "Window" means a finished good
					 consisting of a frame in which are set panes of glass, for the admission of air
					 or light, or both, into an opening in the wall of a building. The frame
					 includes jambs, stiles, sashes, and rails, and excludes sills, window headers
					 and window seats.