42 USC 7671 - Definitions

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 7671.

Definitions

As used in this subchapter—

(1)

Appliance

(2)

Baseline year

The term “baseline year” means—

(A)

the calendar year 1986, in the case of any class I substance listed in Group I or II under section 7671a(a) of this title,

(B)

the calendar year 1989, in the case of any class I substance listed in Group III, IV, or V under section 7671a(a) of this title, and

(C)

a representative calendar year selected by the Administrator, in the case of—

(i)

any substance added to the list of class I substances after the publication of the initial list under section 7671a(a) of this title, and

(ii)

any class II substance.

(3)

Class I substance

(4)

Class II substance

(5)

Commissioner

(6)

Consumption

(7)

Import

(8)

Medical device

The term “medical device” means any device (as defined in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321)), diagnostic product, drug (as defined in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act), and drug delivery system—

(A)

if such device, product, drug, or drug delivery system utilizes a class I or class II substance for which no safe and effective alternative has been developed, and where necessary, approved by the Commissioner; and

(B)

if such device, product, drug, or drug delivery system, has, after notice and opportunity for public comment, been approved and determined to be essential by the Commissioner in consultation with the Administrator.

(9)

Montreal Protocol

(10)

Ozone-depletion potential

(11)

Produce, produced, and production

The terms “produce”, “produced”, and “production”, refer to the manufacture of a substance from any raw material or feedstock chemical, but such terms do not include—

(A)

the manufacture of a substance that is used and entirely consumed (except for trace quantities) in the manufacture of other chemicals, or

(B)

the reuse or recycling of a substance.

(July 14, 1955, ch. 360, title VI, § 601, as added Pub. L. 101–549, title VI, § 602(a), Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2649.)

cite as: 42 USC 7671