California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 1 - Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Devices › Article 4.5 › Section 2025 - Regulation to Reduce Emissions of Diesel Particulate Matter, Oxides of Nitrogen and Other Criteria Pollutants, from in-Use Heavy-Duty Diesel-Fueled Vehicles

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
Purpose
The purpose of this regulation is to reduce emissions of
					 diesel particulate matter (PM), oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and other criteria
					 pollutants from in-use diesel-fueled vehicles.
(b)
Scope and Applicability
Except as provided in subsection (c), this regulation
					 applies to any person, business, federal government agency, school district or
					 school transportation provider that owns or operates, leases, or rents,
					 affected vehicles that operate in California. The regulation also applies to
					 persons that sell affected vehicles in California. Affected vehicles are those
					 that operate on diesel-fuel, dual-fuel, or alternative diesel-fuel that are
					 registered to be driven on public highways, were originally designed to be
					 driven on public highways whether or not they are registered, yard trucks with
					 on-road engines or yard trucks with off-road engines used for agricultural
					 operations, both engines of two-engine sweepers, schoolbuses, and have a
					 manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 14,000 pounds
					 (lbs).
(c)
Exemptions
This regulation does not apply to:
(1) Vehicles subject to the solid waste
				  collection vehicle rule commencing with title 13, CCR, section
				  2021;
(2) Vehicles owned or operated by a
				  municipality, as defined in title 13, section
				  2020(b), that
				  comply with the Best Available Control Technology (BACT) requirements of title
				  13, CCR, section
				  2022.1(a)(1);
(3) Vehicles subject to the fleet rule for
				  public transit agencies commencing with title 13, CCR, section
				  2023;
(4) Vehicles subject to the rule for mobile
				  cargo handling equipment at ports and intermodal rail yards commencing with
				  title 13, CCR, section
				  2479;
(5) Military tactical support vehicles, as
				  described in title 13, CCR, section
				  1905;
(6) Authorized emergency vehicles as
				  described in California Vehicle Code (Veh. Code), section
				  165;
(7) Off-road vehicles equipped with engines
				  subject to title 13, CCR, sections
				  2401,
				  2411,
				  2421,
				  2432, and
				  2449;
(8) Dedicated snow-removal vehicles as
				  defined in section
				  2025(d)(15);
(9) Historic vehicles as defined in section
				  2025(d)(36);
(10) Motor homes for non-commercial private
				  use;
(11) Except as specified in
				  section 2025 (
l
) vehicles
				  subject to the regulation for drayage trucks commencing with title 13, CCR,
				  section 2027 until January 1,
				  2023;
(12) Trucks with a GVWR of
				  19,500 lbs or less with a pick-up bed used exclusively for personal,
				  non-commercial, or non-governmental use; and
(13) Except for two-engine sweepers, other
				  two-engine on-road vehicles that are subject to title 13, CCR, section
				  2449, including but not limited
				  to, water well drilling rigs, workover rigs, and cranes, in which one engine
				  provides the motive power for the vehicle and a second engine is an auxiliary
				  engine 50 horsepower or greater that is integrated into the design of the
				  vehicle and provides power for the vehicle to perform a specialized
				  function.