[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 40, Volume 15] [Revised as of July 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 40CFR82.104] [Page 428-430] TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) PART 82--PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE--Table of Contents Subpart E--The Labeling of Products Using Ozone-Depleting Substances Sec. 82.104 Definitions. (a) Class I substance means any substance designated as class I in 40 CFR part 82, appendix A to subpart A, including chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride and methyl chloroform and any other substance so designated by the Agency at a later date. (b) Class II substance means any substance designated as class II in 40 CFR part 82, appendix A to subpart A, including hydrochlorofluorocarbons and any other substance so designated by the Agency at a later date. (c) Completely destroy means to cause the destruction of a controlled substance by one of the five destruction processes approved by the Parties at a demonstrable destruction efficiency of 98 percent or more or a greater destruction efficiency if required under other applicable federal regulations. (d) Consumer means a commercial or non-commercial purchaser of a product or container that has been introduced into interstate commerce. (e) Container means the immediate vessel in which a controlled substance is stored or transported. (f) Container containing means a container that physically holds a controlled substance within its structure that is intended to be transferred to another container, vessel or piece of equipment in order to realize its intended use. (g) Controlled substance means a class I or class II ozone-depleting substance. (h) Destruction means the expiration of a controlled substance, that does not result in a commercially useful end product using one of the following controlled processes in a manner that complies at a minimum with the ``Code of Good Housekeeping'' of Chapter 5.5 of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report entitled, Ad-Hoc Technical Advisory Committee on ODS Destruction Technologies, as well as the whole of Chapter 5 from that report, or with more stringent requirements as applicable. The report is available from the Environmental Protection Agency, Public Docket A-91-60, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460 The controlled processes are: (1) Liquid injection incineration; (2) Reactor cracking; (3) Gaseous/fume oxidation; (4) Rotary kiln incineration; or (5) Cement kiln. (i) Distributor means a person to whom a product is delivered or sold for purposes of subsequent resale, delivery or export. (j) Export means the transport of virgin, used, or recycled class I or class II substances or products manufactured or containing class I or class II substances from inside the United States or its territories to persons outside the United States or its territories, excluding United States military bases and ships for on-board use. (k) Exporter means the person who contracts to sell class I or class II substances or products manufactured with or containing class I or class II substances for export or transfers such substances or products to his affiliate in another country. (l) Import means to land on, bring into, or introduce into, or attempt to [[Page 429]] land on, bring into, or introduce into any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States whether or not such landing, bringing, or introduction constitutes an importation within the meaning of the customs laws of the United States, with the exception of temporary off- loading of products manufactured with or containers containing class I or class II substances from a ship are used for servicing of that ship. (m) Importer means any person who imports a controlled substance, a product containing a controlled substance, a product manufactured with a controlled substance, or any other chemical substance (including a chemical substance shipped as part of a mixture or article), into the United States. ``Importer'' includes the person primarily liable for the payment of any duties on the merchandise or an authorized agent acting on his or her behalf. The term also includes, as appropriate: (1) The consignee; (2) The importer of record listed on U.S. Customs Service forms for the import; (3) The actual owner if an actual owner's declaration and superseding bond has been filed; or (4) The transferee, if the right to draw merchandise in a bonded warehouse has been transferred. (n) Interstate commerce means the distribution or transportation of any product between one state, territory, possession or the District of Columbia, and another state, territory, possession or the District of Columbia, or the sale, use or manufacture of any product in more than one state, territory, possession or District of Columbia. The entry points for which a product is introduced into interstate commerce are the release of a product from the facility in which the product was manufactured, the entry into a warehouse from which the domestic manufacturer releases the product for sale or distribution, and at the site of United States Customs clearance. (o) Manufactured with a controlled substance means that the manufacturer of the product itself used a controlled substance directly in the product's manufacturing, but the product itself does not contain more than trace quantities of the controlled substance at the point of introduction into interstate commerce. The following situations are excluded from the meaning of the phrase ``manufactured with'' a controlled substance: (1) Where a product has not had physical contact with the controlled substance; (2) Where the manufacturing equipment or the product has had physical contact with a controlled substance in an intermittent manner, not as a routine part of the direct manufacturing process; (3) Where the controlled substance has been transformed, except for trace quantities; or (4) Where the controlled substance has been completely destroyed. (p) Potentially available means that adequate information exists to make a determination that the substitute is technologically feasible, environmentally acceptable and economically viable. (q) Principal display panel (PDP) means the entire portion of the surface of a product, container or its outer packaging that is most likely to be displayed, shown, presented, or examined under customary conditions of retail sale. The area of the PDP is not limited to the portion of the surface covered with existing labeling; rather it includes the entire surface, excluding flanges, shoulders, handles, or necks. (r) Product means an item or category of items manufactured from raw or recycled materials, or other products, which is used to perform a function or task. (s) Product containing means a product including, but not limited to, containers, vessels, or pieces of equipment, that physically holds a controlled substance at the point of sale to the ultimate consumer which remains within the product. (t) Promotional printed material means any informational or advertising material (including, but not limited to, written advertisements, brochures, circulars, desk references and fact sheets) that is prepared by the manufacturer for display or promotion concerning a product or container, and that does not [[Page 430]] accompany the product to the consumer. (u) Retailer means a person to whom a product is delivered or sold, if such delivery or sale is for purposes of sale or distribution in commerce to consumers who buy such product for purposes other than resale. (v) Spare parts means those parts that are supplied by a manufacturer to another manufacturer, distributor, or retailer, for purposes of replacing similar parts with such parts in the repair of a product. (w) Supplemental printed material means any informational material (including, but not limited to, package inserts, fact sheets, invoices, material safety data sheets, procurement and specification sheets, or other material) which accompanies a product or container to the consumer at the time of purchase. (x) Transform means to use and entirely consume a class I or class II substance, except for trace quantities, by changing it into one or more substances not subject to this subpart in the manufacturing process of a product or chemical. (y) Type size means the actual height of the printed image of each capital letter as it appears on a label. (z) Ultimate consumer means the first commercial or non-commercial purchaser of a container or product that is not intended for re- introduction into interstate commerce as a final product or as part of another product. (aa) Warning label means the warning statement required by section 611 of the Act. The term warning statement shall be synonymous with warning label for purposes of this subpart. (bb) Waste means, for purposes of this subpart, items or substances that are discarded with the intent that such items or substances will serve no further useful purpose. (cc) Wholesaler means a person to whom a product is delivered or sold, if such delivery or sale is for purposes of sale or distribution to retailers who buy such product for purposes of resale.