"Butane." A colorless, odorless gaseous alkane, C4H10, which
occurs as a constituent of natural gas and is used as the raw
material in the manufacturing of ethylene and butadiene.
"Commonwealth." The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
"Department." The Department of Revenue of the Commonwealth.
"Deteriorated property." Any blighted, impoverished area
containing residential, industrial, commercial or other real
property that is abandoned, unsafe, vacant, undervalued,
underutilized, overgrown, defective, condemned, demolished or
that contains economically undesirable land use.
"Downstream business." Any business that uses natural gas
and natural gas byproducts, chemical products or chemical
compounds produced or extracted in this Commonwealth as raw
materials in the business's production process.
"Ethane." A colorless, odorless gaseous alkane, C2H6, which
occurs as a constituent of natural gas and is used as the raw
material in the manufacturing of ethylene.
"Keystone Energy Enhancement Zone." A defined geographic
area comprised of one or more political subdivisions or portions
of political subdivisions designated by the authority.
"Manufacturing." Operations which use natural gas extracted
in this Commonwealth as a primary means of fuel or power to
produce finished goods from raw materials.
"Manufacturing business." An association, partnership,
corporation, sole proprietorship, limited liability company or
employer that engages in manufacturing.
"Natural gas." A fossil fuel consisting of a mixture of
hydrocarbon gases, primarily methane, and possibly including
ethane, propane, butane, pentane, carbon dioxide, oxygen,
nitrogen and hydrogen sulfide and other gas species. The term
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