California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 3 - Air Resources Board
Chapter 1 - Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Devices
Article 4.3 - Innovative Clean Transit
Section 2023.8 - Reporting Requirements for Transit Agencies

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 2023.8

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) Commencing March 31, 2021, and continuing every year thereafter through March 31, 2050, each transit agency must annually submit by March 31 to the Executive Officer a compliance report meeting the requirements of this section for the prior calendar year.

(b) The initial report must be submitted by March 31, 2021, and must include the number and information of active buses in the transit agency's fleet as of December 31, 2017.

(c) Each transit agency must report the following information annually:

(1) Transit agency information.
(A) Name of the transit agency;

(B) Transit agency mailing address;

(C) National Transit Database (NTD) identification number;

(D) Name of related Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) or Regional Transportation Planning Agency;

(E) Air district;

(F) Air basin;

(G) Joint Group Number (if applicable as set forth in section 2023.2(b)(3));

(H) Name of the contact person;

(I) Contact person's e-mail address;

(J) Contact person's title; and

(K) Phone number.

(2) Information on each bus purchased, owned, operated, leased, or rented by a transit agency, including the following:
(A) Information on vehicle.
1. Vehicle identification number (VIN);

2. License plate;

3. Transit agency's vehicle ID;

4. Ownership type (owned, leased, rented);

5. Make;

6. Model;

7. Bus type;

8. Bus length;

9. Chassis (if applicable);

10. Bus fuel type;

11. GVWR;

12. Manufacture year;

13. Propulsion technology type;

14. Vehicle status (active, emergency contingency, or retired);

15. Date in-service; and

16. Bus retired date.

(B) Information on engine and propulsion system.
1. Engine manufacturer;

2. Engine model;

3. Engine model year;

4. Engine family name;

5. Engine cylinder displacement size (liters);

6. Battery rated capacity or energy level (kWh);

7. Bus charging strategy type (on-route, in depot, or combination);

8. Fuel cell system manufacturer;

9. Fuel system model; and

10. Fuel system rated power (kW).

(C) Information on bus purchases. Quantity of zero-emission and conventional internal combustion engine buses purchased in the calendar year and their status as new or used, effective date of a Notice to Proceed, and actual or expected bus delivery date; and

(D) Information on converted buses. Quantity of buses fully converted to zero-emission from conventional internal combustion engine buses in each calendar year.

(d) Each transit agency subject to the requirements of section 2023.2 must report the same information as required under sections 2023.8(a) through 2023.8(c) using the assigned Joint Group Number.

(e) CARB will calculate the number of bonus credits set forth in section 2023.3(a) based on the required information in section 2023.8(c).

(f) Each transit agency that opts into a Zero-Emission Mobility Option as set forth in section 2023.5 must report the following information:

(1) Total accumulated annual zero-emission passenger miles provided by scooters and other vehicles with a GVWR of 14,000 pounds or less;

(2) Total accumulated annual zero-emission passenger miles provided by bicycles; and

(3) CARB will calculate the number of mobility credits annually according to the requirement of section 2023.5(c) and reported total accumulated annual zero-emission passenger miles.

(g) Each transit agency subject to the requirements for purchase of Low-NOx engines in section 2023.6 must submit an annual report identifying the general location a conventional internal combustion engine bus is dispatched from, the NOx Certification Standard, and the NOx Executive Order number.

(h) Each transit agency subject to requirements to use renewable fuels as set forth in section 2023.7 must submit an annual report identifying fuel types used, quantity of renewable and non-renewable fuel purchased, and fuel contract number and its effective date and expected or actual end date.

(i) A report that does not contain all required information in sections 2023.8(c) through (h) will not be considered complete. A report will be considered to be complete as of the date that all required information is submitted.

1. New section filed 8-13-2019; operative 10-1-2019 (Register 2019, No. 33).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 38501, 38510, 38560, 39002, 39003, 39500, 39600, 39601, 39667, 40000, 43000.5, 43013, 43018, 43100, 43101, 43102, 43104, 43105, 43106, 43701(b), 43801 and 43806, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 38501, 38510, 38560, 39002, 39003, 39017, 39027, 39500, 39600, 39601, 39650, 39655, 39667, 40000, 43000.5, 43013, 43018, 43101, 43104, 43105, 43701(b), 43801 and 43806, Health and Safety Code; Sections 233, 350, 545 and 28114, Vehicle Code; section 5303, title 49, United States Code; and Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 665.13.

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