Sec. 217-1.1. Definitions

(a) Composite.

The value obtained by dividing the sum of the mass of the specific pollutant obtained in each second of the IM240 test or mode, by the number of miles driven in the test or test mode.

(b) Department.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

(c) Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR).

The value specified by the manufacturer as the maximum design loaded weight of a single vehicle.

(d) IM240 test.

The EPA standard test which consists of a transient driving cycle simulating actual driving conditions by the use of a dynamometer of 240 seconds duration during which emissions of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, oxides of nitrogen and carbon dioxide are measured. (Other test methods will be correlated to the IM240 test. See footnote for table 1a.)

(e) Light duty truck 1 (LDT1).

Any motor vehicle rated at 6,000 pounds GVWR or less, and which has a basic frontal area of 45 square feet or less, which is:

(1) designed primarily for transporting property, or is a derivation of such a vehicle;

(2) designed primarily for transporting people, and has a capacity of more than 12 persons; or

(3) available with special features enabling off-street or off-highway operation and use.

(f) Light duty truck 2 (LDT2).

Any motor vehicle rated above 6,000 pounds GVWR, but not greater than 8,500 pounds GVWR, and which has a basic frontal area of 45 square feet or less, which is:

(1) designed primarily for transporting property, or is a derivation of such a vehicle;

(2) designed primarily for transporting people, and has a capacity of more than 12 persons; or

(3) available with special features enabling off-street or off-highway operation and use.

(g) Light duty vehicle (LDV).

A passenger car capable of seating 12 or fewer passengers.

(h) Model year.

The manufacturer's annual production period for each engine family which includes January 1st of such calendar year, or, if the manufacturer has no production period, the calendar year. In the case of any motor vehicle manufactured in two or more stages, the time of manufacture shall be the date of completion of the chassis.

(i) Motor vehicle.

Motor vehicle shall have the same meaning as all of the following terms: motor vehicle in section 125 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law (VTL), and the term limited use automobiles in section 121-a of the VTL and the term trailers in section 156 of the VTL, except for those vehicles specifically set forth in 15 NYCRR 79.2(d) and (e).

(j) New York metropolitan enhanced inspection and maintenance region.

The region comprising the counties of Suffolk (except Fisher's Island), Nassau, Kings, Queens, Richmond, New York, Bronx, Westchester and Rockland.

(k) Official emissions inspection station.

A facility that has obtained a license from the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, under section 303 of the VTL, to perform motor vehicle emissions inspections in New York State.

(l) Phase 2.

The composite value obtained from second 94 through second 239 of the IM240 test cycle.