G/TBT/N/USA/1206/Add.3  
 
19 October 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  19 October 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Small Off -Road Engines  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[  ] Notified measure published - date:  
[  ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[  ] Text of final measure available from1:  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[X] Other: https://oal.ca.gov/wp -content/uploads/sites/166/2021/10/2021 -Notice -
Register -Number -42-Z-October -15-2021.pdf  
http://ww2.arb.ca.gov/rulemaking/2021/sore2021  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_6606_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_6606_01_e.pdf  
Notice of Public Hearing to Consider Proposed Amendments  
 
Description:  TITLE: Small Off -Road Engines  
 
AGENCY: California Air Resources Board, State of California  
 
ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing to Consider Proposed Amendments  
 
SUMMARY:  The California Air Resources Board (CARB or Board) will conduct a public hearing on 9 
December 2021 at 9am Pacific Standard Time to consider approving for adoption Propo sed 
Amendments to the Small Off –Road Engine (SORE) Regulations: Transition to Zero Emissions.  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/USA/1206/Add.3  
 
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Comment deadline: 29 November 2021  
WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the  USA TBT Enquiry Point . 
Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders no 
later than 4:00 p.m. EST on 29 November 2021 will be shared with the regulator.  
No. 42 -Z, California Regulatory Notice Register 15 October 2021 ( pages 1425 -1438): 
https://oal.ca.gov/wp -content/uploads/sites/166/2021/10/2021 -Notice -Register -Number -42-Z-
October -15-2021.pdf  
SORE - Current Regulations and Regulatory History (from the California Air Resources Board): 
https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sore -current -regulations -and-regulatory -history  
Proposed Amendments to the Small Off -Road Engine Regulations: Transition to Zero Emissions: 
http://ww2.arb.ca. gov/rulemaking/2021/sore2021  
• Appendix A: Proposed Amendments to the Small Off -Road Engine Exhaust Emission 
Regulations, Off Road Vehicles and Engines P ollution Control Devices  
• Appendix B: Proposed Amendments to the Small Off Road Engine Evaporative Emission 
Regulations, Evaporative Emission Requiremen ts for Off Road Equipment  
• Appendix C: TP -901, Test Procedure for Determining Permeation Emissions from Small Off -
Road Engine Fuel Tanks  
• Appendix D: TP 902, Test Procedure for Determining Evaporative Emissions from Small Off 
Road Engines  
• Appendix E: CP 902, Certification Procedure for Evaporative Emission Control Systems on 
Small Off Road Engines  
• Appendix F: California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures for New 2013 and 
Later Small Off Road Engines; Engine Testing Procedures (Part 1054)  
• Appendix G: Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures for New 2013 and Later 
Small Off -Road Engines; Engine -Testing Procedures (Part 1065)  
• Appendix H: Final Environmental Analysis for the Revised Proposed 2016 State Strategy 
for the State Implementation Plan  
• Appendix I: Standardized Regulatory Impact Assessment (SRIA)  
• Appendix J: Pre -Rulemaking Workshop Notices and Email Soliciting Alternatives  
Title 13 CCR Sections 2400 through 2771 non seq.  
Proposed amendment to California Code of Regulations (CCR), title 13, sections 2400, 2401, 2402, 
2403, 2404, 2405, 2405.1, 2405.2, 2405.3, 240 6, 2407, 2408, 2408.1  AND 2750, 2752, 2753, 
2754, 2754.1, 2754.2, 2755, 2756, 2757, 2758, 2759, 2761, 2762, 2763, 2764, 2765, 2766, 
2767, 2767.1, and 2771 . Proposed adoption of CCR, title 13, sections 2408.2 and 2754.3. 
Proposed repeal of California Code of Regulations, title 13, s ection 2768.  
 
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