D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 20, r. 20-999

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 36, September 6, 2024

Rule 20-999 - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

999.1

When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed:

Administrative controls - written procedural mechanisms used for odor mitigation.

Alternative fuel - Repealed.

Alternative-fuel vehicle - Repealed.

Bi-fuel vehicle - Repealed.

California Assembly Line and In-Use Requirements - the requirements established under Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13, §§1900, 2062, 2101, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2150, 2151, 2175, 2175.5, and 2176.

California Fleet Average Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Requirements - the requirements established under Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 13, §1961.1(a)(1), including all calculation procedures and credit and debit provisions specified in Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13, §1961.1.

California Fleet Average NMOG Requirements - the requirements established under Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13, §1961(b)(1), including all calculation procedures and credit and debit provisions specified in Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13, §1961.

California Recall Requirements - the requirements established under Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13 §§1900, 2109, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, and Appendix A to Article 2.1 of Chapter 2 of Division 3.

California standards - the comprehensive set of requirements defined by California Certification Requirements, California Warranty Requirements, California Assembly Line and In-Use Requirements, California Recall Requirements, California Fleet Average NMOG Requirements, California Fleet Average Greenhouse Gas Requirements, and California ZeroEmission Vehicle Credit Percentage Requirements.

California Warranty Requirements - the requirements established under Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13, §§1900, 2035, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, and 2041.

California Zero-Emission Vehicle Credit Percentage Requirements - the requirements established under Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13, §1962.2(b)(1), including all calculation procedures and credit and debit provisions specified in Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13, §1962.2.

Capable of being centrally fueled - Repealed.

Centrally fueled - Repealed.

Certification - a finding by California Air Resources Board that a motor vehicle, motor vehicle engine, or motor vehicle pollution control device satisfies the criteria adopted by the Board for the control of specified air contaminants from vehicular sources.

Clean Air Act - Repealed.

Clean fuel - Repealed.

Clean - fuel fleet vehicle or CFFV - a clean-fuel vehicle operated by a covered fleet operator. (D.C. Law 10-201)

Clean-fuel fleet vehicle or CFFV - Repealed.

Cold Emergency Alert - issued pursuant to the District of Columbia Cold Emergency Plan when the temperature falls, or is forecasted to fall, to fifteen degrees Fahrenheit (15°F) or below for a twelve (12) hour period, or fifteen degrees Fahrenheit (15°F) including wind chill and one or more of the following conditions exists:

(a) Steady precipitation for sixty (60) consecutive minutes;

(b) Ice storms and/or freezing rain;

(c) Snow accumulation of three inches (3 in.) or more;

(d) Sustained winds of more than ten to fifteen miles per hour (10-15 mph);

(e) A wind chill below zero degrees Fahrenheit (0°F); or

(f) Other meteorological conditions or threats as determined by HSEMA.

Contract fueling - Repealed.

Converted vehicle - Repealed.

Covered area - Repealed.

Covered fleet - Repealed.

Covered fleet operator - Repealed.

Covered fleet vehicle - Repealed.

Credit - Repealed.

Dedicated vehicle - Repealed.

Deviation - the failure to comply with any of the administrative or engineering controls in the source's Odor Control Plan.

Diesel fuel - Repealed.

Dual - fuel vehicle - Repealed.

Emergency vehicle - Repealed.

Engineering controls - physical mechanisms used for odor mitigation, such as the installation of process equipment or the physical modification of a source's process or process equipment.

Executive Officer - the Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board as used in California-adopted statutes, regulations, and procedures related to the California standards. This meaning is extended for purposes of the application of California standards in the District of Columbia to include the Director, who shall act as the agent of the California Executive Officer in the District of Columbia.

Executive Order - Repealed.

Farming equipment - any appliance used directly and principally for the purpose of producing agricultural products, including horticultural products, for sale and use or consumption off the premises. This definition includes any equipment or machinery used primarily in preparation of land, planting, raising, cultivating, irrigating, harvesting, or placing in storage of farm crops. This definition also includes any equipment or machinery used primarily for the purpose of feeding, breeding, management and sale of, or the produce of, livestock, poultry, fur-bearing animals or bees, or for dairying and the sale of dairy products. This definition also includes any equipment or machinery used primarily in any other agricultural or horticultural use or animal husbandry or any combination thereof.

Federal fleet - Repealed.

Flexible-fueled vehicle - Repealed.

Fuel provider - Repealed.

Garaged under normal operations at a personal residence - Repealed.

Generator set - an internal combustion engine coupled to a generator that is used as a source of electricity.

Heavy duty diesel engine or HDDE - Repealed.

Heavy duty vehicle or HDV - Repealed.

High-Occupancy Vehicle or HOV lanes - Repealed.

Idling - running the engine of nonroad equipment or a motor vehicle while the nonroad equipment or motor vehicle is not moving and the engine is not in use in whole or in part to perform mechanical work or an electrical operation for which it was designed (such as to power a hydraulic lift, crane, cement mixer or pump, cherry picker, air compressor, generator, or similar piece of equipment).

