Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) The definitions
in section
2401(a), and
section 2403(b), Chapter
9, Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations, apply to this Article with
the following additions:
(1) "Actively-Purged
Carbon Canister" means a carbon canister which draws in ambient air to purge
adsorbed compounds using a vacuum created by the intake system of the
engine.
(2) "ANSI/OPEI B71.10-2013"
means ANSI/OPEI B71.10-2013, American National Standard for Off-Road
Ground-Supported Outdoor Power Equipment--Gasoline Fuel Systems--Performance
Specifications and Test Procedures, published August 26, 2013, and
which is incorporated by reference in this Article.
(3) "ANSI/OPEI B71.10-2018" means ANSI/OPEI
B71.10-2018, American National Standard for Off-Road Ground-Supported Outdoor
Power Equipment--Gasoline Fuel Systems--Performance Specifications and Test
Procedures, published November 12, 2018, and which is incorporated by reference
in this Article.
(4) "CP-901" means
Certification Procedure for Evaporative Emission Control Systems on
Engines With Displacement Less Than or Equal to 80 Cubic Centimeters,
adopted July 26, 2004, and amended September 18, 2017.
(5) "CP-902" means Certification
Procedure for Evaporative Emission Control Systems on Small Off-Road
Engines, adopted July 26, 2004, and last amended January 1,
2023.
(6) "Diurnal Emissions" means
evaporative emissions resulting from the daily cycling of ambient temperatures
and include resting losses, and permeation emissions, as measured according to
test procedures incorporated in this Article.
(7) "Equivalent Fuel Line" means a fuel line
that permeates less than the nominal fuel line being replaced and less than or
equal to 15 grams of ROG per square meter of surface area in contact with fuel
per day when tested per SAE J1737, SAE J30, SAE J1527, or, only for fuel lines
with inner diameter 4.75 mm or less, SAE J2996 at 40°C or higher, and
ambient pressure using LEV III certification gasoline. The fuel defined in 40
CFR Part 1060.515(a)(2) or CE10 may be used as an alternative test
fuel.
(8) "Evaporative Emissions"
means emissions that result from the evaporation of reactive organic gases into
the atmosphere.
(9) "Evaporative
Emission Control System" means the fuel system and associated components that
are designed to control evaporative emissions.
(10) "Evaporative Family" means small
off-road engine or equipment models in the same engine class that are grouped
together based on similar fuel system characteristics as they relate to
evaporative emissions or zero-emission small off-road equipment grouped
together based on similar performance characteristics. For engines with
displacement less than or equal to 80 cubic centimeters (cc), all models using
fuel tanks and fuel lines constructed by the same process with the same
material and the same permeation control may be grouped into one evaporative
family. The engine family and the evaporative family may be considered
equivalent at the manufacturer's discretion.
(11) "Evaporative Model Emission Limit
(EMEL)" means the diurnal or hot soak plus diurnal emission rate declared by
the manufacturer for a model within an evaporative family. The declared rate
must be based on evaporative emissions test results for the model of engine or
equipment within the evaporative family that is expected to exhibit the highest
evaporative emission rate relative to the applicable diurnal or hot soak plus
diurnal emission standard, obtained by following TP-902.
(12) "Evaporative Family Emission Limit
Differential (EFELD)" means the emission rate differential between the diurnal
or hot soak plus diurnal emission standard in Tables 1, 2 or 3 of section
2754(a) for the
model of engine or equipment within the evaporative family that is expected to
exhibit the highest evaporative emission rate relative to the applicable
diurnal or hot soak plus diurnal emission standard and the EMEL declared for
the model and is applicable to the entire evaporative family represented by the
model.
(13) "Executive Order of
Certification" means an order signed by the Executive Officer that documents
certification of evaporative emission control systems on engines or equipment
to the evaporative emission standards of this Article.
(14) "Fuel line" means hose or tubing
designed to contain liquid fuel (including molded hose or tubing). This does
not include any of the following:
(A) Fuel
tank vent lines;
(B) Segments of
hose or tubing whose external surface is normally exposed to liquid fuel inside
the fuel tank;
(C) Hose or tubing
designed to return unused fuel from the carburetor to the fuel tank that does
not continuously contain liquid fuel for handheld engines; and
(D) Primer bulbs that contain liquid fuel
only for priming the engine before starting.
(15) "Holder" means the person to whom the
Executive Order of Certification is issued.
(16) "Hot Soak Emissions" means evaporative
emissions that occur for the one-hour period following the termination of
engine operation.
