part_subject: "NATIONAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSION STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER AND COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS"
subpart_code: "F"
subpart_subject: "Control of Evaporative Emissions From New and In-Use Portable Fuel Containers"
section_number: "59.601"
section_subject: "Do the requirements of this subpart apply to me?"
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 59.601"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Parts 53 to 59"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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(a)Unless specified otherwise in this subpart, the requirements and prohibitions of this subpart apply to all manufacturers and importers of portable fuel containers. Certain prohibitions in § 59.602 apply to all other persons.
(b)New portable fuel containers that are subject to the emissions standards of this part must be covered by a certificate of conformity that is issued to the manufacturer of the container. If more than one person meets the definition of manufacturer for a portable fuel container, see § 59.621 to determine if you are the manufacturer who may apply for and receive a certificate of conformity.
(c)Unless specifically noted otherwise, the term “you” means manufacturers, as defined in § 59.680.