Inherently low emission vehicle or ILEV - Repealed.

Law enforcement vehicle - Repealed.

Light-duty truck or (LDT) - Repealed.

Light-duty truck (LDT) - any 2000 and subsequent model motor vehicle certified to the standards in Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13, §1961(a)(1), 1961.2, or 1961.4 rated at eight thousand five hundred (8,500) pounds gross vehicle weight or less, and any other motor vehicle, rated at six thousand (6,000) pounds gross vehicle weight or less, which is designed primarily for purposes of transportation of property or is a derivative of such a vehicle, or is available with special features enabling off-street or off-highway operation and use.

Light duty vehicle or LDV - Repealed.

Location - any building, structure, facility, or installation, that is owned or operated by a person, or is under the control of a person, located on one or more contiguous properties, and contains, or could contain, a fueling pump or pumps for the use of the vehicles owned or controlled by that person. This definition is meant to encompass all of the facilities of the fleet operator in a single covered area, in their entirety. The term "location" is not meant to be interpreted narrowly, such as a single refueling pump.

Locomotive - a self-propelled diesel-powered vehicle, for pulling or pushing freight or passenger cars on railroad tracks.

Low-emission vehicle or LEV - Repealed.

Marine vessel - any diesel-powered vehicle that is used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water except amphibious vehicles.

Medium-duty passenger vehicle:

(a) Any medium-duty vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than ten thousand (10,000) pounds that is designed primarily for the transportation of persons.

(b) "Medium-duty passenger vehicle" does not include any vehicle which:

(i) Is an incomplete truck, that is, a truck that does not have the primary load carrying device or container attached;

(ii) Has a seating capacity of more than twelve (12) persons;

(iii) Is designed for more than nine (9) persons in seating rearward of the driver's seat; or

(iv) Is equipped with an open cargo area of seventy-two (72) inches in interior length or more, or a covered box not readily accessible from the passenger compartment of seventy-two (72) inches in interior length or more.

Medium-duty vehicle - any pre-1995 model year heavy-duty vehicle having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of eight thousand five hundred (8,500) pounds or less; any 1992 through 2006 model-year heavy-duty low-emission, ultra-low-emission, super-ultra-low-emission or zero emission vehicle certified to the standards in Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13, §1960.1(h)(2) having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of fourteen thousand (14,000) pounds or less; any 1995 through 2003 model year heavy-duty vehicle certified to the standards in Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13, §1960(h)(1) having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of fourteen thousand (14,000) pounds or less; and any 2000 or subsequent model year heavy-duty low-emission, ultra-low-emission, super-ultra-low-emission or zero emission vehicle certified to the standards in Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13, §1961(a)(1), 1961.2, 1961.4, 1962, 1962.1, or 1962.2 having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating between eight thousand five hundred and one (8,501) and fourteen thousand (14,000) pounds.

Military equipment - equipment that meets military specifications, is owned by the U.S. Department of Defense or the U.S. military services or its allies, and is used in combat, combat support, combat service support, tactical or relief operations or training for such operations.

Model Year - the motor vehicle 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.

Motor vehicle:

(a) A vehicle that is self-propelled.

(b) "Motor vehicle" does not include a self-propelled wheelchair, motorized tricycle, or motorized quadricycle operated by a person who, by reason of physical disability, is otherwise unable to move about as a pedestrian.

National Low Emission Vehicle Program or NLEV - Repealed.

New heavy duty vehicle - Repealed.

New vehicle:

(a) A new motor vehicle, or any motor vehicle with an odometer reading of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) miles, and the equitable or legal title to which has never been transferred to an ultimate purchaser.

(b) "New vehicle" does not include any vehicle with an odometer reading of seven thousand five hundred (7,500) miles or more.

Nonroad diesel engine - any internal combustion engine that utilizes diesel fuel as its fuel source:

(a) In or on a piece of equipment that is self-propelled or serves a dual purpose by both propelling itself and performing another function (e.g., garden tractors, off-highway mobile cranes, and bulldozers);

(b) In or on a piece of equipment that is intended to be propelled while performing its function (e.g., lawnmowers and string trimmers); or

(c) That, by itself or on a piece of equipment, is portable or transportable, meaning designed to be and capable of being carried or moved from one location to another. Indications of transportability include, but are not limited to, wheels, skids, carrying handles, dolly, trailer, or platform; and

(d) Unless:

(i) The engine is used to propel a motor vehicle or a vehicle solely for competition, or is subject to standards promulgated under Section 202 of the Clean Air Act;

(ii) The engine is regulated by a federal New Source Performance Standard promulgated under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act; or

(iii) The engine otherwise included in paragraph (c) of this definition remains or will remain at a location for more than twelve (12) consecutive months or a shorter period of time for an engine located at a seasonal source. A location is any single site at a building, structure, facility, or installation. Any engine(s) that replaces an engine(s) at a location and that is intended to perform the same or similar function as the engine replaced will be included in calculating the consecutive time period. An engine located at a seasonal source is an engine that remains at a seasonal source during the full annual operating period of the seasonal source. A seasonal source is a stationary source that remains in a single location on a permanent basis (i.e., at least two (2) years) and that operates at that single location approximately three months (or more) each year. This paragraph does not apply to an engine after the engine is removed from the location.

