California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 9 - Off-Road Vehicles and Engines Pollution Control Devices › Article 4.7 - Spark-Ignition Marine Engines › Section 2443.3 - Environmental Label/Consumer Notification Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Applicability. This section applies to
				  model year 2001 and later spark-ignition personal watercraft and outboard
				  marine engines and model year 2003 and later spark-ignition sterndrive/inboard
				  marine engines, which have been certified to the applicable emission standards
				  pursuant to Health and Safety Code section
				  43013.
(b) A nonpermanent label (i.e., hang tag)
				  must be attached to each personal watercraft or outboard engine, as applicable,
				  at time of sale. A nonpermanent label (i.e., hang tag) produced and supplied by
				  the engine manufacturer must be attached, by the seller, to each
				  sterndrive/inboard engine or watercraft, as applicable, when introduced for
				  sale to ultimate purchasers. Environmental labels pursuant to this section
				  shall include a copy of the following:
Front of Hang Tag:
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Back of Hang Tag:
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(1)
				  Facsimiles of the four environmental labels, as described in section
				  2443.2(c)(1),
				  with the appropriate label circled or otherwise identified as being applicable
				  to the spark-ignition marine engine, must be displayed on the nonpermanent
				  label. Each facsimile must have dimensions no less than one inch by four-fifths
				  inch.
(2) For outboard engines
				  greater than 130 horsepower, facsimiles of only the "Low Emission Engine" and
				  "Very Low Emission Engine" labels described in sections
				  2443.2(c)(1)(B)1.
				  and 2. need to be displayed on the nonpermanent label until the earlier of:
(A) the 2004 model year; or
(B) the first model year after the date the
				  ARB certifies the first outboard engine family greater than 130 horsepower to
				  the 2008 model year standards.
(3) For personal watercraft, facsimiles of
				  only the "Low Emission Engine" and "Very Low Emission Engine" labels described
				  in sections
				  2443.2(c)(1)(B)1.
				  and 2. need to be displayed on the nonpermanent label until the earlier of:
(A) the 2004 model year; or
(B) the first model year after the date the
				  ARB certifies the first personal watercraft engine family to the 2008 model
				  year standards.
(4) For
				  any spark-ignition marine engine or personal watercraft not certified to the
				  voluntary standards in §
											2442(d),
				  facsimiles of only the "Low Emission Engine," "Very Low Emission Engine,"
				  "Ultra Low Emission Engine," and "Super Ultra Low Emission Engine" labels
				  described in §§
											2443.2(c)(1)(B)1.
				  through 2443.2(c)(1)(B)4. need to be displayed on the nonpermanent label,
				  except as permitted in (b)(2) and (b)(3) of this section:
(5) All textual information (i.e., characters
				  and/or lettering) required by this section must be no smaller than two (2)
				  millimeters in height.