216H.10 DEFINITIONS.

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Subdivision 1.Applicability.

For purposes of sections 216H.10 to 216H.13, the following terms have the meanings given. §

Subd. 2.Agency.

“Agency” means the Pollution Control Agency. §

Subd. 3.Carbon dioxide equivalent.

“Carbon dioxide equivalent” means the quantity of carbon dioxide that has the same global warming potential as a given amount of another greenhouse gas. §

Subd. 4.Commissioner.

“Commissioner” means the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency. §

Subd. 5.Global warming.

“Global warming” means the observed and predicted increase in the temperature of the atmosphere near the earth’s surface and the oceans. §

Subd. 6.Global warming potential or GWP.

“Global warming potential” or “GWP” means a quantitative measure of the potential of an emission of a greenhouse gas to contribute to global warming over a 100-year period expressed in terms of the equivalent emission of carbon dioxide needed to produce the same 100-year warming effect, as reported in Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. §

Subd. 7.High-GWP greenhouse gas.

“High-GWP greenhouse gas” means hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride, nitrous trifluoride, and any other gas the agency determines by rule to have a high global warming potential. §

Subd. 8.Mobile air conditioner.

“Mobile air conditioner” means mechanical vapor compression refrigeration equipment used to cool the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. §

Subd. 9.Motor vehicle.

“Motor vehicle” has the meaning given in section 168.002, subdivision 18. §

Subd. 10.New motor vehicle.

“New motor vehicle” has the meaning given in section 80E.03, subdivision 7. §

Subd. 11.Refrigerant.

“Refrigerant” means a substance used, sold for use, or designed and intended for use in a mobile air conditioner to transfer heat out of the space being cooled.

History:

2008 c 296 art 1 s 21; 2009 c 37 art 1 s 55

History: History: 2008 c 296 art 1 s 21; 2009 c 37 art 1 s 55