§ 95481. Definitions and Acronyms.
17 CA ADC § 95481Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
17 CCR § 95481
§ 95481. Definitions and Acronyms.
(1) “Account Administrator” means the person who can establish and activate user accounts for the reporting party organization as well as upload data (but not necessarily “submit” reports) into the LRT-CBTS. Account administrators with “signatory authority” may submit Quarterly and Annual Reports; initiate and view all credit transfers and credit transfer activity; access the Credit Balance ledger for the organization; and select/authorize broker(s) to represent them.
(4) “Adverse Validation Statement” and “Adverse Verification Statement” means a statement rendered by a verification body attesting that: (1) the verification body cannot say, with reasonable assurance, that the reported value is free of a material misstatement, or (2) the data submitted contain one or more correctable errors, or (3) both, and thus is not in conformance with the requirement to fix such errors pursuant to section 95501(b)(6). This definition applies to Adverse Validation Statements for fuel pathway applications and Adverse Verification Statements for Annual Fuel Pathway Reports, Quarterly Fuel Transactions Reports, Crude Oil Quarterly and Annual Volumes Reports, Low-Complexity/Low-Energy-Use Refinery Reports, and Project Reports. “Material misstatement” for each type of report is assessed pursuant to sections 95501(b)(9) through (11).
(5) “AEZ-EF Model” means the Agro-Ecological Zone Emissions Factor model (December 31, 2014), posted at http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/lcfs/lcfs_meetings/lcfs_meetings.htm and available for download at http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/lcfs/lcfs_meetings/aez-ef_model_v52.xlsm, which is incorporated herein by reference.
(6) “Aggregated Transaction Indicator” means an identifier for reported transactions that are a result of an aggregation or summing of more than one transaction in the LRT-CBTS. An entry of ‘True' indicates that multiple transactions have been aggregated and are reported with a single Transaction Number. An entry of ‘False' means that the transaction record results from one fuel transaction reported as a single Transaction Number.
(9) “Animal Fat” means the inedible fat that originates from a rendering facility as a product of rendering the by-products from meat processing facilities including animal parts, fat and bone. “Yellow grease” must be reported under an applicable animal fat pathway if evidence is not provided to the verifier or CARB to confirm the quantity that is animal fat and the quantity that is used cooking oil.
(12) “Avoided Cost Calculator” means the Excel-based spreadsheet model (May 2018) produced by Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3) for use in demand-side cost-effectiveness proceedings at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which is incorporated herein by reference, and is available for download at http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/General.aspx?id=5267.
(13) “Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV)” means any vehicle that operates solely by use of a battery or battery pack, or that is powered primarily through the use of an electric battery or battery pack but uses a flywheel or capacitor that stores energy produced by the electric motor or through regenerative braking to assist in vehicle operation.
(16) “Biogas” means the raw gaseous mixture comprised primarily of methane and carbon dioxide and derived from sources, including but not limited to, the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter in a landfill, lagoon, or constructed reactor (digester). Biogas often contains a number of other impurities, such as hydrogen sulfide, and it cannot be directly injected into natural gas pipelines or combusted in most natural-gas-fueled vehicles. It can be used as a fuel in boilers and engines to produce electrical power. The biogas can be refined to produce near-pure methane, which is sold as biomethane.
(20) “Biomass” means non-fossilized and biodegradable organic material originating from plants, animals, or micro-organisms, including: products, by-products, residues and waste from agriculture, forestry, and related industries; the non-fossilized and biodegradable organic fractions of industrial and municipal wastes; and gases and liquids recovered from the decomposition of non-fossilized and biodegradable organic material.
(22) “Biomethane” means methane derived from biogas, or synthetic natural gas derived from renewable resources, including the organic portion of municipal solid waste, which has been upgraded to meet standards for injection to a natural gas common carrier pipeline, or for use in natural gas vehicles, natural gas equipment, or production of renewable hydrogen. Biomethane contains all of the environmental attributes associated with biogas and can also be referred to as renewable natural gas.
