CFR

98.398—Definitions.

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

Batch means either a volume of crude oil that enters a refinery or the components of such volume (e.g., the volumes of different crude streams that are blended together and then delivered to a refinery). The batch volume is the first appropriate tier in the following list:

(1) Up to an annual volume of a type of crude oil identified by an EIA crude stream code, if the EIA crude stream code is known.

(2) Up to an annual volume of a type of crude oil identified by a generic name for the crude stream and an appropriate EIA two-letter country or state and production area code, if the generic name and EIA two-letter code are known but no appropriate EIA crude stream code exists.

(3) Up to a calendar month of crude oil volume from a single known foreign country of origin if the crude stream name is unknown.

(4) Up to a calendar month of crude oil volume from the United States if the crude stream name and production area are unknown.

(5) Up to a calendar month of crude oil volume if the country of origin is unknown.

Code of Federal Regulations

[75 FR 66478, Oct. 28, 2010]

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