PART 14

FINAL REGULATION ORDER

New Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles and Engines

Title 13, California Code of Regulations
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FINAL REGULATION ORDER

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Article 3. Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles and Engines

Amend § 2412, title 13, California Code of Regulations, to read as follows:

§ 2412. Emission Standards and Test Procedures – New Off-Highway

Recreational Vehicles and Engines.

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(c)(1) The test procedures for determining certification and compliance with the 

standards for exhaust and evaporative emissions from new off-highway recreational 

vehicles are set forth in “California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures 

for 1997 and Later Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles and Engines,” adopted 

November 2322, 1994, and last amended August 15, 2007October 25, 2012, which are 

hereby incorporated by reference herein and which in turn incorporate by reference 

Subparts E and F of Part 86, and Subparts A, B, C, F, and I of Part 1051, Title 40, Code 

of Federal Regulations. Manufacturers of the following are not required to perform 

emissions testing, but must file an application of certification and comply with the 

administrative requirements outlined in the procedures to certify their vehicles for sale in 

California:

(A) Golf carts.

(B) Off-road motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, and engines used in such 

vehicles, as described in subsection (f) below.

(2) The test procedures for determining certification and compliance with the standards 

for exhaust emissions from all-terrain vehicle, off-road sport vehicle, off-road utility 

vehicle, and sand car engines (those engines utilizing the engine-based optional 

standards noted in (b) above) are set forth in “California Exhaust Emission Standards 

and Test Procedures for 1995-2004 Small Off-Road Engines,” adopted March 20, 1992, 

and as last amended July 26, 2004, which is hereby incorporated by reference. For 

2013 and later model years, the test fuel requirements for engines utilizing such optional 

standards are specified in §1065.701, of the “California Exhaust Emission Standards 

and Test Procedures for New 2013 and Later Small Off-Road Engines; Engine-Testing 
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Procedures (Part 1065),” adopted October 25, 2012, which is hereby incorporated by 

reference.

(d)(1) For chassis-based testing, compliance with a standard to be applied as a 

“corporate average” shall be determined as follows:

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STDjx = The manufacturer designated HC exhaust emission standard for engine family j 

in model year x, which shall be determined by the manufacturer subject to the following 

conditions: (1) no individual engine family exhaust emission standard shall exceed 2.5 

g/km, and (2) no engine family designation or engine family exhaust emission standard 

shall be amended in a model year after the engine family is certified for the model year, 

and (3) prior to sale or offering for sale in California, each engine family shall be certified 

in accordance with “California Exhaust Emissions Standards and Test Procedures for 

1997 and Later Off-highway Recreational Vehicles and Engines” adopted November 

2322, 1994 and as last amended October 25, 2012, and shall be required to meet the 

manufacturer’s designated HC exhaust emission standard as a condition of the 

certification Executive Order. Prior to certification the manufacturer shall also submit 

estimated production volumes for each engine family to be offered for sale in California.

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NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 39600, 39601, 43013, 43018, and 43107, Health and Safety Code. 

Reference: Sections 43013, 43018, 43102, 43104, and 43107, Health and Safety Code.