(23) “Blendstock” means a component that is either used alone or is blended with another component(s) to produce a finished fuel used in a motor vehicle. Each blendstock corresponds to a fuel pathway in the California-modified Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation version 3.0 (CA-GREET 3.0) model, (August 13, 2018), which is incorporated herein by reference. A blendstock that is used directly as a transportation fuel in a vehicle is considered a finished fuel.
(24) “Brown Grease” means an emulsion of fat, oil, grease, solids, and water separated from wastewater in a grease interceptor (grease trap) and collected for use as a fuel feedstock. Brown grease must be reported under an applicable used cooking oil (UCO) pathway, i.e., reported as “unprocessed UCO” only if evidence is provided to the verifier or CARB to confirm that it has not been processed prior to receipt by the fuel production facility.
(27) “Cargo Handling Equipment” means any off-road, self-propelled vehicle or equipment, other than yard trucks, used at a port or intermodal rail yard to lift or move container, bulk, or liquid cargo carried by ship, train, or another vehicle, or used to perform maintenance and repair activities that are routinely scheduled or that are due to predictable process upsets. Equipment includes, but is not limited to, rubber-tired gantry cranes, top handlers, side handlers, reach stackers, loaders, aerial lifts, excavators, tractors, and dozers.
(28) “CHAdeMO Connector” means a connector and communication protocol for vehicle DC charging initially developed in Japan during 2005-2009. It was first adopted into international standards IEC 61851-23/24 and IEC 62196-3 in 2014 and then into USA standard IEEE 2030.1.1 in 2015. Further updates to the protocol are managed by the CHAdeMO Association.
(31) “Conflict of Interest” means a situation in which, because of financial or other activities or relationships with other persons or organizations, a person or body is unable, or potentially unable, to render an impartial validation or verification statement on a potential client's LCFS data report, or the person or body's objectivity in performing validation or verification services is, or might be, otherwise compromised.
(34) “Correctable Errors” means one or more errors that result from a nonconformance with this subarticle and are identified by the verification team as errors that affect data subject to validation or verification as specified in section 95500. Differences that, in the professional judgment of the verification team, are the result of differing but reasonable methods of truncation or rounding or averaging, where a specific procedure is not prescribed by this subarticle, are not considered errors.
(36) “Credits” and “Deficits” mean the units of measure used for determining a regulated entity's compliance with the average carbon intensity requirements in section 95484. Credits and deficits are denominated in units of metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), and are calculated pursuant to sections 95486.1(a), (c), 95486.2(a)(5) and (b)(5), 95489 and 95490.
(41) “Disadvantaged Communities” means communities that are defined by California Health and Safety Code section 39711(a) that are identified based on geographic, socioeconomic, public health, and environmental hazard criteria, and may include, but are not limited to, either of the following: (1) areas disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and other hazards that can lead to negative public health effects, exposure, or environmental degradation or (2) areas with concentrations of people that are of low-income, high unemployment, low levels of homeownership, high rent burden, sensitive populations, or low levels of educational attainment.
(51) “Energy Economy Ratio (EER)” means the dimensionless value that represents the efficiency of a fuel as used in a powertrain as compared to a reference fuel used in the same powertrain. EERs are often a comparison of miles per gasoline gallon equivalent (mpge) between two fuels. EERs for fixed guideway systems are based on MJ/number of passenger-miles.
(52) “Environmental Attribute” means greenhouse gas emission reduction recognition in any form, including verified emission reductions, voluntary emission reductions, offsets, allowances, credits, avoided compliance costs, emission rights and authorizations under any law or regulation, or any emission reduction registry, trading system, or reporting or reduction program for greenhouse gas emissions that is established, certified, maintained, or recognized by any international, governmental, or non-governmental agency.
(56) “Feedstock First Collection Point” means the facility that aggregates and stores or treats feedstock materials collected from a point of origin. The first collection point may be upstream of the fuel production facility, or, if feedstocks are transported to the fuel production facility directly from the point of origin, the first collection point is the fuel production facility.
