California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 3 - Air Resources Board
Chapter 9 - Off-Road Vehicles and Engines Pollution Control Devices
Article 6.5 - Portable Outboard Marine Tanks and Components
Section 2468.10 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 13 CA Code of Regs 2468.10

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 52, December 27, 2024

(a) The definitions in Section 1900(b), Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations apply with the following additions:

(1) "Above Deck Fuel Tank" has the same meaning as portable outboard marine tank.

(2) "Assembly Clamps" means a clamping device used to secure a fuel hose to a connector.

(3) "Automatically Closes and Seals" means contains fuel and fuel vapor with no measurable emission rate excluding emissions associated from wetted surfaces that occur only as a result from connecting or disconnecting components.

(4) "Component" means any device used in conjunction with a portable outboard marine tank to supply fuel to an outboard engine.

(5) "Connector" means any device used to connect fuel hose to an outboard engine and/or portable outboard marine tank.

(6) "Consumer" means the first person who in good faith purchases a new portable outboard marine tank, portable outboard marine tank self sealing cap, portable outboard marine tank fuel hose, or portable outboard marine tank primer bulb for purposes other than resale, including but not limited to personal, family, household, or institutional use.

(7) "Distributor" means any person to whom a portable outboard marine tank, portable outboard marine tank self sealing cap, portable outboard marine tank fuel hose, or portable outboard marine tank primer bulb is sold or supplied for the purposes of resale or distribution in commerce. Manufacturers, retailers, and consumers are not distributors.

(8) "Diurnal Rate" means the process rate by which fuel molecules evaporate through openings and permeate through materials as measured using "Test Procedure 511, Diurnal Rate from Portable Outboard Marine Tanks".

(9) "Executive Officer" means the Executive Officer of the Air Resources Board, or his or her designee.

(10) "Fuel" means all fuels subject to any provision of Title 13, California Code of Regulations, Chapter 5, Standards for Motor Vehicle Fuels, Sections 2250-2298, except for Sections 2292.5, 2292.6, and 2292.7.

(11) "Manufacturer" means any person who imports, manufactures, assembles, packages, repackages, or re-labels a portable outboard marine tank, portable outboard marine tank self sealing cap, portable outboard marine tank fuel hose, or portable outboard marine tank primer bulb.

(12) "Nominal Capacity" means the volume indicated by the portable outboard marine tank manufacturer that represents the maximum recommended filling level of a portable outboard marine tank.

(13) "Outboard Engine" means a spark-ignition marine engine that, when properly mounted on a marine watercraft in the position to operate, houses the engine and drive unit external to the hull of the marine watercraft.

(14) "Permeation Rate" means the process rate by which fuel molecules penetrate a material and migrate to ambient air as measured using "Test Procedure 512, Permeation Rate from Portable Outboard Marine Tank Fuel Hoses and Primer Bulbs".

(15) "Person" has the same meaning as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 39047.

(16) "Portable Outboard Marine Tank" means any container with a nominal capacity of thirty (30) gallons or less that is designed, used, sold, advertised or offered for sale for supplying fuel to an outboard engine. Portable outboard marine tanks do not include fuel tanks designed exclusively for permanent installation in a specific marine vessel.

(17) "Portable Outboard Marine Tank Cap" means a removable cap that allows for filling a portable outboard marine tank with fuel and may include a manually operated or automatic vent.

(18) "Portable Outboard Marine Tank Fuel Hose" means fuel hose used to transfer fuel from a portable outboard marine tank to an outboard engine.

(19) "Portable Outboard Marine Tank Primer Bulb" means a device used to siphon fuel from a portable outboard marine tank through a portable outboard marine tank fuel hose to an outboard engine.

(20) "Portable Outboard Marine Tank Self Sealing Cap" means a cap outfitted with a device that is actuated by positive or negative pressure without user intervention that contains fuel and fuel vapors inside a portable outboard marine tank during normal use.

(21) "Portable Outboard Marine Tank System" means any combination of portable outboard marine tank, portable outboard marine tank self sealing cap, portable outboard marine tank fuel hose or portable outboard marine tank primer bulb sold as a complete package.

(22) "Product Category" means the applicable category that best describes the product with respect to its nominal capacity, material construction, and diurnal or permeation rate, as applicable, as determined by the Executive Officer at the time certification is requested.

(23) "Retailer" means any person who owns, leases, operates, controls, or supervises a retail outlet.

(24) "Retail Outlet" means any establishment at which a portable outboard marine tank, cap, fuel hose, or primer bulb are sold, supplied, or offered for sale.

(25) "ROG" (Reactive Organic Gas) means a reactive chemical gas, composed of hydrocarbons that may contribute to the formation of smog. ROG is sometimes referred to as Non-Methane Organic Compounds (NMOC's).

1. New section filed 9-16-2009; operative 10-16-2009 (Register 2009, No. 38).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 39600, 39601, 43013, 43018 and 43101, Health and Safety Code; and Western Oil and Gas Ass'n. v. Orange County Pollution Control District, 14 Cal.3d 411, 121 Cal.Rptr. 249 (1975). Reference: Sections 39000, 39001, 39003, 39500, 39515, 39516, 41511, 43000, 43013, 43016, 43017 and 43018, Health and Safety Code; and Western Oil and Gas Ass'n. v. Orange County Pollution Control District, 14 Cal.3d 411, 121 Cal.Rptr. 249 (1975).

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