§ 6402. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC6402]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 90--PROPANE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Sec. 6402. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter--
(1) the term ``Council'' means a Propane Education and Research
Council created pursuant to section 6403 of this title;
(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
title 26, 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 C\3\H\8\, 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.
(Pub. L. 104-284, Sec. 3, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3370.)
