California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 3 - Air Resources Board
Chapter 9 - Off-Road Vehicles and Engines Pollution Control Devices
Article 4.7 - Spark-Ignition Marine Engines
Section 2443.3 - Environmental Label/Consumer Notification Requirements

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 2443.3

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

(a) Applicability. This section applies to model year 2001 and later spark-ignition personal watercraft and outboard marine engines and model year 2003 and later spark-ignition sterndrive/inboard marine engines, which have been certified to the applicable emission standards pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 43013.

(b) A nonpermanent label (i.e., hang tag) must be attached to each personal watercraft or outboard engine, as applicable, at time of sale. A nonpermanent label (i.e., hang tag) produced and supplied by the engine manufacturer must be attached, by the seller, to each sterndrive/inboard engine or watercraft, as applicable, when introduced for sale to ultimate purchasers. Environmental labels pursuant to this section shall include a copy of the following:

Front of Hang Tag:

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Back of Hang Tag:

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(1) Facsimiles of the four environmental labels, as described in section 2443.2(c)(1), with the appropriate label circled or otherwise identified as being applicable to the spark-ignition marine engine, must be displayed on the nonpermanent label. Each facsimile must have dimensions no less than one inch by four-fifths inch.

(2) For outboard engines greater than 130 horsepower, facsimiles of only the "Low Emission Engine" and "Very Low Emission Engine" labels described in sections 2443.2(c)(1)(B)1. and 2. need to be displayed on the nonpermanent label until the earlier of:
(A) the 2004 model year; or

(B) the first model year after the date the ARB certifies the first outboard engine family greater than 130 horsepower to the 2008 model year standards.

(3) For personal watercraft, facsimiles of only the "Low Emission Engine" and "Very Low Emission Engine" labels described in sections 2443.2(c)(1)(B)1. and 2. need to be displayed on the nonpermanent label until the earlier of:
(A) the 2004 model year; or

(B) the first model year after the date the ARB certifies the first personal watercraft engine family to the 2008 model year standards.

(4) For any spark-ignition marine engine or personal watercraft not certified to the voluntary standards in § 2442(d), facsimiles of only the "Low Emission Engine," "Very Low Emission Engine," "Ultra Low Emission Engine," and "Super Ultra Low Emission Engine" labels described in §§ 2443.2(c)(1)(B)1. through 2443.2(c)(1)(B)4. need to be displayed on the nonpermanent label, except as permitted in (b)(2) and (b)(3) of this section:

(5) All textual information (i.e., characters and/or lettering) required by this section must be no smaller than two (2) millimeters in height.

(c) The information required by paragraph (b) must also be provided in the owner's manual and in the engine manufacturer's application for certification.

(d) Samples of all labels produced pursuant to this section must be submitted to the Executive Officer with the applicable certification application. The Executive Officer may require a demonstration of durability for any hang tag, submitted per the provisions of this section, that s/he believes may become illegible, damaged, or otherwise not intact at the time of sale, for a period of two years, when displayed under normal conditions.

1. New section filed 7-10-2000; operative 8-9-2000 (Register 2000, No. 28).
2. Amendment filed 7-22-2002; operative 8-21-2002 (Register 2002, No. 30).
3. Amendment of subsections (a)-(b), (b)(2) and (b)(3), new subsection (b)(4), subsection renumbering and amendment of subsection (d) filed 7-17-2009; operative 8-16-2009 (Register 2009, No. 29).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 39600, 39601, 43013, 43018, 43101, 43102 and 43104, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 43013, 43017, 43018, 43101, 43102, 43104, 43105, 43150- 43154, 43205.5 and 43210- 43212, Health and Safety Code.

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