California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 15 - Additional off-Road Vehicles and Engines Pollution Control Requirements › Article 4 - Evaporative Emissions Requirements for Spark-Ignition Marine Watercraft with Gasoline-Fueled Engines › Section 2853 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The definitions
				  in California Code of Regulations (Cal. Code Regs.), title (tit.) 13, section
				  1900, subdivision (subd.) (b),
				  §
										2441, subd. (a), §
										2752, and
				  40 C.F.R., §
											1060, subd. 1060.801 (October 8, 2008), and
				  §
										1045, subd. 1045.801 (October 8,
				  2008), are incorporated by reference herein and apply to this Article with the
				  following additions:
(1) "Commercial Pump
				  Fuel" refers to Phase 3 California Reformulated Gasoline as specified in Cal.
				  Code Regs., tit. 13, §
											2260 et seq. (2011).
(2) "Common Sizes" refers to the common sizes
				  of fuel line installed in SIMW. These fuel line sizes have ¼ inch, 
				  5/16 inch, 3/8
				  inch, and ½ inch inside diameters.
(3) "Compatibility" means that evaporative
				  emissions control components and complete evaporative emissions systems comply
				  with the applicable standards in this Article throughout the component's or
				  system's useful life, when exposed to any and all fuel blends in common use in
				  California, including seasonal changes, and approved for use as specified in
				  Cal. Code Regs., tit. 13, §
											2260 et seq. (2011).
(4) "Component EO Holder" refers to any
				  person or persons who obtain(s) a Component Executive Order of
				  Certification.
(5) "Component
				  Executive Order of Certification" refers to an Executive Order issued by the
				  Executive Officer for an evaporative emissions control system
				  component.
(6) "Component
				  Manufacturer" refers to any manufacturer of evaporative emissions control
				  system components.
(7) "CP-201"
				  refers to "Certification Procedure for Vapor Recovery Systems at Gasoline
				  Dispensing Facilities," amended January 9, 2013, which is incorporated by
				  reference herein.
(8) "Days" refers
				  to calendar days.
(9) "E10 CERT
				  Fuel" refers to California certification gasoline as specified in "California
				  2015 and Subsequent Model Criteria Pollutant Exhaust Emissions Standards and
				  Test Procedures and 2017 and Subsequent Model Greenhouse Gas Exhaust Emissions
				  Standards and Test Procedures for Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and
				  Medium-Duty Vehicles" section II.A.100.3.1.2, as adopted March 22, 2012, and
				  amended December 6, 2012, as incorporated by reference herein.
(10) "EO Holder" refers to any person or
				  persons who obtain(s) an Executive Order of Certification for a complete SIMW
				  evaporative emissions control system.
(11) "Evaporative Emissions Control System
				  Component" refers to components that control evaporative hydrocarbon emissions
				  from the fuel system. Evaporative emissions control system components include,
				  but are not limited to, low permeation fuel tanks, low permeation fuel hoses,
				  carbon canisters, pressure relief valves, fuel-injection, and
				  carburetors.
(12) "Evaporative
				  Family" refers to a class of evaporative emissions control system components or
				  SIMW that are grouped together based on similar fuel system characteristics as
				  they relate to evaporative emissions.
(13) "Evaporative System Builder" refers to
				  any business, company, or manufacturer that installs or mounts a complete
				  evaporative emissions control system on a SIMW; this includes, but is not
				  limited to, dealers, SIMW manufacturers, and SIME manufacturers.
(14) "Executive Order of Certification"
				  refers to an Executive Order issued for the complete SIMW evaporative emissions
				  control system.
(15) "Flexible"
				  refers to a fuel hose that meets the requirements of the kink resistance test
				  procedure as specified in Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J30 (Revised
				  Date: December 2008), as incorporated by reference herein.
(16) "Fuel Hose" is defined as the length of
				  fuel line connecting the watercraft fuel tank to the first attachment point on
				  each engine as indicated by the SIME manufacturer.
(17) "Fuel Injection" is defined as any
				  mechanical or electrical fuel system in which pressurized fuel is sprayed or
				  injected into the intake system or combustion chamber of an internal combustion
				  engine.
(18) "Independent
				  Laboratory" is defined as a laboratory that is not owned, operated, or
				  affiliated with the applicant seeking a Component Executive Order of
				  Certification.
(19) "Made Available
				  in California" is defined as being any of the following:
(A) Manufactured to be sold or leased, for
				  use or operation in California; or
(B) Sold, leased, registered, or offered for
				  sale or lease for use or operation in California; or
(C) Delivered or imported into California for
				  introduction into commerce in California.
(20) "Personal Watercraft" means a vessel
				  less than 4 m (13 ft) in length which uses an internal combustion engine
				  powering a water jet pump as its primary source of propulsion, and is designed
				  to be operated by a person or persons sitting, standing, or kneeling on, rather
				  than within, the confines of a hull.
(21) "Properly Installed" refers to
				  installation in accordance with manufacturer's instructions.
(22) "Properly Seals" refers to the leakage
				  test procedure as specified in SAE J30 (Revised Date: December 2008), when
				  attached to common marine barbs and other connectors or fittings.
(23) "Spark-Ignition Marine Watercraft"
				  refers to all marine watercraft designed to use gasoline-fueled, SIME with
				  installed fuel tanks; this includes, but is not limited to, personal watercraft
				  and marine watercraft equipped with outboard or inboard engines.
(24) "TP-902" refers to "Test Procedure for
				  Determining Diurnal Evaporative Emissions from Small Off-Road Engines and
				  Equipment," adopted July 26, 2004, which is incorporated by reference
				  herein.
(25) "TP-1501" refers to
				  "Test Procedure for Determining Diurnal Evaporative Emissions from
				  Spark-Ignition Marine Watercraft," adopted December 21, 2015, which is
				  incorporated by reference herein.
(26) "TP-1502" refers to "Test Procedure for
				  Determining Hot Soak Evaporative Emissions from Spark-Ignition Marine Engines,"
				  adopted December 21, 2015, which is incorporated by reference herein.
(27) "TP-1503" refers to "Test Procedure for
				  Determining Diurnal Vented Emissions from Installed Marine Fuel Tanks," adopted
				  December 21, 2015, which is incorporated by reference herein.
(28) "TP-1504" refers to "Test Procedures for
				  Determining Permeation Emissions from Installed Marine Fuel Tanks, Marine Fuel
				  Hoses and Marine Fuel Caps," adopted December 21, 2015, which is incorporated
				  by reference herein.
(29) "TP-1505"
				  refers to "Test Procedure for Determining Pressure Relief Valve Performance:
				  Durability Demonstration and Leak Test," adopted December 21, 2015, which is
				  incorporated by reference herein.
(30) "Trailerable" refers to any SIMW that is
				  less than or equal to 26 feet in length and less than or equal to 8.5 feet in
				  width.
(31) "Under Cowl Fuel Lines"
				  refers to a fuel line that is entirely contained under the cowl of an outboard
				  engine including the SIME manufacturers supplied fuel feed line that may extend
				  outside of the cowl no more than two feet for connection to the SIMW fuel
				  system.
(32) "UV Resistance" refers
				  to a fuel hose that meets minimum industry-accepted ultraviolet (UV)
				  requirements as tested per American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
				  1148-07a (Revised Date: 2007), as incorporated by reference herein.
(33) "Watercraft or marine watercraft" refers
				  to SIMW throughout this Article.