(57) “Feedstock Transport Mode” means the applicable combination of actual delivery methods and the distance through which the feedstock was transported to any intermediate entities and ending at a fuel production facility. The fuel pathway holder and any entity reporting the fuel must demonstrate that the actual feedstock transport mode and distance conforms to the stated mode and distance in the certified pathway.
(60) “First Fuel Reporting Entity” means the first entity responsible for reporting in the LRT-CBTS for a given amount of fuel. This entity initially holds the status as the fuel reporting entity and the credit or deficit generator for this fuel amount, but may transfer either status pursuant to sections 95483 or 95483.1.
(62) “Fixed Guideway System” means a system of public transit electric vehicles that can operate only on its own guideway (directly operated, or DO), or through overhead or underground electricity supply constructed specifically for that purpose, such as light rail, heavy rail, cable car, street car, and trolley bus.
(66) “Fuel Pathway” means, for a particular finished fuel, the collective set of processes, operations, parameters, conditions, locations, and technologies throughout all stages that CARB considers appropriate to account for in the system boundary of a complete well-to-wheel analysis of that fuel's life cycle greenhouse gas emissions.
(70) “Fuel Production Facility” means the facility at which the fuel is produced. “Fuel Production facility” means, with respect to biomethane to vehicle fuel pathways, a facility at which fuel is upgraded, purified, or processed to meet standards for injection to a natural gas common carrier pipeline or for use in natural gas vehicles.
(71) “Fuel Reporting Entity” means an entity that is required to report fuel transactions in the LRT-CBTS pursuant to section 95483 or 95483.1. Fuel reporting entity refers to the first fuel reporting entity and to any entity to whom the reporting entity status is passed for a given quantity of fuel.
(72) “Fuel Transport Mode” means the applicable combination of actual fuel delivery methods, such as truck routes, rail lines, pipelines, and any other fuel distribution methods, and the distance through which the fuel was transported under contract from the entity that generated or produced the fuel, to any intermediate entities, and ending at the fuel blender, producer, importer, or provider in California. The fuel pathway holder and any entity reporting the fuel must demonstrate that the actual fuel transport mode and distance conforms to the stated mode and distance in the certified pathway.
(73) “Green Tariff” means a program in which a retail seller of electricity offers its customers an opportunity to purchase electricity sourced from low-carbon intensity energy resources. This includes the Green Tariff Shared Renewables program established pursuant to California Senate Bill 43 (2013) and defined under the California Public Utilities Code sections 2831-2833.
(79) “Hydrogen Station Capacity Evaluator” or “HySCapE” means a tool developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to determine the dispensing capacity of a hydrogen station, HySCapE Version 1.0 (August 13, 2018), which is incorporated herein by reference and available at http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/lcfs/lcfs.htm.
(81) “Importer” means the person who owns the transportation fuel or blendstock, in the transportation equipment that held or carried the product, at the point the fuel entered California. For purposes of this definition, “transportation equipment” includes, but is not limited to, rail cars, cargo tanker trucks, and pipelines.
(82) “Independent Reviewer” means an accredited lead verifier, within a verification body, who (A) has not participated in conducting the LCFS validation or verification services for the client for the current application period or reporting period, and (B) provides an independent review of findings and services rendered to the client as required in section 95501. The independent reviewer is not required to meet the additional specified competency requirements in sections 95502(c)(4) and 95502(c)(5) that the verification team leader must meet.
(85) “Intermediate Facility” means a facility in a fuel supply chain, which is not the fuel production facility, that contributes site-specific data for determination of a fuel pathway carbon intensity. Intermediate facilities produce components of a fuel or intermediate chemical that may be further processed into a fuel. This term includes feedstock-processing facilities.
(87) “Lead Verifier” means a person who has met all the requirements in section 95502 and who may act as either (A) the lead verifier of a verification team providing validation or verification services, or (B) as a lead verifier providing an independent review of validation or verification services rendered.
