California Code of Regulations
Title 17 - Public Health
Division 3 - Air Resources
Chapter 1 - Air Resources Board
Subchapter 10 - Climate Change
Article 4 - Regulations to Achieve Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions
Subarticle 14 - Zero-Emission Airport Shuttle Regulation
Section 95690.2 - Definitions
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) For purposes of this subarticle, the following definitions apply:
"Airport Shuttle" means a commercial vehicle with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 8,501 pounds or greater that transports passengers, in a fixed destination route, to or from a regulated airport.
"CARB" means the California Air Resources Board.
"Depot" means a place where airport shuttles are housed and from which they are dispatched for service.
"Emergency" means any sudden, unexpected occurrence involving a clear and imminent danger, demanding immediate action to prevent or mitigate the loss of, or damage to, life, health, property or essential public services.
"Executive Officer" means the Executive Officer of the California Air Resources Board or his or her designee.
"Fixed destination route" is a route that transports passengers between the same locations, although the number of stops along the route may vary.
"Fleet" means one or more airport shuttle(s) that are subject to this regulation and are under common ownership.
"Fleet Owner" means the person, business, or government agency registered as the owner of the vehicle by the California Department of Motor Vehicles or is the owner as defined in California Vehicle Code section 460.
"General Aviation Airport" is the same as defined in section 47102 of title 49 of the United States Code.
"Gross Vehicle Weight Rating" or "GVWR" means the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating as defined in the California Vehicle Code section 350.
"Internal Combustion Engine" means an engine that generates motive power by the burning of gasoline, oil, or other fuel with air inside the engine.
"Nonhub Airport" is the same as defined in section 40102 of title 49 of the United States Code.
"Operator" means the person responsible for the overall operation of the fleet.
"Regulated Airport" means a large, medium, or small hub airport as those terms are defined in section 40102 of title 49 of the United States Code. Regulated Airport does not include "Nonhub Airport" or "General Aviation Airport" as defined in section 47102 of title 49 of the United States Code.
"Reserve Airport Shuttle" means an airport shuttle used to increase flexibility during peak service times or to provide backup service when other airport shuttles are not in operation.
"State of Emergency" is the condition when an emergency exists and is so declared by the Governor or federal government and includes instances of fire, epidemic, flood, earthquake or other soil or geologic movements, as well as such occurrences as civil unrest, accident, or sabotage.
"State of War Emergency" is the condition which exists immediately with or without a proclamation thereof by the Governor or the President of the United States, whenever this nation is attacked by an enemy of the United States, or upon receipt by the state of a warning from the federal government indicating that such an enemy attack is probable or imminent.
"TRUCRS" means Truck Regulation Upload, Compliance, and Reporting System.
"Zero-Emission Airport Shuttle" or "ZEAS" means a battery electric or fuel cell airport shuttle that is certified or approved for sale in California, as required in section 95690.5.
1. New section filed 1-30-2020; operative 4-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 5).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 38501, 38505, 38566, 38510, 38560, 39002, 39003, 39500, 39600, 39601, 39602, 39602.5, 39650, 39658, 39659, 39667, 43013, 43018, 43100, 43101, 43102, 43104, 43105 and 43106, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 38501, 38505, 38510, 38560, 39650, 39658, 39659, 39667, 43000, 43000.5, 43009.5, 43013, 43018, 43100, 43101, 43101.5, 43102, 43104, 43105, 43106, 43204, 43205, 43205.5 and 43600, Health and Safety Code.
