California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 4 - Criteria for the Evaluation of Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Devices and Fuel Additives › Article 1.5 - Light-Duty Engine Packages for Use in Light-Duty Specially Constructed Vehicles › Section 2211 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The definitions
				  in section
				  1900(b), chapter
				  1, title 13 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR) apply to this Article
				  with the following additions:
(1) "ARB
				  Enforcement Officer" means any employee of the Air Resources Board (ARB) so
				  designated in writing by the Executive Officer of ARB or by the Executive
				  Officer's designee.
(2) "Certified
				  engine configuration" means all engine parts on a certified engine package
				  engine that will affect emissions, including, but not limited to pistons,
				  cylinder heads, etc., as described in the application for certification
				  submitted to and approved by ARB.
(3) "Certified engine package" means a new
				  engine package, intended for use only in a specially constructed vehicle
				  (SPCNS) with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) at or below 8,500 pounds,
				  which includes a fully assembled and functioning engine, a controller, emission
				  control components, evaporative emissions system control components (e.g.
				  canister, purge control valves, etc.) and purge control logic.
(4) "Emission control system or ECS" includes
				  any component, group of components, or engine modification which controls or
				  causes the reduction of substances emitted from an engine or an
				  SPCNS.
(5) "Emission warranty
				  information report" means emission warranty information report as defined by
				  section 2144, title 13, CCR.
(6) "Exhaust emissions" means substances
				  emitted into the atmosphere from any opening downstream from the exhaust port
				  of an engine.
(7) "Installer" means
				  any person who installs a certified engine package in an SPCNS for compensation
				  or consideration of value; but does not include any person that assembles or
				  produces an SPCNS for resale. Installers must be registered as Automotive
				  Repair Dealers under California Business and Professions Code, section
				  9880
				  through section
				  9889.68. Ultimate purchasers are
				  not considered to be installers.
(8) "Light-duty motor vehicle" refers to
				  either a passenger car or light-duty truck.
(9) "Light-duty truck" means a light-duty
				  truck as defined in section
				  1900, title 13, California Code of
				  Regulations.
(10) "Manufacturer"
				  means the manufacturer granted certification for a certified engine
				  package.
(11) "Motor vehicle
				  inspection and maintenance program" means the program established under section
				  44000 et. seq. of the Health and
				  Safety Code to identify and repair high polluting vehicles for the purpose of
				  reducing air pollution.
(12)
				  "Passenger car" means a Passenger Car as defined in section
				  1900, title 13, CCR.
(13) "Smog Check inspection" means a motor
				  vehicle inspection, established under section
				  44000 et. seq. of the Health and
				  Safety Code, of the vehicle and the installed certified engine package
				  performed at a Smog Check station or Smog Check referee.
(14) "Specially constructed vehicle or SPCNS"
				  means a Specially Constructed Vehicle as defined by California Vehicle Code
				  580.
(15) "Ultimate purchaser"
				  means ultimate purchaser as defined by California Health and Safety Code
				  39055.5.
(16) "Useful life" means
				  120,000 miles or 10 years for exhaust and crankcase emissions for vehicles
				  certified to the Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) II exhaust emission standards,
				  150,000 miles or 10 years for exhaust and crankcase emissions for vehicles
				  certified to the LEV III exhaust emission standards, and 150,000 miles or 15
				  years for evaporative emissions.
(17) "Warrantable condition" means any
				  condition of a certified engine package that triggers the responsibility of the
				  manufacturer to take corrective action pursuant to sections
				  2214 or
				  2215.
(18) "Warranted part" means any part
				  installed on a certified engine package by the manufacturer, or installed in a
				  warranty repair, which affects any regulated emissions from a certified engine
				  package that is subject to any of the standards prescribed in this article and
				  the documents incorporated by reference herein.
(19) "Warranty period" means the period of
				  time and mileage that the certified engine package or part are covered by the
				  warranty provisions.
(20) "Warranty
				  station" means a facility authorized by the manufacturer, or a repair facility
				  agreed upon by both the manufacturer and the ultimate purchaser, to service the
				  warranted engine.
(21) "Worst case
				  vehicle" means a vehicle configuration with a vehicle test weight, vehicle road
				  load, vehicle frontal area, calibration, emission control system configuration
				  and calibration, transmission, engine displacement, and engine speed to vehicle
				  speed (N/V) ratio which (1) with respect to emission deterioration over the
				  vehicle's useful life, produces the greatest stress on the emission related
				  components or (2) with respect to certification testing, has the greatest
				  probability of exceeding any of the applicable emission
				  standards.