(88) “Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions” means the aggregate quantity of greenhouse gas emissions (including direct emissions and significant indirect emissions, such as significant emissions from land use changes), as determined by the Executive Officer, related to the full fuel life cycle, including all stages of fuel and feedstock production and distribution, from feedstock generation or extraction through the distribution and delivery and use of the finished fuel to the ultimate consumer, where the mass values for all greenhouse gases are adjusted to account for their relative global warming potential.
(93) “Load-Serving Entity” means any entity that (A) sells or provides electricity to end users located in California, or (B) generates electricity at one site and consumes electricity at another site that is in California and that is owned or controlled by the company. A load-serving entity does not include the owner or operator of a co-generator.
(94) “Low-Carbon Intensity (Low-CI) Electricity” means any electricity that is determined to have a carbon intensity that is less than the average grid electricity for the region, including but not limited to an “eligible renewable energy resource” as defined in Public Utilities Code sections 399.11-399.36 under the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.
(96) “Low-Income Communities” means census tracts with median household incomes at or below 80 percent of the statewide median income or with median household incomes at or below the threshold designated as low income by the Department of Housing and Community Development's list of state income limits adopted pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 50093.
(98) “Material Misstatement of Operational Carbon Intensity” means any discrepancy, omission, or misreporting, or aggregation of the three, identified in the course of verification services that leads a verification team to believe that the reported operational CI (gCO2e/MJ) contains one or more errors that, individually or collectively, result in an overstatement or understatement more than 5 percent of the reported operational CI, or 2 gCO2e/MJ, whichever absolute value expressed in gCO2e/MJ is greater. Material misstatement is calculated separately for each operational CI. All correctable errors identified must be fixed prior to the completion of the verification services to receive a positive or qualified positive verification statement.
(99) “Material Misstatement of Low-Complexity/Low-Energy-Use (LC/LEU) Refinery Data” means any discrepancy, omission, or misreporting, or aggregation of the three, identified in the course of LC/LEU refinery report verification services that leads a verification team to believe that a LC/LEU Refinery Report contains one or more errors that, individually or collectively, result in an overstatement greater than 5 percent of the regulated entity's annual sum of quarterly reported volumes of CARBOB or diesel produced from crude oil. Discrepancies, omissions, or misreporting, or an aggregation of the three, that result in an understatement of the annual sum of quarterly reported volumes of CARBOB or diesel produced from crude oil submitted in the LC/LEU Refinery Report is not a LC/LEU refinery data material misstatement. Material misstatement is calculated separately, pursuant to section 95501(b)(11), for the annual volume of CARBOB production from crude oil and for the annual volume of diesel production from crude oil. All correctable errors identified must be fixed prior to the completion of the verification services to receive a positive or qualified positive verification statement.
(100) “Material Misstatement of Project Data” means a discrepancy, omission, misreporting, or aggregation of the three, identified in the course of project verification services that leads a verification team to believe that a Project Report contains one or more errors that, individually or collectively, result in an overstatement greater than 5 percent of the regulated entity's reported total greenhouse gas emission reductions. Discrepancies, omissions, or misreporting, or an aggregation of the three, which result in an understatement of total reported greenhouse gas emission reductions in the Project Report, is not a project material misstatement. Material misstatement is calculated separately, pursuant to section 95501(b)(10), for each Project Report. All correctable errors identified must be fixed prior to the completion of the verification services to receive a positive or qualified positive verification statement.
(101) “Material Misstatement of Quarterly Fuel Quantity” means any discrepancy, omission, or misreporting, or aggregation of the three, identified in the course of validation or verification services that leads a verification team to believe that the regulated entity's reported fuel quantity per fuel pathway code per quarter contains one or more errors that, individually or collectively, result in an overstatement or understatement greater than 5 percent. Material misstatement is calculated separately, pursuant to section 95501(b)(9), for each quarterly fuel quantity per fuel pathway code. All correctable errors identified must be fixed prior to the completion of the verification services to receive a positive or qualified positive verification statement.