(17) "LEV III
certification gasoline" means certification gasoline fuel for LEV III
light-duty vehicles and medium-duty vehicles as defined in part II, section
A.100.3.1.2 of the California 2015 and Subsequent Model Criteria
Pollutant Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures and 2017 and
Subsequent Model Greenhouse Gas Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures
for Passenger Cars, Light Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles, as
last amended September 2, 2015.
(18) "Manufacturer" means either an engine
manufacturer or equipment manufacturer.
(19) "Nominal Capacity" means the volume of
fuel indicated by the manufacturer that represents the maximum recommended fill
level.
(20) "Nominal Fuel Line"
means the fuel line that is used by an engine or equipment manufacturer to
certify the evaporative emissions control system on a small off-road
engine.
(21) "Organic material
hydrocarbon equivalent" means the total mass of hydrocarbon molecules, ethanol,
and other organic compounds, as measured under the test procedures incorporated
in this Article.
(22)
"Passively-Purged Carbon Canister" means a carbon canister which draws in
ambient air to purge adsorbed compounds using a vacuum created within the fuel
tank.
(23) "Permeation Emissions"
means evaporative emissions that result from reactive organic gas molecules
penetrating through the walls of fuel system components and evaporating on
outside surfaces, as measured by test procedures incorporated in this Article.
Permeation emissions are a component of diurnal emissions, as measured by test
procedures incorporated in this Article.
(24) "Permeation Rate" means the total mass
of reactive organic gas molecules passing through the internal surface area of
a fuel tank or fuel line in a 24-hour period, as measured by test procedures
incorporated in this Article.
(25)
"Production Volume" means the number of engines or equipment units, subject to
the requirements of this Article, produced in an evaporative family for which
the Holder has a reasonable basis to conclude that sale was or may be made to
ultimate purchasers in California. A Holder may estimate production volume
through market analysis. An educated and consistent estimate with the best
available documentation will be acceptable as the final report of production
volume in California.
(26)
"Reactive Organic Gases (ROG)" means any compound of carbon, excluding carbon
monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic carbides or carbonates, and
ammonium carbonate, and excluding the following:
| CAS
* |
|
(1) methane; |
[74-82-8] |
|
methylene chloride
(dichloromethane); |
[75-09-2] |
|
1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl
chloroform); |
[71-55-6] |
|
trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11); |
[75-69-4] |
|
dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12); |
[75-71-8] |
|
1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane
(CFC-113); |
[76-13-1] |
|
1,2-dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane
(CFC-114); |
[76-14-2] |
|
chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-115); |
[76-15-3] |
|
chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22); |
[75-45-6] |
|
1,1,1-trifluoro-2,2-dichloroethane
(HCFC-123); |
[306-83-2] |
|
2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane
(HCFC-124); |
[2837-89-0] |
|
1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane
(HCFC-141b); |
[1717-00-6] |
|
1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane
(HCFC-142b); |
[75-68-3] |
|
trifluoromethane (HFC-23); |
[75-46-7] |
|
pentafluoroethane (HFC-125); |
[354-33-6] |
|
1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane
(HFC-134); |
[359-35-3] |
|
1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane
(HFC-134a); |
[811-97-2] |
|
1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a); |
[420-46-2] |
|
1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a); |
[75-37-6] |
|
cyclic, branched, or linear completely methylated
siloxanes; |
[various] |
|
the following classes of
perfluorocarbons: |
[various] |
(A) cyclic,
branched, or linear, completely fluorinated alkanes;
(B) cyclic, branched, or linear, completely
fluorinated ethers with no unsaturations;
(C) cyclic, branched, or linear, completely
fluorinated tertiary amines with no unsaturations; and
(D) sulfur-containing perfluorocarbons with
no unsaturations and with the sulfur bonds only to carbon and fluorine; and
(2) the following low-reactive organic
compounds which have been exempted by the U.S. EPA:
|
acetone; |
[67-64-1] |
|
ethane; |
[74-84-0] |
|
methyl acetate; |
[79-20-9] |
|
perchloroethylene; |
[127-18-4] |
|
parachlorobenzotrifluoride
(1-chloro-4-trifluoromethyl benzene); |
[98-56-6] |
|
3,3-dichloro-1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane
(HCFC-225ca); |
|
1,3-dichloro-1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane
(HCFC-225cb); |
|
1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane (HFC
