§ 6402. Definitions

Statutory text

For the purposes of this chapter—

the term “Council” means a Propane Education and Research Council created pursuant to section 6403 of this title;

the term “industry” means those persons involved in the production, transportation, and sale of propane, and in the manufacture and distribution of propane utilization equipment, in the United States;

the term “industry trade association” means an organization exempt from tax, under section 501(c)(3) or (6) of title 26, representing the propane industry;

the term “odorized propane” means propane which has had odorant added to it;

the term “producer” means the owner of propane at the time it is recovered at a gas processing plant or refinery;

the term “propane” means a hydrocarbon whose chemical composition is predominantly C³H⁸, whether recovered from natural gas or crude oil, and includes liquefied petroleum gases and mixtures thereof;

the term “public member” means a member of the Council, other than a representative of producers or retail marketers, representing significant users of propane, public safety officials, academia, the propane research community, or other groups knowledgeable about propane;

the term “qualified industry organization” means the National Propane Gas Association, the Gas Processors Association, a successor association of such associations, or a group of retail marketers or producers who collectively represent at least 25 percent of the volume of propane sold or produced in the United States;

the term “retail marketer” means a person engaged primarily in the sale of odorized propane to the ultimate consumer or to retail propane dispensers;

the term “retail propane dispenser” means a person who sells odorized propane to the ultimate consumer but is not engaged primarily in the business of such sales; and

the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1996
Propane Education and Research Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–284 § 3 · 110 Stat. 3370
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 6402
(Pub. L. 104–284, § 3, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3370.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 104–284, § 3, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3370.)
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Act— (1) propane gas, or liquefied petroleum gas, is an essential energy commodity providing heat, hot water, cooking fuel, and motor fuel among its many uses to millions of Americans; (2) the term “industry” means those persons involved in the production, transportation, and sale of propane, and in the manufacture and distribution of propane utilization equipment, in the United States; (3) the term “industry trade association” means an organization exempt from tax, under section 501(c) (3) or (6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, representing the propane industry; (4) the term “odorized propane” means propane which has had odorant added to it; (5) the term “producer” means the owner of propane at the time it is recovered at a gas processing plant or refinery; (6) the term “propane” means a hydrocarbon whose chemical composition is predominantly C3H8, whether recovered from natural gas or crude oil, and includes liquefied petroleum gases and mixtures thereof; (7) the term “public member” means a member of the Council, other than a representative of producers or retail marketers, representing significant users of propane, public safety officials, academia, the propane research community, or other groups knowledgeable about propane; (8) the term “qualified industry organization” means the National Propane Gas Association, the Gas Processors Association, a successor association of such associations, or a group of retail marketers or producers who collectively represent at least 25 percent of the volume of propane sold or produced in the United States; (9) the term “retail marketer” means a person engaged primarily in the sale of odorized propane to the ultimate consumer or to retail propane dispensers; (10) the term “retail propane dispenser” means a person who sells odorized propane to the ultimate consumer but is not engaged primarily in the business of such sales; and (11) the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy.

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Credits

(Pub. L. 104–284, § 3, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3370.)