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40 CFR 98.458: Definitions.

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  1. Title 40—Protection of Environment
  2. CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
  3. SUBCHAPTER C—AIR PROGRAMS
  4. PART 98—MANDATORY GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING
  5. Subpart SS—Electrical Equipment Manufacture or Refurbishment

Except as specified in this section, all terms used in this subpart have the same meaning given in the CAA and subpart A of this part.

Insulating gas, for the purposes of this subpart, means any fluorinated GHG or fluorinated GHG mixture, including but not limited to SF6 and PFCs, that is used as an insulating and/or arc-quenching gas in electrical equipment.

Reportable insulating gas, for purposes of this subpart, means an insulating gas whose weighted average GWP, as calculated in equation SS-2 to § 98.452, is greater than one. A fluorinated GHG that makes up either part or all of a reportable insulating gas is considered to be a component of the reportable insulating gas.

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