California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 1 - Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Devices › Article 5 - Approval of Systems Designed to Convert Motor Vehicles to Use Fuels Other than the Original Certification Fuel or to Convert Motor Vehicles for Emission Reduction Credit or to Convert Hybrid Electric Vehicles to off-Vehicle Charge Capable Hybrid Electric Vehicles › Section 2031 - Alcohol or Alcohol/Gasoline Fuels Retrofit Systems

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Applicable Standards and Test Procedures.
The standards and test procedures for approval of systems
					 designed to convert 1993 and earlier model year motor vehicles to use alcohol
					 or alcohol/gasoline fuels in lieu of the original certification fuel system are
					 contained in "California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures for
					 Systems Designed to Convert Motor Vehicles Certified for 1993 and Earlier Model
					 Years to Use Alcohol or Alcohol/Gasoline Fuels," adopted by the State board
					 April 28, 1983, as last amended November 21, 1995. The standards and test
					 procedures for approval of systems designed to convert 1994 through 2003 model
					 year motor vehicles to use alcohol or alcohol/gasoline fuels are contained in
					 "California Certification and Installation Procedures for Alternative Fuel
					 Retrofit Systems for Motor Vehicles Certified for 1994 through 2003 Model Years
					 and for 1994 through 2003 Model Year Motor Vehicle Retrofit Systems Certified
					 for Emission Reduction Credit," adopted by the State board March 11, 1993, as
					 last amended August 8, 2014. At the option of the retrofit system manufacturer,
					 the standards and test procedures for approval of systems designed to convert
					 1994 through 2003 model year motor vehicles to use alcohol or alcohol/gasoline
					 fuels may be used for approval of systems designed to convert 1993 and earlier
					 model year motor vehicles to use alcohol or alcohol/gasoline fuels in lieu of
					 the "California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures for Systems
					 Designed to Convert Motor Vehicles Certified for 1993 and Earlier Model Years
					 to Use Alcohol or Alcohol/Gasoline Fuels." The standards and test procedures
					 for approval of systems designed to convert 2004 and subsequent model year
					 motor vehicles to use alcohol or alcohol/gasoline fuels in lieu of the original
					 certification fuel system are contained in the "California Certification and
					 Installation Procedures for Alternative Fuel Retrofit Systems for 2004 and
					 Subsequent Model Year On-Road Motor Vehicles and Engines."
(b) Implementation Phase-In Schedule.
Notwithstanding subsection (a), a retrofit system
					 manufacturer may apply "California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test
					 Procedures for Systems Designed to Convert Motor Vehicles Certified for 1993
					 and Earlier Model Years to Use Alcohol or Alcohol/Gasoline Fuels" to certify
					 retrofit systems for 1994 and 1995 model-year vehicles in accordance with the
					 following implementation phase-in schedule. Each manufacturer may certify a
					 maximum of 85 percent of its total 1994 model-year engine family retrofit
					 systems, 45 percent of its total 1995 model-year systems, and 45 percent of its
					 total 1996 model-year systems, according to the requirements of these test
					 procedures and the "California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures
					 for Systems Designed to Convert Motor Vehicles Certified for 1993 and Earlier
					 Model Years to Use Liquefied Petroleum Gas or Natural Gas Fuels," adopted by
					 the State board on April 16, 1975, as last amended November 21, 1995. The
					 remaining percentage of each manufacturer's certified 1994, 1995, and 1996
					 model-year engine family retrofit systems and all 1997 through 2003 model-year
					 engine family retrofit systems shall be certified according to "California
					 Certification and Installation Procedures for Alternative Fuel Retrofit Systems
					 For Motor Vehicles Certified For 1994 through 2003 Model Years and for 1994
					 through 2003 Model Year Motor Vehicle Retrofit Systems Certified for Emission
					 Reduction Credit." The percentages shall be determined from the total number of
					 retrofit systems certified and shall be met prior to the end of the next
					 respective calendar year. "California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test
					 Procedures for Systems Designed to Convert Motor Vehicles Certified for 1993
					 and Earlier Model Years to Use Alcohol or Alcohol/Gasoline Fuels" shall not be
					 applied to certify a retrofit system for installation on a transitional
					 low-emission vehicle (TLEV), low-emission vehicle (LEV), or ultra-low-emission
					 vehicle (ULEV) or to certify a retrofit system designed to convert a vehicle to
					 TLEV, LEV, or ULEV emission standards (as defined in Section
					 1960.1, title 13, California Code
					 of Regulations), or to certify a retrofit system for emission reduction
					 credits.
(c) Expedited
				  Approval Provisions.
A manufacturer of new 2004 or subsequent model year
					 passenger cars, light-duty trucks, medium-duty vehicles or heavy-duty engines
					 or vehicles that are fueled by alternative fuels, as defined in title 13,
					 California Code of Regulations, Chapter 5, Standards for Motor Vehicle Fuels,
					 sections 2290-2293.5 that obtains a new
					 vehicle or engine certification from ARB may request certification of an
					 alternative fuel retrofit system that is identical in configuration to the fuel
					 system in the California certified vehicle or engine under the "California
					 Certification and Installation Procedures for Alternative Fuel Retrofit Systems
					 for 2004 and Subsequent Model Year On-Road Motor Vehicles and Engines." The
					 manufacturer may request approval to carry-over or carry-across data used to
					 obtain California certification of a new vehicle or new engine to demonstrate
					 compliance with the emission testing requirements specified under the
					 "California Certification and Installation Procedures for Alternative Fuel
					 Retrofit Systems for 2004 and Subsequent Model Year On-Road Motor Vehicles and
					 Engines." For purposes of this provision, the term "identical" means that all
					 engine parts on the alternative fuel retrofit system that affect emissions must
					 be of the same design, specifications, and tolerances as those of the fueling
					 system as disclosed in the manufacturer's certification application for the new
					 vehicle or new vehicle engine.
1. New
					 section filed 6-2-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
					 23).
2. Amendment of section heading, text and NOTE filed 5-7-93;
					 operative 6-7-93 (Register 93, No. 19).
3. Amendment of subsection
					 (a) filed 6-8-95; operative 6-8-95 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(d)
					 (Register 95, No. 23).
4. Amendments of subsections (a) and (b)
					 filed 2-5-96; operative 3-6-96 (Register 96, No. 6).
5. Amendment of
					 subsection (a) filed 9-25-97; operative 9-25-97 pursuant to Government Code
					 section
					 11343.4(d)
					 (Register 97, No. 39).
6. Amendment filed 9-15-2014; operative
					 9-15-2014 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(b)(3)
					 (Register 2014, No. 38).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						39515,
						39600,
						39601
						and
						43006,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						43000,
						43004,
						43006,
						43008.6,
						43013
						and
						43108,
						Health and Safety Code; and Sections
						27156,
						38391 and
						38395,
						Vehicle Code.