Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 21 - Agriculture and Land Stewardship Department › Chapter 13 - Renewable Fuel Infrastructure Board-organization › Rule 21-13.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
As used in these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,
				the definitions in Iowa Code section
				159A.11 shall apply
				to this chapter and to 21-Chapters 14, 15, and 16. The following definitions
				shall also apply:
"Agreement"
means the cost-share agreement
				executed by the department after approval of the grant by the board.
"Applicant"
means a person, as defined in this
				rule, who owns or operates a site.
"Biodiesel,"
for the purpose of this rule,
				must be at least B99.
"Biodiesel blended fuel,"
as defined in Iowa
				Code section
				214A.1, means a blend
				of biodiesel with petroleum-based diesel fuel which meets the standards,
				including separately the standard for its biodiesel component. For the purpose
				of these rules, biodiesel blended fuel must contain at least 2 percent
				biodiesel at a terminal site and at least 5 percent at a retail site.
"Biofuel"
means ethanol or biodiesel as
				defined in Iowa Code section
				214A.1.
"Blender pump,"
for the purpose of these
				rules, means blending biofuel. When blending ethanol, the pump must have the
				capacity to dispense E-15 and E-85 gasoline at all times. When blending
				biodiesel, the pump must have the capacity to dispense biodiesel blended fuel
				classified as B-5 or higher at all times.
"Board"
means the renewable fuel
				infrastructure board established by Iowa Code section
				159A.13.
"Checklist"
or
"IDNR
				checklist"
means the most recent version of the Underground Storage
				Tank System Checklist for Equipment Compatibility with E-Blend Fuels (greater
				than 10 percent by volume) issued by the Iowa department of natural
				resources.
"Grant"
or
"cost-share grant"
means moneys awarded by the board on a cost-share basis from the renewable fuel
				infrastructure fund created by Iowa Code chapter 159A to help pay for a
				project.
"Person"
means an individual, corporation,
				limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency,
				business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal
				entity as defined in Iowa Code section
				4.1(20).
"Project"
means the installation of equipment
				for motor fuel storage, dispensing and distribution of E-15 or higher gasoline,
				biodiesel or biodiesel blended fuel classified as B-5 or higher.
"Rack"
means a metered motor fuel, special
				fuel or renewable fuel loading facility with the capacity to pump fuel at a
				rate of at least 100 gallons per minute (100 gpm); whether from an overhead,
				lateral, or underneath position, into a transportation vessel for further
				delivery.
"Renewable fuel,"
as defined in Iowa Code
				section
				214A.1, means a
				combustible liquid derived from grain starch, oilseed, animal fat, or other
				biomass; or produced from a biogas source, including any nonfossilized decaying
				organic matter which is capable of powering machinery, including but not
				limited to an engine or power plant. Renewable fuel includes but is not limited
				to biofuel, ethanol blended gasoline, or biodiesel blended fuel meeting the
				standards provided in Iowa Code section
				214A.2.
"Retail"
means offered for sale to the public
				for final consumption.
"Retail motor fuel site"
means a site at which
				motor fuel is offered for sale to the public for final consumption.
"Special status"
means a retail motor fuel
				site that does not comply with the E-15 access standard under Iowa Code section
				214A.32 as enacted by 2022 Iowa Acts, House File 2128, section 2, and is
				ineligible to be issued an E-15 incompatible infrastructure Class 2 waiver
				order.
"Tank vehicle"
means a motor vehicle designed
				to transport liquid or gaseous materials within a tank having a rated capacity
				of 1,001 or more gallons either permanently or temporarily attached to the
				vehicle or chassis.
"Tier I site"
means a retail motor fuel site
				as described in Iowa Code section
				159A.14(4B)
"b"
as enacted by 2022 Iowa Acts, House File 2128, section
				93.
"Tier II site"
means a retail motor fuel site
				as described in Iowa Code section
				159A.14(4B)
"c"
as enacted by 2022 Iowa Acts, House File 2128, section
				93.
"Tier III site"
means a retail motor fuel site
				as described in Iowa Code section
				159A.14(4B)
"d"
as enacted by 2022 Iowa Acts, House File 2128, section
				93.