California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 3 - Air Resources Board
Chapter 5.1 - Standards for Fuels for Nonvehicular Sources
Section 2299 - Standards for Nonvehicular Diesel Fuel Used in Diesel-Electric Intrastate Locomotives and Harborcraft

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 2299

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

(a) Requirements.

(1) Standards for Nonvehicular Diesel Fuel Used in Harborcraft in the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Beginning January 1, 2006. Beginning January 1, 2006, California nonvehicular diesel fuel sold, offered for sale, or supplied within the SCAQMD for use in harborcraft is subject to all of the requirements of Title 13 CCR sections 2281 (sulfur content), 2282 (aromatic hydrocarbons content) and 2284 (lubricity) applicable to vehicular diesel fuel, and shall be treated under those sections as if it were vehicular diesel fuel.

(2) Standards for Nonvehicular Diesel Fuel Used in Intrastate Diesel-Electric Locomotives and Harborcraft Beginning January 1, 2007. Beginning January 1, 2007, California nonvehicular diesel fuel sold, offered for sale, or supplied for use in diesel-electric intrastate locomotives or harborcraft is subject to all of the requirements of title 13 CCR sections 2281 (sulfur content), 2282 (aromatic hydrocarbons content) and 2284 (lubricity) applicable to vehicular diesel fuel, and shall be treated under those sections as if it were vehicular diesel fuel.

(3) Exemption for military specification fuel used in military vessels. The requirements of this section do not apply to military specification fuel that is sold, offered for sale, or supplied for use in marine vessels owned or operated by the armed forces of the United States.

(b) Definitions.

(1) "California nonvehicular diesel fuel" means any diesel fuel that is not vehicular diesel fuel as defined respectively in title 13 CCR sections 2281(b), 2282(b), or 2284(b) and that is sold or made available for use in engines in California.

(2) "Diesel-electric locomotive" means a locomotive using electric power provided by a diesel engine that drives a generator or alternator; the electrical power produced then drives the wheels using electric motors.

(3) "Diesel fuel" means any fuel that is commonly or commercially known, sold or represented as diesel fuel, including any mixture of primarily liquid hydrocarbons that is sold or represented as suitable for use in an internal combustion, compression-ignition engine.

(4) "Harborcraft" means any marine vessel that meets all of the following criteria:
(A) The vessel does not carry a "registry" (foreign trade) endorsement on its United States Coast Guard certificate of documentation, and is not registered under the flag of a country other than the United States;

(B) The vessel is less than 400 feet in length overall (LOA) as defined in 50 CFR § 679.2 as adopted June 19, 1996;

(C) The vessel is less than 10,000 gross tons (GT ITC) per the convention measurement (international system) as defined in 46 CFR § 69.51 -.61, as adopted September 12, 1989; and

(D) The vessel is propelled by a marine diesel engine with a per-cylinder displacement of less than 30 liters.

(5) "Intrastate diesel-electric locomotive" means:
(A) A diesel-electric locomotive that operates within California for which at least 90 percent of its annual fuel consumption, annual hours of operation, or annual rail miles traveled occur within California. This definition would typically include, but not be limited to, diesel-electric locomotives used in the following operations: passenger intercity and commuter, short haul, short line, switch, industrial, port, and terminal operations;

(B) An intrastate diesel-electric locomotive does not include those diesel-electric locomotives that:
1. Meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tier II locomotive emission standards, and

2. Primarily move freight into and out of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, and

3. Have been included as a diesel-electric locomotive operating in the South Coast Nonattainment Area under paragraph IV.B. of the Memorandum of Mutual Understandings and Agreements for the South Coast Locomotive Fleet Average Emissions Program, dated July 2, 1998.

(C) (This subsection reserved for consideration of diesel-electric locomotives that meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tier II locomotive emission standards and primarily move freight within California outside of the South Coast Air Quality Management District.)

(6) "Locomotive" means a piece of on-track equipment designed for moving or propelling cars that are designed to carry freight, passengers or other equipment, but which itself is not designed or intended to carry freight, passengers (other than those operating the locomotive) or other equipment.

(7) "Marine vessel" means any ship, boat, watercraft, or other artificial contrivance used as a means of transportation on water.

(c) Alternative Emission Reduction Plan for Intrastate Diesel-Electric Locomotives. For an owner or operator of an intrastate diesel-electric locomotive who has submitted an alternative emission reduction plan (plan) that contains a substitute fuel(s) and/or emission control strategy(s) and has been approved by the Executive Officer, compliance with the alternative emission reduction plan (plan) shall constitute compliance with the requirements of subsection (a)(2). In order to be approved, the plan must do all of the following:

(1) Identify or define the total fuel consumption and total emissions that would be associated with the activities of the diesel-electric locomotives were the owner or operator to comply with subsection (a)(2).

(2) Define a substitute fuel(s) and/or emission control strategy(s) for the plan.

(3) Identify the emission reductions that are attributable to the substitute fuel(s) and/or emission control strategy(s) relative to the emission reductions achieved through compliance with subsection (a)(2).

(4) Demonstrate that the substitute fuel(s) and/or emission control strategy(s) in the plan provide equivalent or better emission benefits than would be achieved through compliance with subsection (a)(2). The emission benefits achieved under the plan shall be targeted towards residents in those parts of the state most impacted by diesel-electric locomotive emissions.

(5) The plan shall contain adequate enforcement provisions.

1. New chapter 5.1 (section 2299) and section filed 7-5-2005; operative 8-4-2005 (Register 2005, No. 27).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 39600, 39601, 43013 and 43018, Health and Safety Code; and Western Oil and Gas Ass'n. v. Orange County Air Pollution Control District, 14 Cal. 3d 411, 121 Cal. Rptr. 249 (1975). Reference: Sections 39000, 39001, 39515, 39516, 41511, 43013, 43016 and 43018, Health and Safety Code; and Western Oil and Gas Ass'n. v. Orange County Air Pollution Control District, 14 Cal. 3d 411, 121 Cal. Rptr. 249 (1975).

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