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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Propane Education and Research Act of 1996 · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 3 DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Act— ####
(1)the term “**Council**” means a Propane Education and Research Council created pursuant to section 4 of this Act; ####
(2)the term “**industry**” means those persons involved in the production, transportation, and sale of propane, and in the manufacture and distribution of propane utilization equipment, in the United States; ####
(3)the term “**industry trade association**” means an organization exempt from tax, under section 501(c)
(3)or
(6)of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, representing the propane industry; ####
(4)the term “**odorized propane**” means propane which has had odorant added to it; ####
(5)the term “**producer**” means the owner of propane at the time it is recovered at a gas processing plant or refinery; ####
(6)the term “**propane**” means a hydrocarbon whose chemical composition is predominantly C3H8, whether recovered from natural gas or crude oil, and includes liquefied petroleum gases and mixtures thereof; ####
(7)the term “**public member**” means a member of the Council, other than a representative of producers or retail marketers, representing significant users of propane, public safety officials, academia, the propane research community, or other groups knowledgeable about propane; ####
(8)the term “**qualified industry organization**” means the National Propane Gas Association, the Gas Processors Association, a successor association of such associations, or a group of retail marketers or producers who collectively represent at least 25 percent of the volume of propane sold or produced in the United States; ####
(9)the term “**retail marketer**” means a person engaged primarily in the sale of odorized propane to the ultimate consumer or to retail propane dispensers; ####
(10)the term “**retail propane dispenser**” means a person who sells odorized propane to the ultimate consumer but is not engaged primarily in the business of such sales; and ####
(11)the term “**Secretary**” means the Secretary of Energy. **[**[15 U.S.C. 6402](/us/usc/t15/s6402)**]**
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