California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 1 - Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Devices › Article 2 - Approval of Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Devices (New Vehicles) › Section 1978 - Standards and Test Procedures for Vehicle Refueling Emissions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
(1) Vehicle refueling emissions for 1998 and
				  subsequent model gasoline-fueled, alcohol-fueled, diesel-fueled, liquefied
				  petroleum gas-fueled, fuel-flexible, and hybrid electric passenger cars,
				  light-duty trucks, and medium-duty vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating
				  less than 8501 pounds, 2015 and subsequent model gasoline-fueled,
				  alcohol-fueled, diesel-fueled, liquefied petroleum gas-fueled, fuel-flexible,
				  and hybrid electric medium-duty vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating
				  between 8,501 and 14,000 pounds, and 2022 and subsequent model gasoline-fueled,
				  alcohol-fueled, diesel-fueled, liquefied petroleum gas-fueled, fuel-flexible,
				  and hybrid electric heavy-duty vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating
				  greater than 14,000 pounds shall not exceed the following standards. Natural
				  gas-fueled vehicles are exempt from meeting these refueling standards, but the
				  refueling receptacles on natural gas-fueled vehicles must comply with the
				  receptacle provisions of the American National Standards Institute Standard for
				  Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Fueling Connection Devices, ANSI NGV1-2006,
				  which is incorporated herein by reference. The standards apply equally to
				  certification and in-use vehicles.
Hydrocarbons (for gasoline-fueled, diesel-fueled, and
					 hybrid electric vehicles): 0.20 grams per gallon of fuel dispensed.
Organic Material Hydrocarbon Equivalent (for
					 alcohol-fueled, fuel-flexible, and hybrid electric vehicles): 0.20 grams per
					 gallon of fuel dispensed. Hydrocarbons (for liquefied petroleum gas-fueled
					 vehicles): 0.15 gram per gallon of fuel dispensed.
(2) Vehicles powered by diesel fuel are not
				  required to conduct testing to demonstrate compliance with the refueling
				  emission standards set forth above, provided that:
(A) The manufacturer can attest that the
				  vehicle meets the 0.20 grams/gallon refueling emission standard; and
(B) The certification requirement described
				  in paragraph (A) is provided in writing and applies for the full useful life of
				  the vehicle, as defined in section
				  2112.
In addition to the above provisions, the ARB reserves the
					 authority to require testing to enforce compliance and to prevent noncompliance
					 with the refueling emission standard.
Vehicles certified to the refueling emission standard under
					 this provision shall not be counted in the phase-in sales percentage compliance
					 determinations.
(3) Through model year 2014, the manufacturer
				  shall adhere to the following phase-in schedule, as determined by projected
				  vehicle sales throughout the United States, with the exception of small volume
				  manufacturers.
ORVR Model Year Phase-In
								Schedule
Class of
							 Vehicle
40%
							 Fleet
80%
							 Fleet
100% Fleet
Passenger
							 Cars
1998
1999
2000
Light-Duty
							 Trucks
2001
2002
2003
0-6,000 lbs. GVWR
Light-Duty
							 Trucks/
2004
2005
2006
Medium-Duty Vehicles (6,001-8,500 lbs. GVWR)
(A) Prior to
				  the 2001 model year, small volume manufacturers are defined for purposes of
				  this section as any vehicle manufacturer with California actual sales less than
				  or equal to 3000 new vehicles per model year based on the average number of
				  vehicles sold by the manufacturer in the previous three consecutive
				  years.
(B) Small volume
				  manufacturers of passenger cars, as defined in subsection (a)(3)(A), are exempt
				  from the implementation schedule in subsection (a)(3) for model year 1998 and
				  1999. For small volume manufacturers of passenger cars, the standards of
				  subsection (a)(1), and the associated test procedures, shall not apply until
				  model year 2000, when 100 percent compliance with the standards of this section
				  is required. Small volume manufacturers of light-duty trucks and medium-duty
				  vehicles are not exempt from the implementation schedule in subsection
				  (a)(3).
(4) All vehicles
				  subject to the refueling emission standards in section
				  1978(a)(1) shall
				  demonstrate compliance except incomplete vehicles that are certified as
				  incomplete vehicles for the purposes of evaporative emissions testing as set
				  forth in the "California Evaporative Emission Standards and Test Procedures for
				  2001 and Subsequent Model Motor Vehicles," incorporated by reference in section
				  1976.
(5)
Carry-Over of 2014 Model Year
				  Families:
2014 model year motor vehicles certified to the refueling
				  emission standards of section
				  1978(a)(1) may
				  carry over to the 2015 through 2018 model years and be considered
				  compliant.