(104) “Multi-fuel Vehicle” means a vehicle that uses two or more distinct fuels for its operation. A multi-fuel vehicle (also called a vehicle operating in blended-mode) includes a bi-fuel vehicle and can have two or more fueling ports onboard the vehicle. A fueling port can be an electrical plug or a receptacle for liquid or gaseous fuel. For example, most plug-in hybrid electric vehicles use both electricity and gasoline as the fuel source and can be “refueled” using two separately distinct fueling ports.
(110) “On-road” means a vehicle that is designed to be driven on public highways and roadways and that is registered or is capable of being registered by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) under Vehicle Code sections 4000 et seq. - or DMV's equivalent in another state, province, or country; or the International Registration Plan. A vehicle covered under CARB's In-Use Off-Road Regulation, Code of Regulations, title 13, section 2449, is not covered under this definition.
(115) “Performance Review” means an assessment conducted by CARB of an applicant seeking to become accredited or reaccredited as a verification body or lead verifier pursuant to section 95502 of this subarticle. Such an assessment may include a review of applicable past sampling plans, validation and verification reports, validation and verification statements, conflict of interest submittals, and additional information or documentation regarding the applicant's fitness for qualification.
(117) “Petroleum Product” means all refined and semi-refined products that are produced at a refinery by processing crude oil and other petroleum-based feedstocks, including petroleum products derived from co-processing biomass and petroleum feedstock together. “Petroleum product” does not include plastics or plastic products.
(119) “Positive Validation Statement” and “Positive Verification Statement” means a statement rendered by a verification body attesting that the verification body can say, with reasonable assurance, that the reported value is free of material misstatement, when applicable, and conforms to the requirements of this subarticle. This definition applies to Positive Validation Statements for fuel pathway applications and Positive Verification Statements for Annual Fuel Pathway Reports, Quarterly Fuel Transactions Reports, Crude Oil Quarterly and Annual Volumes Reports, Low-Complexity/Low-Energy-Use Refinery Reports, and Project Reports.
(122) “Product Transfer Document (PTD)” means a document that authenticates the transfer of ownership of fuel from a fuel reporting entity to the recipient of the fuel. A PTD is created by a fuel reporting entity to contain information collectively supplied by other fuel transaction documents, including bills of lading, invoices, contracts, meter tickets, rail inventory sheets, Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) product transfer documents, etc.
(125) “Qualified Positive Validation Statement” and “Qualified Positive Verification Statement” means a statement rendered by a verification body attesting that the verification body can say, with reasonable assurance, that the reported value is free of material misstatement, when applicable, and is in conformance with the requirement to fix correctable errors pursuant to section 95501(b)(6), but the data may include one or more other nonconformance(s) with the requirements of this subarticle, which do not result in a material misstatement. This definition applies to Qualified Positive Validation Statements for fuel pathway applications and Qualified Positive Verification Statements for Annual Fuel Pathway Reports, Quarterly Fuel Transactions Reports, Crude Oil Quarterly and Annual Volumes Reports, Low-Complexity/Low-Energy-Use Refinery Reports, and Project Reports.
(130) “Renewable Hydrocarbon Diesel” means a diesel fuel that is produced from non-petroleum renewable resources but is not a mono-alkyl ester and which is registered as a motor vehicle fuel or fuel additive under 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 79. This includes the renewable portion of a diesel fuel derived from co-processing biomass with a petroleum feedstock.
(131) “Renewable Hydrogen” means hydrogen derived from (1) electrolysis of water or aqueous solutions using renewable electricity; (2) catalytic cracking or steam methane reforming of biomethane; or (3) thermochemical conversion of biomass, including the organic portion of municipal solid waste (MSW). Renewable electricity, for the purpose of renewable hydrogen production by electrolysis, means electricity derived from sources that qualify as eligible renewable energy resources as defined in California Public Utilities Code sections 399.11-399.36.
(137) “Site-specific Data” and “Site-specific Input” means an input value used in determination of fuel pathway carbon intensity value, or the raw operational data used to calculate an input value, which is required to be unique to the facility, pathway, and feedstock. All site-specific inputs must be measured, metered or otherwise documented, and verifiable, e.g., consumption of natural gas or grid electricity at a fuel production facility must be documented by invoices from the utility.