43-10mee); |
|
difluoromethane (HFC-32); |
|
fluoroethane (ethyl fluoride or
HFC-161); |
|
1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane
(HFC-236fa); |
|
1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane
(HFC-245ca); |
|
1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropane
(HFC-245ea); |
|
1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane
(HFC-245eb); |
|
1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane
(HFC-245fa); |
|
1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane
(HFC-236ea); |
|
1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane
(HFC-365mfc); |
|
chlorofluoromethane (HCFC-31); |
|
1-chloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-151a); |
|
1,2-dichloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethane
(HCFC-123a); |
|
1,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4-nonafluoro-4-methoxy-butane
(C4F9OCH3
or HFE-7100); |
|
2-(difluoromethoxymethyl)-1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane
((CF3)2CFCF2OCH3); |
|
1-ethoxy-1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluorobutane
(C4F9OC2H5
or HFE-7200); |
|
2-(ethoxydifluoromethyl)-1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane
((CF3)2CFCF2OC2H5); |
|
1,1,1,2,2,3,3-heptafluoro-3-methoxy-propane
(n-C3F7OCH3,
HFE-7000); |
|
3-ethoxy-1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,6-dodecafluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)-hexane
(HFE-7500); |
|
1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane (HFC
227ea); |
|
methyl formate
(HCOOCH3); |
|
1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoro-3-methoxy-4-trifluoromethyl-pentane
(HFE-7300); |
|
propylene carbonate; |
|
dimethyl carbonate; |
|
HCF2OCF2H
(HFE-134); |
|
HCF2OCF2OCF2H
(HFE-236cal2); |
|
HCF2OCF2CF2OCF2H
(HFE-338pcc13); |
|
HCF2OCF2OCF2CF2OCF2H
(H-Galden 1040x or H-Galden ZT 130 (or 150 or 180)); |
|
trans
1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-ene; |
|
2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene; and |
|
2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol. |
|
__________ |
|
* NOTE: Chemical Abstract
Service (CAS) identification numbers have been included in brackets [ ] for
convenience. |
(27) "Running Loss Emissions" means
evaporative emissions from a small off-road engine that occur while it is being
operated.
(28) "SAE J30" means SAE
J30, Fuel and Oil Hoses, Revised February 2012, and which is
incorporated by reference in this Article.
(29) "SAE J1527" means SAE J1527,
Marine Fuel Hoses, Revised February 2011, and which is
incorporated by reference in this Article.
(30) "SAE J1737" means SAE J1737,
Test Procedure to Determine the Hydrocarbon Losses from Fuel Tubes,
Hoses, Fittings, and Fuel Line Assemblies by Recirculation, Revised
August 2019, and which is incorporated by reference in this Article.
(31) "SAE J1930" means SAE J1930,
Electrical/Electronic Systems Diagnostic Terms, Definitions,
Abbreviations, and Acronyms--Equivalent to ISO/TR 15031-2, Revised
March 2017, and which is incorporated by reference in this Article.
(32) "SAE J2996" means SAE J2996,
Small Diameter Fuel Line Permeation Test Procedure, Issued
January 2013, and which is incorporated by reference in this Article.
(33) "SHED" (Sealed Housing Evaporative
Determination) means the enclosure and associated equipment used to determine
evaporative emissions. A SHED must meet the design specifications in 40 Code of
Federal Regulations Part 86.107-96.
(34) "Small Production Volume Tank Exemption"
applies to all models with identical tanks produced by an engine or equipment
manufacturer with total California production volume of 400 or fewer units per
year.
(35) "TP-901" means
Test Procedure for Determining Permeation Emissions from Small Off-Road
Engine Fuel Tanks, adopted July 26, 2004, and last amended January 1,
2023.
(36) "TP-902" means
Test Procedure for Determining Evaporative Emissions from Small
Off-Road Engines, adopted July 26, 2004, and last amended January 1,
2023.
(37) "Walk-Behind Mower"
means a grass-cutting product which has:
(A) A
Class I vertical shaft engine that includes a blade brake mechanism that
provides for compliance with ANSI B71.1 requirements; or
(B) A horizontally fixed blade and/or string
directly attached to the crankshaft of a vertical shaft engine.
1. New
section filed 9-20-2004; operative 10-20-2004 (Register 2004, No.
39).
2. Amendment filed 11-13-2017; operative 1-1-2018 (Register
2017, No. 46).
3. Editorial correction adjusting format of
subsection (a)(23) (Register 2018, No. 15).
4. Change without
regulatory effect amending subsections (a)(31)-(32) filed 5-6-2019 pursuant to
section 100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2019, No. 19).
5. Amendment filed 9-14-2022;
operative 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No. 37).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 39600, 39601 and 43013,
Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 43013, Health and Safety
Code.
