Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 174 - Abatement of Air Pollution › Section 22a-174-36 - Low emission vehicles

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
For the purposes of this section:
"Air contaminant emission control system" means the equipment
				designed for installation on a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine for the
				purpose of reducing the air contaminants emitted from the motor vehicle or
				motor vehicle engine, or a system or engine modification on a motor vehicle or
				motor vehicle engine which causes a reduction of air contaminants emitted from
				the motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine, including but not limited to exhaust
				control systems, fuel evaporation control systems, and crankcase ventilating
				systems.
"CARB" means the California Air Resources Board.
"Certified" means the finding by EPA or CARB that a motor
				vehicle, motor vehicle engine, or motor vehicle engine family, or air
				contaminant emission control system has satisfied the criteria adopted by EPA
				or CARB for the control of specified air contaminants from motor
				vehicles.
"Department" means the Department of Environmental
				Protection.
"Dual-fuel" means a motor vehicle that is engineered and
				designed to be capable of operating on a petroleum fuel and on another fuel
				which is stored separately on-board the vehicle.
"Emergency vehicle" means any publicly owned vehicle operated
				by a peace officer in performance of his or her duties, any authorized vehicle
				used for fighting fires or responding to emergency fire calls, any publicly
				owned authorized vehicle used by emergency medical technicians or paramedics,
				or used for towing or servicing other vehicles, or repairing damaged lighting
				or electrical equipment, or an ambulance.
"Emission control label" means the permanent stickers required
				by CARB and affixed to all 1998 and subsequent model year passenger cars and
				light duty trucks, certified for sale in California.
"EPA" means the United States Environmental Protection
				Agency.
"Executive Officer" means the Executive Officer of CARB.
"Fleet average emissions" means a motor vehicle manufacturer's
				average vehicle emissions of all non-methane organic gases from all vehicles
				which are subject to this section, sold in the State of Connecticut in any
				model year.
"Fuel-flexible" means a methanol-fueled motor vehicle that is
				engineered and designed to be operated using any gasoline-methanol fuel mixture
				or blend.
"Hybrid electric vehicle" or "HEV" means a motor vehicle which
				allows power to be delivered to the driver wheels solely by a battery powered
				electric motor but which also incorporates the use of a combustion engine to
				provide power to the battery, or any vehicle which allows power to be delivered
				to the driver wheels by either a combustion engine and/or by a battery powered
				electric motor.
"LDT" means light duty truck.
"Light duty truck" means any motor vehicle having a gross
				vehicle weight rating of 6000 pounds or less, which is designed primarily for
				purposes of transportation of property or is a derivative of such a vehicle, or
				is available with special features enabling off-street or off-highway operation
				and use.
"Loaded vehicle weight" means vehicle curb weight plus 300
				pounds.
"LVW" means loaded vehicle weight.
"Model year" means a motor vehicle manufacturer's annual
				production period which includes January 1 of a calendar year or, if the
				manufacturer has no annual production period, the calendar year. In case of any
				vehicle manufactured in two or more stages, the time of manufacture shall be
				the date of completion of the chassis.
"New vehicle" means any passenger car or light duty truck with
				7,500 miles or fewer on its odometer.
"Passenger car" means any motor vehicle designed primarily for
				transportation of persons and having a design capacity of twelve persons or
				less.
"PC" means passenger car.
"Vehicle" means a motor vehicle.
"Zero-emission vehicle" or (ZEV) means any vehicle which is
				certified by the Executive Officer to produce zero emissions of any criteria
				pollutants under any and all possible operational modes and conditions.
				Incorporation of a fuel fired heater shall not preclude a vehicle from being
				certified as a ZEV provided the fuel fired heater cannot be operated at ambient
				temperatures above 40 degrees Fahrenheit and the heater is demonstrated to have
				zero evaporative emissions under any and all possible operational modes and
				conditions.
(b)
Applicability.
This section shall apply to all 1998 and subsequent
			 model year passenger cars and light duty trucks sold, leased, offered for sale
			 or lease, imported, delivered, purchased, rented, acquired or received in the
			 State of Connecticut except that this section shall not apply to those vehicles
			 listed in subsection (d).
(c)
Prohibitions.
(1) No person shall
			 sell, import, deliver, purchase, lease, rent, acquire or receive a new vehicle
			 in the State of Connecticut which is subject to this section unless such new
			 vehicle:
(A) complies with the requirements of
			 subsection (e);
(B) is approved by
			 CARB for sale in the State of California; and
(C) has a valid Emission Control
			 Label.