Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 114 - CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM MOTOR VEHICLES › Subchapter K - MOBILE SOURCE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS › Division 3 - DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR ON-ROAD AND NON-ROAD VEHICLES › Section 114.620 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Unless specifically defined in the Texas Clean Air Act
						(TCAA) or in the rules of the commission, the terms used in this subchapter
						have the meanings commonly ascribed to them in the field of air pollution
						control. In addition to the terms which are defined by the TCAA and
						§§
											3.2,
						101.1, and
						114.1 of
						this title (relating to Definitions), the following words and terms, when used
						in this division shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
						indicates otherwise.
(1)
					 Cost-effectiveness--The total dollar amount expended divided by the total
					 number of tons of nitrogen oxides emissions reduction attributable to that
					 expenditure. In calculating cost-effectiveness, one-time grants of money at the
					 beginning of a project shall be annualized using a time value of public funds
					 or discount rate determined for each project by the commission, taking into
					 account the interest rate on bonds, interest earned by state funds, and other
					 factors the commission considers appropriate.
(2) Guidelines--
Texas Emissions
					 Reduction Plan: Guidelines for Emissions Reduction Incentive Grants
					 Program
(RG-388) adopted by the commission under Texas Health and
					 Safety Code, §
											386.053,
					 as amended.
(3) Incremental
					 cost--The cost of an applicant's project less a baseline cost that would
					 otherwise be incurred by an applicant in the normal course of business and may
					 include added lease or fuel costs as well as additional capital
					 costs.
(4) Motor vehicle--A
					 self-propelled device designed for transporting persons or property on a public
					 highway that is required to be registered under Texas Transportation Code,
					 Chapter 502.
(5) Non-road diesel--A
					 vehicle or piece of equipment, excluding a motor vehicle or on-road diesel,
					 that is powered by a non-road engine, including: non-road non-recreational
					 equipment and vehicles; construction equipment; locomotives; marine vessels;
					 and other high-emitting diesel engine categories.
(6) Non-road engine--An internal combustion
					 engine that is in or on a piece of equipment that is self-propelled or that
					 propels itself and performs another function, excluding a vehicle that is used
					 solely for competition, or a piece of equipment that is intended to be
					 propelled while performing its function, or a piece of equipment designed to be
					 and capable of being carried or moved from one location to another.
(7) On-road diesel--An on-road diesel-powered
					 motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating of 8,500 pounds or
					 more.
(8) Qualifying fuel--Any
					 liquid or gaseous fuel or additives registered or verified by the United States
					 Environmental Protection Agency that is ultimately dispensed into a motor
					 vehicle or on-road or non-road diesel that provides reductions of nitrogen
					 oxides emissions beyond reductions required by state or federal law.
(9) Repower--To replace an old engine
					 powering an on-road or non-road diesel with a new engine; a used engine; a
					 remanufactured engine; or electric motors, drives, or fuel cells.
(10) Retrofit--To equip an engine and fuel
					 system with new emissions-reducing parts or technology verified by the United
					 States Environmental Protection Agency after manufacture of the original engine
					 and fuel system.
(11) Small
					 business--A business owned by a person who:
(A) owns and operates not more than five
					 vehicles, one of which is:
(i) an on-road
					 diesel ; or
(ii) a non-road diesel
					 ; and