California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 3 - Air Resources Board
Chapter 15 - Additional Off-Road Vehicles and Engines Pollution Control Requirements
Article 4 - Evaporative Emissions Requirements for Spark-Ignition Marine Watercraft with Gasoline-Fueled Engines
Section 2863 - Emissions-Related Defect Reporting Requirements

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 2863

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

(a) Any application for an evaporative emissions control system certification must include a copy of the procedures established by the evaporative system builder or component manufacturer to identify either safety-related or performance defects.

(b) Applicability. This subsection applies to MY 2018 and subsequent SIMW and evaporative emissions control components.

(c) If a defect has occurred within five years from the end of the calendar year, an evaporative system builder or component manufacturer must file an information report. The evaporative system builder or component manufacturer must file an information report if the following criteria are met:

(1) The evaporative system builder or component manufacturer determines, in accordance with procedures specified in (a), that a specific evaporative emission-related defect exists, and

(2) A specific evaporative emission-related defect exists in 10 percent of production or 20 or more (whichever is less) SIMW of a given evaporative family or evaporative emissions control system component manufactured in the same Executive Order of Certification or Component Executive Order of Certification or MY.

(d) No report must be filed under this section for any evaporative emission-related defect corrected prior to the sale of the affected SIMW or evaporative emissions control system component to ultimate purchasers.

(e) The evaporative system builder or component manufacturer must submit defect information reports to: Chief, Emissions Compliance, Automotive Regulations and Science Division, ARB, not more than 15 working days after an emission-related defect is found. Required information that is either not available or is significantly revised must be submitted to the Executive Officer as it becomes available.

(f) Each defect report must contain the following information:

(1) The corporate name of the evaporative system builder or component manufacturer.

(2) A description of the defect.

(3) A description of each evaporative emissions control system component, class, evaporative family, or category of SIMW potentially affected by the defect including make, model, model year, calendar year produced, and any other information required to identify the engines affected.

(4) For each class or category of SIMW described in response to subsection (e), the following must also be provided:
(A) The number of SIMW known or estimated to have the defect and an explanation of the means by which this number was determined.

(B) The address of the plant(s) at which the potentially defective SIMW or evaporative emissions control system component were produced.

(5) An evaluation of the evaporative emissions impact from the defect and a description of any operational problems that a defective SIMW or evaporative emissions control system component might exhibit.

(6) Available evaporative emissions data that relate to the defect.

(7) Information on any anticipated evaporative system builder or component manufacturer follow-up.

1. New section filed 2-8-2016; operative 4-1-2016 (Register 2016, No. 7).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 39600, 39601, 43212 and 43013, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 43013, Health and Safety Code.

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