---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 98.380"
title: "40"
number: "98.380"
heading: "Definition of the source category."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/98.380"
---

# §98.380. Definition of the source category.


This source category consists of producers, importers, and exporters of products listed in Table MM-1 of [subpart MM](/cfr/40/subpartMM.md) that are coal-based (coal-to-liquid products).

- (a) **A producer is the owner or operator of a coal-to-liquids facility.** A coal-to-liquids facility is any facility engaged in converting coal into liquid products using a process involving conversion of coal into gas and then into liquids (e.g., Fischer-Tropsch) or conversion of coal directly into liquids (i.e., direct liquefaction).
- (b) An importer or exporter shall have the same meaning given in [§ 98.6](/cfr/40/98.6.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

### Source

Source: 74 FR 56374, Oct. 30, 2009, unless otherwise noted.