California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 15 - Additional off-Road Vehicles and Engines Pollution Control Requirements › Article 4 - Evaporative Emissions Requirements for Spark-Ignition Marine Watercraft with Gasoline-Fueled Engines › Section 2860 - Spark-Ignition Marine Watercraft Labeling

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
Purpose.
ARB recognizes
				  that SIMW must be properly labeled in order to identify those that meet
				  applicable evaporative emissions standards. These specifications require that
				  evaporative system builders and/or SIME manufacturers affix a certification
				  label (or labels) on each SIMW they assemble with an evaporative emissions
				  control system.
(b)
Applicability.
These specifications apply to SIMW that have
				  been certified to the applicable evaporative emissions standards in this
				  Article.
(c)
Certification
				  Label Content and Location.
(1) A
				  plastic or metal label must be welded, riveted, or otherwise permanently
				  attached by the evaporative system builder to an area on the SIMW in such a way
				  that it will be readily visible.
(2) The certification label must be installed
				  in a place, and in a way, where the label will remain legible for the useful
				  life of the SIMW. The possibility of accidental damage must be considered (e.g.
				  possibility of tools or sharp instruments coming in contact with the label).
				  Each certification label must be affixed in such a manner that it cannot be
				  removed without destroying or defacing the label, and must not be affixed to
				  any engine (or SIMW, as applicable) or evaporative emissions control system
				  component that is easily detached from the SIMW.
(3) The SIMW label information must be
				  written in the English language and use block letters and numerals (e.g., sans
				  serif, upper-case characters) that must be of a color that contrasts with the
				  background of the label.
(4) The
				  SIMW label must contain the following information:
(A) The label heading must read: "EMISSIONS
				  CONTROL SYSTEM INFORMATION." When combined with an exhaust label, "EMISSIONS"
				  relates to both exhaust and evaporative emissions.
(B) The full corporate name or trademark of
				  the evaporative system builder.
1. An
				  evaporative system builder may request approval to delete its name and
				  trademark, and substitute the name and trademark of another manufacturer,
				  original evaporative system builder, or third-party distributor.
2. Such an approval does not relieve the
				  evaporative system builder of complying with the requirements imposed by this
				  Article.
(C)
				  Identification of the evaporative emissions control system. Abbreviations per
				  CP-902--"Small-Off Road Engine Evaporative Emissions Control System
				  Certification Procedure" dated July 26, 2004, which is incorporated by
				  reference herein, or evaporative system builders' evaporative code as defined
				  in the owner's manual are allowed if they are submitted as part of the
				  certification application.
(D) The
				  date of SIMW manufacture (month and year) for an evaporative emissions control
				  system certified by the evaporative system builder. A SIMW with an affixed hull
				  identification number (HIN) is acceptable as an alternative.
(E) An unconditional statement of compliance
				  with the appropriate MY California regulations; for example in 2018 MY, "MEETS
				  2018 MY CALIFORNIA EVAP EMISSIONS REGULATIONS FOR SPARK-IGNITION MARINE
				  WATERCRAFT".
(F) The applicable
				  evaporative emissions family.