California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 8 - Clean Fuels Program › Section 2317 - Satisfaction of Designated Clean Fuel Requirements with a Substitute Fuel

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Any person may
				petition the state board to designate by regulation a substitute fuel which may
				be used instead of a primary designated clean fuel to satisfy any requirements
				in this chapter pertaining to a designated clean fuel. The state board shall
				designate such a substitute fuel if it is satisfied that the petitioner has
				demonstrated all of the following:
(1) That
				use of the fuel in low-emission vehicles certified on the primary designated
				clean fuel will result in emissions of NMOG (on a reactivity-adjusted basis),
				NOx, and CO no greater than the corresponding emissions from such vehicles
				fueled with the primary designated clean fuel, as determined pursuant to the
				procedures set forth in the "California Test Procedure for Evaluating
				Substitute Fuels and New Clean Fuels through 2014," as amended March 22, 2012
				or the "California Test Procedure for Evaluating Substitute Fuels and New Clean
				Fuels in 2015 and Subsequent Years," as amended August 25, 2022, as applicable,
				which are incorporated herein by reference.
(2) That use of the fuel in low-emission
				vehicles certified on the primary designated clean fuel will result in
				potential health risks from exposure to benzene, 1,3-butadiene, formaldehyde,
				and acetadehyde in the aggregate no greater than the corresponding potential
				health risks for such vehicles fueled with the primary designated clean fuel,
				as determined pursuant to the procedures set forth in the "California Test
				Procedure for Evaluating Substitute Fuels and New Clean Fuels through 2014" or
				the "California Test Procedure for Evaluating Substitute Fuels and New Clean
				Fuels in 2015 and Subsequent Years," as applicable, which are incorporated
				herein by reference.
(3) That if
				the proposed substitute fuel may be used to fuel any motor vehicle other than
				low-emission vehicles certified on the primary designated clean fuel:
(A) Use of the substitute fuel in such other
				motor vehicles would not increase emissions of NMOG (on a reactivity-adjusted
				basis), NOx, and CO as determined pursuant to the procedures set forth in the
				"California Test Procedure for Evaluating Substitute Fuels and New Clean Fuels
				through 2014" or the "California Test Procedure for Evaluating Substitute Fuels
				and New Clean Fuels in 2015 and Subsequent Years," as applicable, which are
				incorporated herein by reference; and
(B) Use of the substitute fuel in such other
				motor vehicles would result in potential health risks from exposure to benzene,
				1,3-butadiene, formaldehyde, and acetadehyde in the aggregate no greater than
				the corresponding potential health risk from the emissions from such vehicles
				when operating on their customary fuel, as determined pursuant to the
				procedures set forth in the "California Test Procedure for Evaluating
				Substitute Fuels and New Clean Fuels through 2014" or the "California Test
				Procedure for Evaluating Substitute Fuels and New Clean Fuels in 2015 and
				Subsequent Years," as applicable, which are incorporated herein by reference;
				and
(C) Use of the substitute fuel
				in such other motor vehicles would not result in increased deterioration of the
				emission control system on the vehicle and would not void the warranties of any
				such vehicles.