Section 251.103  Definitions

            "Act":  the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5].

            "Agency":  The Environmental Protection Agency established by the Act.

            "Annual":  Of the period of one year commencing on the original billing date of a particular air pollution site fee.

            "Annual Fee":  The air pollution site fee prescribed by Section 9.6 of the Act and collected by the Agency pursuant to this Part.

"Greenhouse Gas" or "GHG" means the air pollutant defined in 40 CFR 86.1818-12(a) as the aggregate group of 6 greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride.

            "Permitted to Emit":  The sum of allowable emissions of regulated pollutants at a site from all emission sources which have received an operating permit from the Agency's Bureau of Air.

            "Regulated Air Pollutant":  Any contaminant which is emitted to the atmosphere and which is regulated under the Act or the regulations of the Illinois Pollution Control Board and receives an air pollution operating permit after January 1, 1986.

            "Site":  Any location, place, tract of land, and facilities, including but not limited to, buildings and improvements used for purposes subject to regulation or control by the Environmental Protection Act or regulations thereunder.

(Source:  Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 6803, effective April 20, 2012)