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 1.4 - Light-Duty Engine Packages for Use in New Light-Duty Specially-Produced Motor Vehicles › Section 2209.1 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) For the
				  purposes of this article, the definitions in section
				  1900(b), chapter
				  1, title 13 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR) shall apply, except as
				  otherwise specified in this article. The following definitions shall also apply
				  to this article:
(1) "Certified engine
				  package" means a new engine with emission control package, intended for use
				  only in a SPMV with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) at or below 8,500
				  pounds, including but not limited to a fully assembled and functioning engine,
				  engine and transmission controllers, emission control components, emission
				  control sensors and monitors, exhaust system (manifolds, connecting down pipes,
				  and catalysts), evaporative emissions system control components (e.g. canister,
				  purge control valves, etc.) and purge control logic, which has been certified
				  as required by this article.
(2)
				  "Crankcase" is the volume that encloses the crankshaft and connecting
				  rods.
(3) "Crankcase emissions"
				  means airborne substances emitted into the atmosphere from any portion of the
				  engine crankcase ventilation or lubrication system.
(4) "Critical Components" means any hardware
				  and/or electrical component necessary for the proper function of the emission
				  control system or the vehicle's on-board diagnostics.
(5) "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
				  SPMV.
(6) "Engine identification
				  codes" will decipher the engine identification number.
(7) "Engine identification number" is a
				  series of letters and numbers stamped into the block of the engine.
(8) "Engine manufacturer" means the
				  manufacturer granted certification for a certified engine package.
(9) "Engine package" is a new engine with
				  emission control package, intended for use only in a SPMV with a gross vehicle
				  weight rating (GVWR) at or below 8,500 pounds, including but not limited to a
				  fully assembled and functioning engine, engine and transmission controllers,
				  emission control components, emission control sensors and monitors, exhaust
				  system (manifolds, connecting down pipes, and catalysts), evaporative emissions
				  system control components (e.g. canister, purge control valves, etc.) and purge
				  control logic, which is proposed for certification as required by this article
				  but has not yet obtained such certification.
(10) "Exhaust emissions" means airborne
				  substances emitted into the atmosphere from any opening downstream from the
				  exhaust port of an engine.
(11)
				  "Exhaust emission system means manifolds, connecting down pipes, oxygen sensors
				  and catalysts.
(12) "Light-duty
				  motor vehicle" refers to either a passenger car or light-duty truck.
(13) "Motor vehicle inspection and
				  maintenance program" means the program as set forth in sections
				  44000 through
				  44126 in Article 1 of Chapter 5,
				  Part 5, Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code.
(14) "Purge control logic" means the
				  programmed calibration software that controls the evaporative canister
				  purge.
(15) "Smog Check inspection"
				  means the program as set forth in sections
				  44000 through
				  44126 in Article 1 of Chapter 5,
				  Part 5, Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code.
(16) "Specially produced motor vehicle" or
				  "SPMV" means a newly produced current model year passenger car or light-duty
				  truck, with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) at or below 8,500 pounds, that
				  meets all of the following requirements:
(A)
				  Resembles the body of a motor vehicle, on an overall 1:1 scale (+/-10 percent)
				  of original body lines, excluding roof configuration, ride height, trim
				  attached to the body, fenders, running boards, grille, hood or hood lines,
				  windows, and axle location, that had been commercially manufactured during
				  consecutive model years, for sale not less than 25 years after the latest model
				  year, with a production run of at least 50 units of a unique body style, before
				  production of the current model year motor vehicle;
(B) Meets any applicable National Highway
				  Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) provisions requiring the vehicle to
				  be manufactured under a license agreement for the intellectual property rights
				  for the replicated vehicle from the original manufacturer or its current owner,
				  successor or assignee, as determined by NHTSA;
(C) Meets any applicable NHTSA requirements
				  regarding vehicle safety, as determined by NHTSA;
(D) SPMVs are subject to state titling and
				  registration laws and regulations, including smog check and emissions
				  compliance, and must consider the following:
1. Subject to smog check requirements
				  starting with registrations first made or renewed on or after January 1,
				  2019.
2. A SPMV shall be treated as
				  a new vehicle for purposes of smog check, resale and previously registered
				  outside the state shall be subject to a smog check inspection upon
				  registration.
3. SPMV
				  manufacturer's name must be listed in state titling and registration
				  information.
(17) "SPMV manufacturer" means a low volume
				  motor vehicle manufacturer that produces an annual worldwide production
				  (including by a parent or subsidiary of the manufacturer) of not more than
				  5,000 motor vehicles each year, including prior years. It may construct and
				  sell up to 325 SPMVs in the U.S. each year, must meet all applicable NHTSA
				  requirements including but not limited to being registered with and filing
				  annual production reports with NHTSA. A SPMV manufacturer is subject to
				  recordkeeping and defect/noncompliance notification and remedy requirements. A
				  SPMV manufacturer may be subject to civil penalties for noncompliance.
(A) A SPMV manufacturer must obtain a
				  California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Order as set forth in the
				  "California Certification Procedures for Light-Duty Engine Packages for Use In
				  Light-Duty Specially-Produced Motor Vehicles for 2019 and Subsequent Model
				  Years," adopted June 17, 2019, to sell SPMVs in California.
(18) "SPMV owner" means the ultimate
				  purchaser of a new SPMV and subsequent owners.
(19) "Ultimate purchaser" means ultimate
				  purchaser as defined by California Health and Safety Code 39055.5.
(20) "Useful life" means 150,000 miles or 15
				  years for exhaust and crankcase emissions for vehicles certified to the LEV III
				  exhaust emission standards, or 120,000 miles or 10 years for exhaust and
				  crankcase emissions for vehicles certified to the LEV II exhaust emission
				  standards; and 150,000 miles or 15 years for evaporative emissions.
(21) "Warrantable condition" means any
				  condition of a certified engine package or SPMV manufacturer that triggers the
				  responsibility of the engine manufacturer to take corrective action pursuant to
				  sections 2209.6,
				  2209.7, or
				  2209.10, title 13, CCR.
(22) "Warranted part" means any part
				  installed on a certified engine package by the engine manufacturer or SPMV
				  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.
(23) "Warranty
				  period" means the period of time and mileage that the certified engine package
				  or part are covered by the warranty provisions.
(24) "Warranty station" means a facility
				  authorized by the engine manufacturer, or a repair facility agreed upon by both
				  the engine manufacturer and the SPMV manufacturer, to service the warranted
				  engine or SPMV.
(25) "Worst case
				  vehicle" means:
(A) For exhaust purposes, 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.
(B) For evaporative emissions purposes, a
				  light duty vehicle which produces the highest evaporative emissions. The
				  following criteria shall be considered when selecting the worst case vehicle:
				  the canister working capacity, fuel tank vapor space, fuel tank configuration,
				  and purge flow.
(26)
				  "Zero emission SPMV" means an SPMV with no combustion engine.
(27) "ZEV" means zero emission
				  vehicle.