New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter III - AIR RESOURCES › Subchapter A - PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AIR CONTAMINATION AND AIR POLLUTION › Part 225 - Fuel Composition And Use › Subpart 225-3 - Fuel Composition and Use-Gasoline › Section 225-3.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) For the purpose
					 of this Subpart, the general definitions of Part 200 of this Title
					 apply.
(b) For the purpose of this
					 Subpart, the following definitions also apply:
(1) ASTM. American Society for Testing and
					 Materials.
(2) Carbon monoxide
					 (CO). A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas at standard conditions having a
					 molecular composition of one carbon atom and one oxygen atom.
(3)
(i) The
					 Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA) in which a carbon monoxide
					 nonattainment area is located; or
(ii) if the area is not located in a CMSA,
					 the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in which the area is located;
					 or
(iii) if an area which was
					 designated as nonattainment is redesignated as attainment for carbon monoxide,
					 that CMSA or MSA as long as is necessary to maintain such standard in that
					 area. The following shall be considered to be carbon monoxide control areas:
(a) New York City Consolidated Metropolitan
					 Statistical Area (New York City CMSA). This area consists of the counties of
					 Bronx, Kings, Queens, New York, Richmond, Orange, Rockland, Putnam,
					 Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk.
(b) Syracuse Metropolitan Statistical Area
					 (Syracuse MSA). This area consists of the counties of Onondaga, Oswego and
					 Madison.
(4)
					 Conforming gasoline. Any gasoline which conforms with the requirements of
					 section
					 225-3.3 
					 of this Subpart.
(5) Distributor.
					 Any person who transports or stores or causes the transportation or storage of
					 gasoline at any point between a refinery or importer's facility and a retail
					 outlet or wholesale purchaser-consumer's facility.
(6) Ethanol blending plant. Any refinery at
					 which gasoline is produced solely through the addition of ethanol to gasoline,
					 and at which the quality or quantity of gasoline is not altered in any other
					 manner.
(7) Final distribution
					 facility. The stationary facility of a distributor from which gasoline is
					 supplied to a retail outlet or wholesale purchaser-consumer's
					 facility.
(8) Gasoline. A volatile
					 liquid mixture containing hydrocarbons or a blend of this mixture with one or
					 more oxygen containing ashless organic compounds, such as alcohols or ethers,
					 which is suitable for use in motor vehicles with spark-ignition, internal
					 combustion engines and which is commonly or commercially known or sold as
					 gasoline.
(9) Gasoline bulk plant
					 (bulk plant). A gasoline storage and distribution facility with an average
					 daily throughput of 40,000 gallons of gasoline or less.
(10) Gasoline loading terminal (terminal). A
					 gasoline storage and distribution facility with an average daily throughput
					 greater than 40,000 gallons of gasoline or with an emission rate potential of
					 volatile organic compounds of 100 tons per year or greater.
(11) Nonconforming gasoline. Any gasoline
					 which does not conform with the requirements of section
					 225-3.3 
					 of this Subpart.
(12) Numeric
					 allowance. The maximum margin of error in vehicle miles traveled allowed by the
					 United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to
					 42 U.S.C. section
					 7512a(a)(2)(A). (See Table
					 1, section
					 200.9 of this
					 Title). (Note: As of November 15, 1992, the numeric allowance is five percent
					 for calendar year 1993, four percent for 1994, and three percent for 1995 and
					 subsequent years.)
(13) Refiner.
					 Any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a
					 refinery.
(14) Refinery. Any
					 facility, including an ethanol blending plant, which produces
					 gasoline.
(15) Reid vapor pressure
					 (RVP). A measure of the vapor pressure of a gasoline in pounds per square inch
					 absolute at 100° F.
(16)
					 Reseller. Any person who purchases gasoline and resells or transfers it to a
					 retailer or a wholesale purchaser-consumer.
(17) Retail outlet. Any establishment at
					 which gasoline is sold or offered for sale to the general public for use in
					 motor vehicles.
(18) Retailer. Any
					 person who owns, leases, operates, controls or supervises a retail
					 outlet.
(19) Ultimate consumer. The
					 first person who purchases or obtains gasoline for use in motor
					 vehicles.
(20) VMT tracking area.
					 The area in which the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) must be monitored or tracked
					 in accordance with
					 42 U.S.C. section
					 7512a(a)(2)(A). (see Table
					 1, section
					 200.9 of this
					 Title).
(21) Wholesale
					 purchaser-consumer. Any ultimate consumer of gasoline who purchases or obtains
					 gasoline from a supplier for use in motor vehicles and receives delivery of
					 that product into a storage tank, substantially under the control of that
					 person, of at least 550-gallon capacity.