(138) “Specified Source Feedstocks” means feedstocks that require the chain of custody evidence specified in 95488.8(g)(1)(B) to be eligible for a reduced CI associated with the use of a waste, residue, by-product or similar material. Specified source feedstocks are identified in section 95488.8(g)(1)(A).
(144) “Total Obligated Amount (TOA)” means the quantity of fuel for which the fuel reporting entity is the eligible credit or deficit generator. The LRT-CBTS calculates the TOA for each fuel pathway code. TOA is calculated as the difference between the fuel reported using transaction types that increase the net quantity of fuel that generates credits or deficits in the LRT-CBTS and the fuel reported using transaction types that decrease the net quantity of fuel that generates credits or deficits in the LRT-CBTS. Transaction types that increase the TOA include: Production in California, Production for Import, Import, Purchased with Obligation, Gain of Inventory. Transaction types that decrease the TOA include: Sold with Obligation, Loss of Inventory, Export, Not Used for Transportation.
(145) “Total Amount (TA)” means the total quantity of fuel reported by a fuel reporting entity irrespective of whether the entity retained status as the credit or deficit generator for that specific fuel volume. TA is calculated as the difference between the fuel reported using transaction types that increase the net fuel quantity reported in the LRT-CBTS and fuel reported using transaction type that decrease the net fuel quantity reported in the LRT-CBTS. Transaction types that increase the TA include: Production in California, Production for Import, Import, Purchased with Obligation, Purchased without Obligation, Gain of Inventory. Transaction types that decrease the TA include: Sold with Obligation, Sold without Obligation, Loss of Inventory, Export, Not Used for Transportation.
(152) “Used Cooking Oil” (or UCO) means fats and oils originating from commercial or industrial food processing operations, including restaurants, that have been used for cooking or frying. Feedstock characterized as UCO must contain only fats, oils, or greases that were previously used for cooking or frying operations. UCO must be characterized as “processed UCO” if it is known that processing has occurred prior to receipt by the fuel production facility or if evidence is not provided to the verifier or CARB to confirm that it is “unprocessed UCO.”
(160) “Verifier Review” means all reviews and services specified in section 95501 that a verifier conducts, except the material misstatement assessment under section 95501(b)(9) through (11). If some data sources are selected for data checks based on the sampling plan, the verifier will check for conformance with the requirements of this subarticle.
(161) “Yard Truck” An off-road mobile utility vehicle used to carry cargo containers with or without chassis; also known as utility tractor rig (UTR), yard tractor, yard goat, yard hostler, yard hustler, or prime mover. For the purpose of LCFS crediting an electric yard truck is considered a heavy-duty truck.
(162) “Yellow Grease” means a commodity produced from a mixture of: (A) used cooking oil, and (B) rendered animal fats that were not used for cooking. This mixture often is combined from multiple points of origin. Yellow grease must be characterized as “animal fat” if evidence is not provided to the verifier or CARB to confirm the quantity that is animal fat and the quantity that is used cooking oil.
“AEZ-EF” means Agro-Ecological Zone Emissions Factor model.
“AJF” means Alternative Jet Fuel.
“ASTM” means ASTM International (formerly American Society for Testing and Materials).
“AFP” means Alternative Fuel Portal.
“BEV” means battery electric vehicles.
“CA-GREET” means California-modified Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation model.
“CARB” means the California Air Resources Board (“Board”).
“CARBOB” means California reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending.
“CaRFG” means California reformulated gasoline.
“CCM” means Credit Clearance Market.
“CEC” means California Energy Commission.
“CFR” means Code of Federal Regulations.
“CHAdeMO” means Charge de Move, a DC fast charging protocol.
“CI” means carbon intensity.
“CNG” means compressed natural gas.
“DC” means Direct Current.
“DCO” means Distiller's Corn Oil or Technical Corn Oil.
