1. (a) “Hydrogen” means diatomic molecular hydrogen, the lightest of all gases.
2. (b) “Hydrogen fuel” means a fuel composed of molecular hydrogen sold for consumption in a surface vehicle or electricity production device with an internal combustion engine or fuel cell.
3. (c) “Hydrogen fueling station” means a facility that dispenses hydrogen fuel for the purposes of fueling hydrogen-based motor vehicles.
4. (d) “Hydrogen plant” means an industrial gas manufacturing facility (NAICS Code 325120) that produces on-purpose hydrogen.
5. (e) “Hydrogen producer” means a company as defined in Section 25321 (b), Public Resources Code that operates a major hydrogen plant.
6. (f) “Major hydrogen plant” means a hydrogen plant that produces more than 10,000 kilograms of on-purpose hydrogen during any month of the current or preceding calendar year.
7. (g) “On-purpose hydrogen” means molecular hydrogen in gaseous or liquid state produced as a result of process or processes dedicated to producing hydrogen (e.g. steam reforming or electrolysis).
8. (h) “Renewable diesel” means a motor vehicle fuel or fuel additive that is all of the following: registered as a motor vehicle fuel or fuel additive under 40 C.F.R. Part 79; not a mono-alkyl ester; intended for use in engines that are designed to run on conventional diesel fuel; and derived from nonpetroleum renewable resources.

In this Article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

Note: Authority cited: Sections 25213, 25216.5 and 25218, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 25301, 25302, 25304, 25305, 25320, 25700 and 25704, Public Resources Code.

History

1. Repealer and new section filed 12-30-2021; operative 1-1-2022 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2021, No. 53).