N.M. Admin. Code § 20.11.102.7

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024
Section 20.11.102.7 - DEFINITIONS

In addition to the definitions in 20.11.102.7 NMAC the definitions in 20.11.1 NMAC apply unless there is a conflict between definitions, in which case the definition in 20.11.102.7 NMAC shall govern.

A. "Department" means the Albuquerque environmental health department or its successor agency.
B. "Ethanol" means a colorless volatile flammable alcohol with the molecular composition of CH3CH2OH.
C. "Facility" or "facilities" means a place or places of business which sells or supplies for wholesale or retail purposes gasoline motor fuel, including fuel-transporting businesses.
D. "Gasoline motor fuels" means any flammable liquid used primarily as fuel for the propulsion of motor vehicles, but does not include diesel engine fuel, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas and products specially prepared and sold for use in the turbo-prop or jet-type engines.
E. "Manager" means the manager of the vehicle pollution management division (VPMD).
F. "MTBE" means methyl tertiary butyl ether.
G. "Methanol" means a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol CH3OH formed by the destructive distillation of wood or manufactured from natural gas or coal, and used in combination with heavier co-solvent alcohols as an octane enhancer for addition to gasoline.
H. "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle propelled by a spark ignited internal combustion engine which is designed primarily for travel on public highways and which is generally and commonly used to transport persons and property over the public highways.
I. "Oxygen content by weight" means a measurement of the percentage of oxygen in an oxygenated fuel.
J. "Oxygenate" means any oxygen-containing ashless, organic compound which may be used as a fuel or as a gasoline blending component and which was approved as a blending agent under the provisions of a waiver issued by the U.S. environmental protection agency pursuant to the Clean Air Act, Section 211 (f) (4).
K. "Oxygenated fuel" means a motor vehicle fuel blend, whether leaded or unleaded, consisting primarily of gasoline and a substantial amount of one or more oxygenates, generally an alcohol or ether.
L. "Vehicle pollution management division (VPMD)" means the division within the department responsible for the administration of 20.11.102 NMAC.
M. "Winter pollution season" means the annual period beginning the first day of November and ending at the conclusion of the last day of February of the immediately following year.

N.M. Admin. Code § 20.11.102.7

11/10/93; 20.11.102.7 NMAC - Rn, 20 NMAC 11.102.I.7, 10/1/02; A, 9/1/04; A 12/11/05