“DSO” means Distiller's Sorghum Oil or Technical Sorghum Oil.
“eCHE” means Electric Cargo Handling Equipment.
“EDU” means Electrical Distribution Utility.
“EER” means energy economy ratio.
“eTRU” means electric transport refrigeration unit.
“eOGV” means Electric Power for Ocean-going Vessel.
“EV” means electric vehicle.
“FCV” means fuel cell vehicle.
“FPC” means fuel pathway code.
“FSE” means fueling supply equipment.
“gCO2e/MJ” means grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule.
“GTAP” means the Global Trade Analysis Project model.
“GTSR” means the Green Tariff Shared Renewables program.
“GVWR” means gross vehicle weight rating.
“HySCapE” means Hydrogen Station Capacity Evaluator.
“H2” means hydrogen.
“HDV” means heavy-duty vehicles.
“HDV-CIE” means a heavy-duty vehicle compression-ignition engine.
“HDV-SIE” means a heavy-duty vehicle spark-ignition engine.
“HEV” means hybrid electric vehicle.
“ICEV” means internal combustion engine vehicle.
“LUC” means land use change.
“LCA” means life cycle analysis.
“LCFS” means Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
“LDV” means light-duty vehicles.
“L-CNG” means liquefied compressed natural gas.
“LNG” means liquefied natural gas.
“LPG” means liquefied petroleum gas.
“LRT-CBTS” means LCFS Reporting Tool and Credit Bank & Transfer System.
“LSE” means Load-Serving Entity.
“LVP” means LCFS Verification Portal.
“MCON” means marketable crude oil name.
“MDV” means medium-duty vehicles.
“MMBtu” means million British Thermal Units.
“MRR” means Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Regulation.
“MT” means metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.
“NG” means natural gas.
“NGV” means a natural gas vehicle.
“OPGEE” means Oil Production Greenhouse gas Emissions Estimator Model.
“PHEV” means plug-in hybrid vehicles.
“RFS” means the Renewable Fuel Standard.
“RNG” means renewable natural gas or biomethane.
“SAE CCS” means Society of Automotive Engineers Combined Charging System, a DC fast charging protocol.
“SMR” means steam methane reformation.
“SOSS” means Station Operational Status System.
“UCO” means used cooking oil.
“TEOR” means thermally enhanced oil recovery.
“ULSD” means California ultra-low sulfur diesel.
“U.S. EPA” means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Sections 38510, 38530, 38560, 38560.5, 38571, 38580, 39600, 39601, 41510, 41511 and 43018, Health and Safety Code; 42 U.S.C. section 7545; and Western Oil and Gas Ass'n v. Orange County Air Pollution Control District, 14 Cal.3d 411, 121 Cal.Rptr. 249 (1975). Reference: Sections 38501, 38510, 39515, 39516, 38571, 38580, 39000, 39001, 39002, 39003, 39515, 39516, 41510, 41511 and 43000, Health and Safety Code; Section 25000.5, Public Resources Code; and Western Oil and Gas Ass'n v. Orange County Air Pollution Control District, 14 Cal.3d 411, 121 Cal.Rptr. 249 (1975).
History
1. New section filed 1-12-2010; operative 1-12-2010 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2010, No. 3).
2. Amendment of subsections (a)(20.5) and (a)(20.5)(B)-(C) and new subsection (a)(20.5)(D) filed 4-15-2010; operative 4-15-2010 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2010, No. 16).
3. Amendment filed 11-26-2012; operative 11-26-2012 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2012, No. 48).
4. Repealer and new section filed 11-16-2015; operative 1-1-2016 (Register 2015, No. 47).
5. Amendment filed 1-4-2019; operative 1-4-2019 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2019, No. 1).
6. New subsections (a)(2)-(3), (a)(29), (a)(41), (a)(44), (a)(46)(A)1.-3., (a)(76), (a)(96) and (a)(133) and subsection renumbering filed 5-27-2020; operative 7-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 22).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 17, § 95481, 17 CA ADC § 95481
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