Sec. 3. Definitions
397 words·~2 min read·
/bill/116/s/2754/is/section-3·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term allowance means a limited authorization for the production or consumption of a regulated substance established under section 6. The term consumption , with respect to a regulated substance, means a quantity equal to the difference between— a quantity equal to the sum of— the quantity of that regulated substance produced in the United States; and the quantity of the regulated substance imported into the United States; and the quantity of the regulated substance exported from the United States.
The term consumption baseline means the baseline established for the consumption of regulated substances under section 6(a)(3). The term exchange value means the value assigned to a regulated substance in accordance with sections 4 and 6, as applicable. The term import means to land on, bring into, or introduce into, or attempt to land on, bring into, or introduce into, any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, regardless of whether that landing, bringing, or introduction constitutes an importation within the meaning of the customs laws of the United States.
The term produce means the manufacture of a regulated substance from a raw material or feedstock chemical (but not including the destruction of a regulated substance by a technology approved by the Administrator). The term produce does not include— the manufacture of a regulated substance that is used and entirely consumed (except for trace quantities) in the manufacture of another chemical; or the reuse or recycling of a regulated substance. The term production baseline means the baseline established for the production of regulated substances under section 6(a)(2).
The term reclaim means— the reprocessing of a recovered regulated substance to at least the purity described in standard 700–2016 of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (or an appropriate successor standard adopted by the Administrator); and the verification of the purity of that regulated substance using, at a minimum, the analytical methodology described in the standard referred to in subparagraph (A). The term recover means the process by which a regulated substance is— removed, in any condition, from equipment; and stored in an external container, with or without testing or processing the regulated substance.
The term regulated substance means— a substance listed in the table contained in section 4(a); and a substance included as a regulated substance by the Administrator under section 4(c).