Nonroad equipment - a piece of equipment that is powered by a nonroad diesel engine.

Nonroad vehicle - a vehicle that is powered by a nonroad engine and that is not a motor vehicle, or a vehicle used solely for competition.

Partially covered fleet - Repealed.

Passenger Car - a motor vehicle designed primarily for transportation of persons and having a design capacity of twelve persons or less.

Person - an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any agency, instrumentality, or department of any government.

Power take-off equipment - Repealed.

Purchase or acquisition - Repealed.

Qualified second market vehicle - Repealed.

Recreational vehicle - any mechanically propelled vehicle used for pleasure or recreational purposes running on rubber tires, belts, cleats, tracks, skis or cushion of air and dependent on the ground or surface for travel, or other unimproved terrain whether covered by ice or snow or not, where the operator sits in or on the vehicle. This definition includes snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), nonroad motorcycles, or any other legally registered motor vehicle when used for nonroad recreational purposes.

Section 177 program - state regulations or other laws, except ZEV Mandates, that apply to any of the following categories of motor vehicles: passenger cars, light duty trucks up through six thousand pounds (6,000 lbs.) GVWR, and medium duty vehicles from six thousand and one pounds (6,001 lbs.) to fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs.) GVWR if designed to operate on gasoline.

State - the District of Columbia when used in the California Code of Regulations provisions incorporated by reference in this regulation.

Test group - is a basic classification unit that has the meaning given in the "California 2015 through 2025 Model Year Criteria Pollutant Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures and 2017 and Subsequent Model Year Greenhouse Gas Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium Duty Vehicles," incorporated by reference in Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13, §1961.2, or the "California 2026 and Subsequent Model Year Criteria Pollutant Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures for Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles," incorporated by reference in Cal. Code Regs. tit. 13, §1961.4(c)(1), as applicable.

Transfer - to sell, import, deliver, purchase, lease, rent, acquire, or receive a motor vehicle for titling or registration in District of Columbia.

Ultimate purchaser - the first person who in good faith purchases a new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine for purposes other than resale.

Ultra low-emission vehicle or ULEV - Repealed.

Ultra-small volume manufacturer - Repealed.

Urban bus - Repealed.

Vehicle:

(a) A device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway; and

(b) "Vehicle" does not include a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

Warming bus - any motor vehicle deployed by the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (HSEMA) during a Cold Emergency Alert to provide vulnerable individuals with shelter from cold weather conditions.

Wastewater treatment facility - publicly owned treatment works as defined in 40 C.F.R. § 63.1595, sewer lift-stations, wastewater pumping stations, and equipment for on-site treatment of wastewater.

ZEV mandate - Repealed.

Zero-emission vehicle or ZEV - Repealed.

Zero emission vehicle - a vehicle that produces zero (0) exhaust emissions of any criteria pollutant (or precursor pollutant) or greenhouse gas under any possible operational modes or conditions.

999.2

When used in this chapter, the following abbreviations shall have the meaning ascribed:

AFV - Repealed.

BHP-hr - Repealed.

CARB - California Air Resources Board.

CPFV - Repealed.

CFF - Repealed.

g/mi - Repealed.

GHG - Greenhouse Gas.

GVWR - Repealed.

EPA - Repealed.

HDV - Repealed.

HOV - Repealed.

ILEV - Repealed.

LDV - Repealed.

LEV - Repealed.

LDT - Repealed.

LVW - Repealed.

LW - Repealed.

MY - Repealed.

NMHC - Repealed.

NMOG - Non-Methane Organic Gas.

NOx - Repealed.

OCP - Odor Control Plan.

OEM - Repealed.

TW - Repealed.

ULEV - Repealed.

U.S. - United States

VIN - Repealed.

WMATA - Repealed.

ZEV - Repealed.

999.3

Any term in §§905 to 913 that is not defined in this chapter shall be as defined in the California regulations and documents adopted or incorporated by reference in §§905 to 913 of this chapter. Definitions in the California regulations and documents shall prevail in any case of discrepancy.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 20, r. 20-999

Section 3 of the District of Columbia Air Pollution Control Act of 1984, D.C. Law 5-165, 32 DCR 565, 648 (February 1, 1985); as amended by §3(a) of the Clean Fuel Fleet Vehicle Program and Alternative Fuels Incentives Amendment Act of 1994, D. C. Law 10201, 41 DCR 7178, 7190 (November 4, 1994); as amended by final rulemaking at 47 DCR 886 (February 11, 2000); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 13282 (10/9/2015); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 14273 (11/6/2015); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 10830 (8/4/2023); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 70 DCR 16673 (12/29/2023)