Section 115.600 - Consumer Products DefinitionsUnless specifically defined in the Texas Clean Air Act (TCAA) or in the rules of the commission, the terms used by the commission have the meanings commonly ascribed to them in the field of air pollution control. In addition to the terms which are defined by the TCAA, the following terms, when used in this division (relating to Automotive Windshield Washer Fluid), shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Additional definitions for terms used in this division are found in §§ 3.2, 101.1, and 115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions).
(1) Automotive windshield washer fluid--Any liquid designed for use in a motor vehicle windshield washer fluid system either as an antifreeze or for the purpose of cleaning, washing, or wetting the windshield(s).(2) Consumer--Any person who purchases or acquires any consumer product for personal, family, household, or institutional use. Persons acquiring a consumer product for resale are not considered consumers of that product.(3) Consumer product--Any substance, product, or article, held by any consumer, the use, consumption, storage, disposal, or destruction of which may result in the release of volatile organic compounds. This does not include fuels, fuel additives, motor vehicles, non-road vehicles, non-road engines, or architectural coatings.(4) Container/packaging--The part or parts of the consumer or institutional product which serve only to contain, enclose, incorporate, deliver, dispense, wrap, or store the chemically formulated substance or mixture of substances which is solely responsible for accomplishing the purposes for which the product was designed or intended. This includes any article onto or into which the principal display panel is incorporated, etched, printed, or attached.(5) Distributor--Any person to whom a consumer product is sold or supplied for the purposes of resale or distribution in commerce, except that manufacturers, retailers, and consumers are not distributors.(6) Fragrance--A substance or complex mixture of aroma chemicals, natural essential oils, and other functional components with a combined vapor pressure not in excess of two millimeters mercury at 20 degrees Celsius, which is added to a consumer product to impart an odor or scent or to counteract a malodor.(7) Initial sale--The bargain, sale, transfer, or delivery with intent to pass an interest therein, other than a lien, of a motor vehicle which has not been previously registered or licensed in Texas or elsewhere; and such a bargain, sale, transfer, or delivery, accompanied by registration or licensing of said vehicle in Texas or elsewhere, shall constitute the first sale of said vehicle, irrespective of where such bargain, sale, transfer, or delivery occurred.(8) Label--Any written, printed, or graphic matter affixed to, applied to, attached to, blown into, formed, molded into, embossed on, or appearing upon any consumer product or consumer product package, for purposes of branding, identifying, or giving information with respect to the product or to the contents of the package.(9) Manufacturer--Any person who imports, manufactures, assembles, produces, packages, repackages, or relabels a consumer product for distribution or sale in Texas.(10) Percent by weight--The total weight of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) except those VOCs exempted under § 115.617 of this title (relating to Exemptions), expressed as a percentage of the total net weight of the product exclusive of the container or package as calculated according to the following equation: Attached Graphic
(11) Principal display panel or panels--That part, or those parts of a label that are so designed as to most likely be displayed, presented, shown, or examined under normal and customary conditions of display or purchase. Whenever a principal display panel appears more than once, all requirements pertaining to the principal display panel shall pertain to all such principal display panels.(12) Retailer--Any person who sells, supplies, or offers consumer products for sale directly to consumers.(13) Retail outlet--Any establishment at which consumer products are sold, supplied, or offered for sale directly to consumers.(14) Subsequent sale--The bargain, sale, transfer, or delivery, with intent to pass an interest therein, other than a lien, of a motor vehicle which has been registered or licensed outside of Texas, save and except when such vehicle is not required under law to be registered or licensed in Texas or elsewhere; and any such bargain, sale, transfer, or delivery of a motor vehicle after same has been registered or licensed shall constitute a subsequent sale, irrespective of where bargain, sale, transfer, or delivery occurred.(15) Usage directions--The text or graphics on the product's label or accompanying literature which describes to the end user how and in what quantity the product is to be used.30 Tex. Admin. Code § 115.600
The provisions of this §115.600 adopted to be effective May 27, 1994, 19 TexReg 3703; amended to be effective March 7, 1996, 21 TexReg 1548; amended to be effective September 20, 1998, 23 TexReg 9574; amended to be effective February 19, 2004, 29 TexReg 1365