California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 9 - Off-Road Vehicles and Engines Pollution Control Devices › Article 5 - Portable Engine and Equipment Registration › Section 2456 - Engine Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) For
				  TSE, no air contaminant shall be discharged into the atmosphere, other than
				  uncombined water vapor, for a period or periods aggregating more than three
				  minutes in any one hour which is as dark or darker in shade as that designated
				  as No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart, as published by the United States Bureau of
				  Mines, or of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree equal to
				  or greater than does smoke designated as No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart. No
				  other requirements of this section are applicable to TSE.
(b) Registered diesel pile-driving hammers
				  shall comply with the applicable provisions of section
				  41701.5
				  of the California Health and Safety Code and are otherwise exempt from further
				  requirements of this section.
(c)
				  Registered diesel engines used on a crane shall comply with the applicable
				  requirements in title 13, Cal. Code Regs., section
				  2449 and are otherwise exempt from
				  further requirements of this section, except for subdivision (f)(4).
(d) Registered diesel engines used on a
				  street sweeper that are not subject to the requirements of title 13, Cal. Code
				  Regs., section
				  2022 shall comply with the
				  applicable requirements in title 13, Cal. Code Regs., section
				  2025 and are otherwise exempt from
				  further requirements of this section, except for subdivision (f)(4).
(e) To be registered in the Statewide
				  Registration Program, a registered engine rated less than 50 brake horsepower
				  shall be a certified compression-ignition engine or a certified spark-ignition
				  engine, unless no emission standards exist for that brake horsepower and year
				  of manufacture. No other requirements of this section are applicable to
				  portable engines rated less than 50 brake horsepower.
(f) Engines rated equal to, or greater than
				  50 bhp registered under this article shall:
(1) be certified compression-ignition engines
				  or certified spark-ignition engines that are certified to the most stringent
				  emissions standard in effect for the applicable horsepower range at the time
				  the application for initial registration is submitted by the responsible
				  official. Spark-ignition engines that are not certified spark-ignition engines
				  may be registered if they meet the emission standards in Table 1. Subdivision
				  (f)(1) does not apply to the following:
(A)
				  For flexibility engines rated at 50 bhp to 750 bhp, Tier 3 or Tier 4 interim
				  engines;
(B) For flexibility
				  engines rated over 750 bhp, Tier 2 or Tier 4 interim engines;
(C) engines that are resident
				  engines;
(D) engines on dedicated
				  snow removal vehicles as defined in title 13, Cal. Code Regs., section
				  2449(c);
(E) changes of ownership;
(F) engines that meet the requirements of
				  title 17, Cal. Code Regs., section
				  93116.3.1; or
(G) Tier 3 engines approved to operate in
				  hazardous locations per 29 CFR part 1910.307 or
				  1926.407.