18 AAC 53.990 - Definitions
Unless the context indicates otherwise, in this chapter
(1) "administrator " means the administrator of
the EPA;
(2) "agree " means to compare
two sets of records to determine whether the records are consistent with each
other;
(3) "agreed-upon procedures "
means procedures for conducting an attest engagement that have been jointly
established by the independent certified public accountant conducting the attest
engagement and the CAR for whom the attest engagement is being conducted, and
that have been approved by the department before the actual attest
engagement;
(4) "attest engagement "
means an audit of nonfinancial records;
(5) "blender CAR " means a CAR who owns gasoline
that is sold or transferred from a control area oxygenate blending
facility;
(6) "BOL" means bill of
lading;
(7) "CAR " means a control
area responsible party, including a blender CAR ;
(8) "carrier " means a person who transports,
stores, or causes the transportation or storage of gasoline at any point in the
gasoline distribution network without taking title to or otherwise having
ownership of the gasoline and without altering the quality or quantity of the
gasoline;
(9) "commissioner " means
the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation;
(11) "control area oxygenate blending facility"
means a facility or truck at which oxygenate is added to gasoline or blendstock
that is intended for use in a control area and at which the quality or quantity
of gasoline is not otherwise altered except through the addition of deposit
control additives;
(12) "control area
responsible party" means a person who owns gasoline that is sold or transferred
from a
(A) control area terminal; or
(B) control area oxygenate blending
facility;
(13) "control
area terminal" means a facility, regardless of whether that facility is located
in a control area ,
(A) that is capable of
receiving gasoline in bulk, such as by pipeline, marine vessel, or barge, or at
which gasoline is altered either in quantity or quality, excluding the addition
of deposit control additives; and
(B)
from which gasoline that is intended for use in a control area during a control
period is sold or transferred into trucks for transportation to a control area
oxygenate blending facility, retail outlet, or wholesale purchaser-consumer
facility;
(15) "department " means the Department of
Environmental Conservation;
(16)
"dispense " means to sell or transfer gasoline to the ultimate consumer at a
retail outlet or from a wholesale purchaser-consumer facility;
(17) "distribute " means to transport, store, or
cause the transportation or storage of gasoline at any point between a gasoline
refinery or importer's facility and a retail outlet or wholesale
purchaser-consumer's facility;
(18)
"distributor " means a person who distributes gasoline;
(19) "EPA " means the United States
Environmental Protection Agency;
(20)
"fuel additive " means that part of the fuel that is not hydrocarbon;
(21) "importer " means a person, other than an
ultimate consumer, who brings gasoline owned by that person from outside the
state into a control area for sale or use;
(22) "motor vehicle " means a self-propelled,
gasoline-powered vehicle, designed to operate on a highway;
(23) "NAAQS " or "national ambient air quality
standards" means the primary standards for carbon monoxide set by the EPA in
40 C.F.R.
50.8, as amended through July 1,
1991;
(25) "oxygen content " means the percentage of
oxygen by weight contained in a gasoline blend, based upon its percentage
oxygenate by volume, excluding denaturants and other non-oxygen-containing
components and adjusted to 60 degrees Fahrenheit;
(26) "oxygen content units" are the result of
multiplying the volume of gasoline containing oxygenate, measured in gallons, by
the oxygen content , measured in percent of oxygen by weight;
(27) "oxygen credits " means a marketable oxygen
credit provided for under 42
U.S.C. 7545(m) (Clean Air Act,
section 211), as amended through November 15, 1990, and created in accordance
with 18 AAC 53.045;
(28) "oxygenate " means a substance that, when
added to gasoline, increases the amount of oxygen in that gasoline
blend;
(29) "oxygenate blender" means
a person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a control area
oxygenate blending facility;
(30)
"oxygenated gasoline " means gasoline that contains not less than the percent
oxygen by weight required by
18
AAC 53.020;
(32) "ppm" means parts per million;
(33) "refiner " means a person who owns, leases,
operates, controls, or supervises a refinery that produces gasoline for use in a
control area ;
(34) "refinery " means a
plant at which gasoline is produced;
(35) "reseller " means a person who purchases
gasoline and resells or transfers it to a retailer or a wholesale
purchaser-consumer;
(36) "retail
outlet " means an establishment at which gasoline is sold or offered for sale to
the ultimate consumer other than the wholesale purchaser-consumer;
(37) "retailer " means a person who owns,
leases, operates, controls, or supervises a retail outlet ;
(38) "terminal " means a facility at which
gasoline is transferred into trucks for transportation to retail outlets or
wholesale purchaser-consumer facilities;
(39) "VMT" means vehicle miles
traveled;
(40) "wholesale
purchaser-consumer " means a person who
(A) is an
ultimate consumer of gasoline;
(B)
purchases or obtains gasoline from a supplier or distributor for use in a motor
vehicle;
(C) receives delivery of
that product into a storage tank with a capacity of at least 550 gallons that is
substantially under the control of that person; and
(D) owns or operates a gasoline
dispenser.
Notes
Authority:AS 44.46.020
AS 44.46.025
AS 46.03.010
AS 46.03.020
AS 46.14.020
AS 46.14.030
AS 46.14.510
AS 46.14.515
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