PART 15

INCORPORATED TEST PROCEDURE

New Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles and Engines

Note: This appendix shows the entirety of regulatory amendments to the test 

procedures titled below, which were approved by the Air Resources Board on 

December 16, 2011, and refined via subsequent conforming modifications 

authorized under Resolution 11-41. These amendments are formatted in a 

style to indicate changes from the existing test procedures. All existing 

language is indicated by plain type. All additions to the existing language are 

indicated by underlined type. All deletions to the existing language are 

indicated by strikeout. Only those sections containing the modifications from 

the existing language are included. All other portions remain unchanged and 

are indicated by the notation [ * * * * * ] for reference. If there is any conflict 

between the provisions of this document and the California Health and Safety 

Code, Division 26, or Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), the 

Health and Safety Code and Title 13 apply.
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State of California

AIR RESOURCES BOARD

CALIFORNIA EXHAUST EMISSIONS STANDARDS AND TEST PROCEDURES

FOR 1997 AND LATER OFF-HIGHWAY RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND ENGINES

Adopted: May 26, 1995 November 22, 1994

Amended: October 22, 1999

Amended: June 1, 2007

Amended: October 25, 2012
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CALIFORNIA EXHAUST EMISSIONS STANDARDS AND TEST PROCEDURES

FOR 1997 AND LATER OFF-HIGHWAY RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND ENGINES

The following provisions of Subpart E and F, Part 86, Title 40, Code of Federal 

Regulations, as adopted or amended by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency on 

the date listed are adopted and incorporated herein by this reference as the California 

Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures for 1997 and Later Off-Highway 

recreational vehicles and engines, except as altered or replaced by the provisions set 

forth below.

PART 86, CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NEW AND IN-USE HIGHWAY 

VEHICLES AND ENGINES

Subpart E, General Provisions for Emission Regulations for 1978 and Later New

Motorcycles

SOURCE: 42 FR 1126, Jan. 5, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

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Subpart F -- Emission Regulations for 1978 and Later New Motorcycles; Test 

Procedures

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86.513 - 90 Fuel and engine lubricant specifications. 54 FR 14544, Apr. 11, 1989.

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REPLACE WITH:

(a)(1) Gasoline having the following specifications will be used by the Administrator in 

exhaust emission testing. Gasoline having the following specifications or substantially 

equivalent specifications approved by the Administrator, shall be used by the 

manufacturer for emission testing except that the octane specifications do not apply.

(a)(1)(A) Additionally for the 2013-2019 model-year off-highway recreational vehicles, 

the manufacturer has the option to use the fuel specified in (a)(2) below.

(a)(1)(B) For 2020 and later model-year off-highway recreational vehicles: The 

certification test fuel for exhaust emission testing must be consistent with the fuel 

specifications as outlined in title 13, section 1961.2 and the “California 2015 and 

Subsequent Model Criteria Pollutant Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures 

and 2017 and Subsequent Model Greenhouse Gas Exhaust Emission Standards and 

Test Procedures for Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles,” 

adopted <insert date of adoption>, and incorporated by reference herein. The test fuel 

specifications should remain consistent from batch to batch. Optionally, manufacturers 

may use other renewable fuel blends under this paragraph that have been certified by 

ARB as yielding test results equivalent, or more stringent than, those resulting from the 

fuel specified by 13 CCR 1961.2, and which are appropriate for the certification of offhighway recreational vehicles.

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