10 CFR § 490.301 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s490.301"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 490.301 - Definitions."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "490.301"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY CONSERVATION"
part_number: "490"
part_name: "ALTERNATIVE FUEL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 7191  42 U.S.C. 13201, 13211, 13220, 13251  28 U.S.C. 2461 note."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 10653, Mar. 14, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "490"
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# 490.301 Definitions.

In addition to the definitions found in section 490.2, the following definitions apply to this subpart—

*Affiliate* means a person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common ownership or control of a person subject to vehicle acquisition requirements in this part.

*Alternative Fuels Business* means activities undertaken to derive revenue from—

(1) Producing, storing, refining, processing, transporting, distributing, importing, or selling at wholesale or retail any alternative fuel other than electricity; or

(2) Generating, transmitting, importing, or selling at wholesale or retail electricity.

*Business Unit* means a semi-autonomous major grouping of activities for administrative purposes and organizational structure within a business entity and that is controlled by or under control of a person subject to vehicle acquisition requirements in this part.

*Division* means a major administrative unit of an enterprise comprising at least several enterprise units or constituting a complete integrated unit for a specific purpose and that is controlled by or under control of a person subject to vehicle acquisition requirements in this part.

*Normal Requirements and Practices* means the operating business practices and required conditions under which the principal business of a person subject to vehicle acquisition requirements in this part operates.

*Principal Business* means the sales-related activity that produces the greatest gross revenue.

*Substantial Portion* means that at least 30 percent of the annual gross revenue of a covered person is derived from the sale of alternative fuels.

*Substantially Engaged* means that a covered person, or affiliate, division, or other business unit thereof, regularly derives more than a negligible amount of sales-related gross revenue from an alternative fuels business.