Heavy-duty Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations — 1
Definitions 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations. Act means the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 . ( Loi ) adjusted loaded vehicle weight means the numerical average of the curb weight and the GVWR, and in the case of vehicles referred to in subsection 26 (6) with an adjusted loaded vehicle weight of more than 6 350 kg (14,000 pounds), the value corresponding to the nearest 225 kg (500 pounds) increment. ( poids ajusté du véhicule chargé ) aftertreatment device means a catalytic converter, particulate filter or any other system or component mounted downstream of the exhaust valve or exhaust port that is designed to decrease engine exhaust emissions before they are released into the environment. ( dispositif de traitement postcombustion ) A to B testing means testing performed in pairs to allow comparison of a vehicle A to a vehicle B, an engine A to an engine B or equipment A to equipment B, as the case may be. ( essais A à B ) automatic tire inflation system means a pneumatically or electronically activated system that is installed on a vehicle or a trailer to maintain tire pressure at a specified value. ( dispositif automatique de gonflage des pneus ) auxiliary emission control device means any element of design that senses temperature, vehicle speed, engine RPM, transmission gear, manifold vacuum, or any other parameter for the purpose of activating, modulating, delaying or deactivating the operation of any part of an emission control system. ( dispositif antipollution auxiliaire ) averaging set means, for the purpose of a company’s participation in the CO 2 emission credit system set out in sections 34 to 47 or sections 47.1 to 47.5, as the case may be, any of the following groups of fleets of vehicles, engines or trailers: (a) Class 2B and Class 3 heavy-duty vehicles and cab-complete vehicles, excluding those that are vocational vehicles or incomplete vocational vehicles; (b) vocational vehicles that are light heavy-duty vehicles and incomplete vocational vehicles that are to become light heavy-duty vehicles; (c) medium heavy-duty vehicles and heavy-duty incomplete vehicles that are to become medium heavy-duty vehicles, other than those that are of a type referred to in the table to subsection 26(1.2) and in respect of which the company has made the election referred to in that subsection; (d) heavy heavy-duty vehicles and heavy-duty incomplete vehicles that are to become heavy heavy-duty vehicles, other than those that are of a type referred to in the table to subsection 26(1.2) and in respect of which the company has made the election referred to in that subsection; (d.1) vocational vehicles that are all of the same type referred to in the table to subsection 26(1.2) and in respect of which the company has made the election referred to in that subsection; (e) light heavy-duty engines and medium heavy-duty engines that are spark-ignition engines; (f) light heavy-duty engines that are compression-ignition engines; (g) medium heavy-duty engines that are compression-ignition engines; (h) heavy heavy-duty engines; (i) full-aero box van trailers that are short dry box van trailers and full-aero box van trailers that are short refrigerated box van trailers; or (j) full-aero box van trailers that are long dry box van trailers and full-aero box van trailers that are long refrigerated box van trailers. ( groupe de calcul de points ) basic vehicle frontal area means the area enclosed by the geometric projection of the basic vehicle — including tires but not mirrors or air deflectors — along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle onto a plane perpendicular to that axis. ( surface frontale du véhicule de base ) box van trailer means a trailer — other than a tank trailer that is designed to transport liquids or gases — that has an enclosed cargo space that is permanently attached to the trailer chassis, has fixed sides and a fixed nose and roof. ( remorque fourgon ) brake horsepower or BHP means a unit