Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 12 - AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Sub-Agency 030 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter 039 - VERMONT LOW EMISSION VEHICLE AND ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE RULES › Section 12 030 039 - VERMONT LOW EMISSION VEHICLE AND ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE RULES

Current through June,
				2024
Section 40-101.
				Definitions.
The terms defined in this Chapter shall apply to this Chapter
				  only, and for purposes of this Chapter shall supersede definitions contained in
				  any other regulation The definitions contained in Air Pollution Control
				  Regulations Section
				  5-101 shall govern in the absence
				  of a superseding definition in this section.
(a) "California-certified" means approved by
				CARB for sale in California.
(b)
				"CARB" means the California Air Resources Board.
(c) "Dealer" means any person engaged in the
				business of selling, offering to sell, soliciting or advertising the sale of
				new vehicles who holds a valid sales and service agreement, franchise or
				contract, granted by the manufacturer or distributor for the retail sale of
				said manufacturer's or distributor's new vehicles.
(d) "Emergency Vehicle" means any authorized
				vehicle publicly owned and operated that is used by a peace officer, used for
				fighting fires or responding to emergency fire calls, used by emergency medical
				technicians or paramedics, used for towing or servicing other vehicles, or used
				for repairing damaged lighting or electrical equipment.
(e) "Emission Control Label" means a paper,
				plastic, metal or other permanent material, welded, riveted or otherwise
				permanently attached to an area within the engine compartment (if any), or to
				the engine, in such a way that it will be visible to the average person after
				installation of the engine in new vehicles certified for sale in California, in
				accordance with Title 13, California Code of Regulations.
(f) "Environmental Performance Label" means a
				paper or plastic decal securely affixed by the manufacturer to a window of all
				passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty passenger vehicles which
				discloses the global warming and smog score for the vehicle in accordance with
				Title 13, California Code of Regulations.
(g) "Fleet Average Emission" means a vehicle
				manufacturer's average vehicle emissions of all greenhouse gases, non-methane
				organic gases (NMOG), or NMOG plus oxides of nitrogen (NOx), as applicable,
				from all new vehicles delivered for sale or lease in Vermont in any
				model-year.
(h) "Greenhouse gas"
				means the following gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and
				hydrofluorocarbons.
(i) "GHG
				Credit" means greenhouse gas credit.
(j) "Gross Vehicle Weight Rating" or "GVWR"
				is as defined in Title 13, California Code of Regulations Section
				1900 or Title 17, California Code
				of Regulations Section
				95662, as applicable.
(l) "Heavy-duty Engine " is as defined in
				Title 13, California Code of Regulations Section
				1900 or Title 17, California Code
				of Regulations Section
				95662, as applicable.
(m) "Light-duty Truck" is as defined in Title
				13, California Code of Regulations Section
				1900.
(n) "Manufacturer" means any independent low
				volume, small, intermediate or large volume vehicle manufacturer as defined in
				Title 13, California Code of Regulations Section
				1900.
(o) "Medium-duty Engine" is as defined in
				Title 13, California Code of Regulations Section
				1900 or Title 17, California Code
				of Regulations Section
				95662, as applicable.
(p) "Medium-duty passenger vehicle" is as
				defined in Title 13, California Code of Regulations Section
				1900.
(q) "Medium-duty Vehicle" is as defined in
				Title 13, California Code of Regulations Section
				1900 or Title 17, California Code
				of Regulations Section
				95662, as applicable.
(r) "Model Year" means the manufacturer's
				annual production period which includes January 1 of a calendar year or, if the
				manufacturer has no annual production period, the calendar year. In the case of
				any vehicle manufactured in two or more stages, the time of manufacture shall
				be the date of completion of the chassis, except for a vehicle or engine
				subject to Title 17, California Code of Regulations Section
				95662(a)(16).
(s) "New Vehicle" means any vehicle with
				7,500 miles or fewer on its odometer.
(t) "Near-zero-emission vehicle" or " NZEV "
				means one of the following:
(A) An on-road
				plug-in hybrid electric vehicle which has the same definition as that in
				40 CFR section
				86.1803-01, amended on July 1, 2011,
				incorporated by reference herein, that achieves all-electric range as defined
				in Title 13, California Code of Regulations Section
				1963(c)(1);
				or
(B) An on-road hybrid electric
				vehicle that has the capability to charge the battery from an off-vehicle
				conductive or inductive electric source and achieves all-electric range as
				defined in Title 13, California Code of Regulations Section
				1963(c)(1).
(u) "NMOG Credit" means
				non-methane organic gas credit.
(v)
				"NMOG + NOx Credit" means non-methane organic gas plus oxides of nitrogen
				credit.
(w) "Passenger Car " is as
				defined in Title 13, California Code of Regulations Section
				1900.
(x) "Qualifying Community-based Clean
				Mobility Program" means a program determined by the Vermont Air Pollution
				Control Officer to qualify as a community-based clean mobility program pursuant
				to guidance issued by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. The
				Vermont Air Pollution Control Officer must determine that a program qualifies
				as a community-based clean mobility program before a manufacturer may earn
				vehicle value pursuant to the requirements of Title 13, California Code of
				Regulations Section
				1962.4.
(y) "Recall" means:
(1) The issuing of notices directly to
				consumers that vehicles in their possession or control should be corrected,
				and/or
(2) Efforts to actively
				locate and correct vehicles in the possession or control of
				consumers.
(z) "Smog
				Index Label" means a decal securely affixed by the manufacturer to a window of
				all passenger cars and light-duty trucks which discloses the smog index for the
				vehicle in accordance with Title 13, California Code of Regulations Section
				1965.
(aa) "Trailer" is as defined in Title 17,
				California Code of Regulations Section
				95662.
(bb) "VECs" means vehicle equivalent
				credits.
(cc) "Vehicle" or "motor
				vehicle" means any passenger car, light-duty truck, medium-duty passenger
				vehicle, medium-duty vehicle, or heavy-duty vehicle, as appropriate.
(dd) "Zero-emission Vehicle" or "ZEV" means a
				vehicle that produces zero exhaust emissions of any criteria pollutant (or
				precursor pollutant) or greenhouse gas, excluding emissions from air
				conditioning systems, under any possible operational modes or
				conditions.
(ee) "ZEV Credit" or
				"ZEV value" means a unit, expressed numerically, generated in accordance with
				Title 13 California Code Regulations, Sections
				1962.2,
				1962.4, and
				1963.2.