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In this title: (1) Adversely affected community The term adversely affected community means a unit of local government or an Indian Tribe (or a political subdivision thereof) that has been, or is at risk to be, significantly disrupted by the United States transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions through the loss of a significant portion of locally generated tax revenue or employment due to the closure, or risk of closure, of an impacted employer within its jurisdiction. (2) Adversely affected worker The term adversely affected worker means an individual who has been, or is at risk to be, totally separated or partially separated from employment by an impacted employer. (3) Director The term Director means the Director of the Office of Energy and Economic Transition. (4) Impacted employer The term impacted employer means a private entity that is primarily engaged in business related to— (A) the extraction of fossil fuels; (B) the refinement of fossil fuels; (C) the generation of electricity from fossil fuels; (D) the production of energy-intensive industrial products; (E) the manufacture of light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles that utilize an internal combustion engine and component parts for such vehicles; (F) the construction, operation, and maintenance of infrastructure to deliver fossil fuels for domestic use; or (G) other industries significantly disrupted by the United States transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, as determined by the Director, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Labor. (5) Partial separation The terms partial separation and partially separated mean, with respect to an individual who has not been totally separated from employment, that— (A) the number of hours of work for such individual has been reduced by an impacted employer to 80 percent or less of the average number of hours per week such individual worked per week prior to any separation from employment; and (B) the wages for such individual have been reduced by an impacted employer to 80 percent or less of the average wages per week while employed by the impacted employer prior to any separation. (6) Total separation The terms total separation and totally separated mean the layoff or severance of an individual from employment by an impacted employer.