California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 9 - Off-Road Vehicles and Engines Pollution Control Devices › Article 3 - Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles and Engines › Section 2412 - Emission Standards and Test Procedures - New off-Highway Recreational Vehicles and Engines

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) This section
				  applies to all off-highway recreational vehicles and engines used in such
				  vehicles produced on or after January 1, 1997.
(b) For purposes of certification in
				  California, manufacturers must comply with the following exhaust and
				  evaporative emissions from new off-highway recreational vehicles and engines
				  that are sold, leased, used, or introduced into commerce in California.
(1) Exhaust emissions must not exceed:
Exhaust Emission Standards Based on Chassis-Based
					 Testing
Vehicle
Model
							 Year
Hyrdro-carbon
							 (HC)
Oxides of Nitrogen
							 (NOX)
Carbon
							 Monoxide (CO)
Particulate
							 Matter(4)
Off-Road Motorcycles and All-Terrain Vehicles with
							 Engines Greater Than 90 cc(1)
1997 through
							 2021
							 (g/km)(2)
1.2(3)
-
15.0
-
Off-Road motorcycles and All-Terrain Vehicles with
							 Engines 90 cc or Less
1999 through 2021
							 (g/km)
1.2(3)
-
15.0
-
Off-Road Motorcycles
2022 through 2027
							 (g/km)
2.0 HC +
							 NOx(3)
25.0
2028 and later
							 (g/km)
1.2(3)
15.0
Off-Road Motorcycles and All-Terrain Vehicles with
							 Engines Greater Than 90 cc
1997 and later (g/km)
Vehicles and engines that do not meet the emissions standards noted
							 above may be certified subject to the use restrictions described in subsection
							 (f) below.
Off-Road Motorcycles and All-Terrain Vehicles with
							 Engines 90 cc or Less
1999 and later
							 (g/km)
Off-Road Sport Vehicles and Off-Road Utility
							 Vehicles
2007 through 2021
							 (g/km)
1.2(3)
-
15.0
-
All-Terrain Vehicles, Off-Road Sport Vehicles,
							 Off-Road Utility Vehicles
2022 through 2024
							 (g/km)
1.1(3)
15.0
2025 through 2027
							 (g/km)
1.0(3)
15.0
2028 and later
							 (g/km)
0.9(3)
15.0
Sand Cars
2007 and later
							 (g/km)
1.2(3)
-
15.0
-
Golf Carts in Federal Ozone Non-Attainment
							 Areas
1997 and later
							 (g/km)
ZERO
ZERO
ZERO
ZERO
__________
1. Cubic centimeters.
2. Grams per kilometer.
3. Compliance with the applicable HC and
							 HC + NOx standards to be applied as a "corporate
							 average" shall be determined as provided in subsection (d). Each engine family
							 shall have only one applicable standard.
4. Applicable to diesel and two-stroke
							 spark ignited engines only.
Emission Standards Based on Optional Engine-Based
					 Testing(1)
Vehicle & Model
							 Year
Hydrocarbon plus Oxides of Nitrogen
							 (HC + NOx)
Carbon
							 Monoxide (CO)
Particulate
							 Matter(5)
All-Terrain Vehicles with engines less
							 than 225
							 cc(2)
16.1(4)
400
-
1997 and Later
							 (g/kW-hr)(3)
All Terrain Vehicles with engines greater
							 than or equal to 225 cc
13.4(4)
400
-
1997 and Later
							 (g/kW-hr)
Off-Road Sport Vehicles
							 and
Off-Road Utility
							 Vehicles
12.0(4)
400
-
2007 and Later
							 (g/kW-hr)
Sand
							 Cars
13.4(4)
400
-
2007 and Later
							 (g/kW-hr)
__________
1. All-Terrain Vehicles, Off-Road Sport
							 Vehicles, Off-Road Utility Vehicles, and Sand Cars may use the utility test
							 procedures set forth in the "California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test
							 Procedures for 1995-2004 Small Off-Road Engines," as incorporated by reference
							 in CCR, title 13, section
							 2403(d). The test
							 cycle is limited to the 6-mode Test Cycle A only.
2. Cubic
				  centimeters.
3. Grams per
				  kilowatt-hour.
4. Compliance with
				  the optional HC+NOx standard to be applied as a
				  "corporate average" shall be determined as provided in subsection (d). Each
				  engine family shall have only one applicable standard.
5. Applicable to diesel and two-stroke spark
				  ignited engines only.