216H.10 DEFINITIONS.
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216H.10 DEFINITIONS.
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Subdivision 1. Applicability.
For purposes of sections 216H.10 to 216H.13 , the following terms have the meanings given.
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Subd. 2. Agency.
"Agency" means the Pollution Control Agency.
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Subd. 3. Carbon dioxide equivalent.
"Carbon dioxide equivalent" means the quantity of carbon dioxide that has the same global warming potential as a given amount of another greenhouse gas.
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Subd. 4. Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency.
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Subd. 5. Global warming.
"Global warming" means the observed and predicted increase in the temperature of the atmosphere near the earth's surface and the oceans.
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Subd. 6. Global warming potential or GWP.
"Global warming potential" or "GWP" means a quantitative measure of the potential of an emission of a greenhouse gas to contribute to global warming over a 100-year period expressed in terms of the equivalent emission of carbon dioxide needed to produce the same 100-year warming effect, as reported in Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Subd. 7. High-GWP greenhouse gas.
"High-GWP greenhouse gas" means hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride, nitrous trifluoride, and any other gas the agency determines by rule to have a high global warming potential.
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Subd. 8. Mobile air conditioner.
"Mobile air conditioner" means mechanical vapor compression refrigeration equipment used to cool the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.
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Subd. 9. Motor vehicle.
"Motor vehicle" has the meaning given in section 168.002 , subdivision 18.
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Subd. 10. New motor vehicle.
"New motor vehicle" has the meaning given in section 80E.03, subdivision 7 .
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Subd. 11. Refrigerant.
"Refrigerant" means a substance used, sold for use, or designed and intended for use in a mobile air conditioner to transfer heat out of the space being cooled.