California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 14 - Verification Procedure, Warranty and in-Use Compliance Requirements for in-Use Strategies to Control Emissions from Diesel Engines › Section 2701 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The definitions
				in section
				1900(b), Chapter
				1, Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations are incorporated by reference
				herein. The following definitions shall govern the provisions of this chapter:
(1) "15 ppmw or less sulfur fuel" means
				diesel fuel with a sulfur content equal to or less than 15 parts per million by
				weight (ppmw).
(2) "Advertise"
				means to provide any notice, announcement, information, publication, catalog,
				listing for sale or lease, or other statement concerning a product or service
				to the public for the purpose of furthering the sale or lease of the product or
				service.
(3) "Alternative Diesel
				Fuel" means any fuel used in diesel engines that is not commonly or
				commercially known, sold or represented as diesel fuel No. 1-D or No. 2-D,
				pursuant to the specifications in ASTM Standard Specification for Diesel Fuel
				Oils D975-81, and does not require engine or fuel system modifications for the
				engine to operate, although minor modifications (e.g. recalibration of the
				engine fuel control) may enhance performance. Examples of alternative diesel
				fuels include, but are not limited to, biodiesel, Fischer Tropsch fuels, and
				emulsions of water in diesel fuel. Natural gas is not an alternative diesel
				fuel. An emission control strategy using a fuel additive will be treated as an
				alternative diesel fuel based strategy unless:
(A) The additive is supplied to the vehicle
				or engine fuel by an on-board dosing mechanism, or
(B) The additive is directly mixed into the
				base fuel inside the fuel tank of the vehicle or engine, or
(C) The additive and base fuel are not mixed
				until vehicle or engine fueling commences, and no more additive plus base fuel
				combination is mixed than required for a single fueling of a single engine or
				vehicle.
(4) "Approach
				Light System with Sequenced Flasher Lights in Category 1 and Category 2
				Configurations" (ALSF-1 and ALSF-2) mean high intensity approach lighting
				systems with sequenced flashers used at airports to illuminate specified
				runways during category II or III weather conditions, where category II means a
				decision height of 100 feet and runway visual range of 1,200 feet, and category
				III means no decision height or decision height below 100 feet and runway
				visual range of 700 feet.
(5)
				"Applicant" means the entity that has applied for or has been granted
				verification under this Procedure.
(6) "Auxiliary Emission Control Device"
				(AECD) means any device or element of design that senses temperature, vehicle
				speed, engine revolutions per minute (RPM), transmission gear, manifold vacuum,
				or any other parameter for the purpose of activating, modulating, delaying, or
				deactivating the operation of the emission control system.
(7) "Average" means the arithmetic
				mean.
(8) "Backpressure Monitor"
				means a device that includes a sensor for measuring the engine backpressure
				upstream of a hardware-based diesel emission control system or component
				thereof installed in the exhaust system and an indicator to notify the operator
				when the backpressure exceeds specified high and in some cases low backpressure
				limits, as defined by the engine manufacturer or the applicant for verification
				of a diesel emission control strategy.
(9) "Baseline" means the test of a vehicle or
				engine in its original equipment manufacturer configuration without the diesel
				emission control strategy implemented.
(10) "Cold Start" means the start of an
				engine only after the engine oil and water temperatures are stabilized between
				68 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit for a minimum of 15 minutes.
(11) "Common ownership fleet" means all
				off-road and on-road vehicles and stationary engines being owned or managed day
				to day by the same person, corporation, partnership, or association. Vehicles
				managed by the same directors, officers, or managers, or by corporations
				controlled by the same majority stockholders are considered to be under common
				ownership or control even if their title is held by different business
				entities. For purposes of this regulation, on-road, off-road vehicles and
				stationary engines are to be considered separate fleets.
(12) "Component Swapping" means the movement
				of designated parts between different vehicles/applications utilizing the same
				DECS.
(13) "Days" when computing
				any period of time, means normal working days on which ARB is open for business
				unless otherwise noted.
(14)
				"Diesel Emission Control Strategy" or "Diesel Emission Control system" means
				any device, system, or strategy employed with an in-use diesel vehicle or piece
				of equipment that is intended to reduce emissions. Examples of diesel emission
				control strategies include, but are not limited to, particulate filters, diesel
				oxidation catalysts, selective catalytic reduction systems, fuel additives used
				in combination with particulate filters, alternative diesel fuels, and
				combinations of the above.
(15)
				"Diesel Emission Control Strategy Family Name." As defined in section
				2706(j)(2).
(16) "Diesel Engine" means an internal
				combustion engine with operating characteristics significantly similar to the
				theoretical diesel combustion cycle. The primary means of controlling power
				output in a diesel cycle engine is by limiting the amount of fuel that is
				injected into the combustion chambers of the engine. A diesel cycle engine may
				be petroleum-fueled (i.e., diesel-fueled) or alternate-fueled.
(17) "Diesel-Fueled Auxiliary Power System"
				or "APU" means any device that is permanently dedicated to the vehicle on which
				it is installed and provides electrical, mechanical, or thermal energy to the
				primary diesel engine, truck cab, and/or sleeper berth, bus passenger
				compartment or any other commercial vehicle's cab, as an alternative to idling
				the primary diesel engine.
(18)
				"Distributor" means any person or entity to whom a diesel emission control
				strategy is sold, leased or supplied for the purposes of resale or distribution
				in commerce.
(19) "Donor
				Vehicle/Engine" means any vehicle/engine whose installed diesel emission
				control strategy device has been removed for the purpose of re-designation or
				component swapping.
(20)
				"Durability" means the ability of the applicant's diesel emission control
				strategy to maintain a level of emissions below the baseline and maintain its
				physical integrity over some period of time or distance determined by the
				Executive Officer pursuant to these regulations. The minimum durability testing
				periods contained herein are not necessarily meant to represent the entire
				useful life of the diesel emission control strategy in actual
				service.
(21) "Emergency Standby
				Engine" means a diesel engine operated solely for emergency use, except as
				otherwise provided in airborne toxic control measures adopted by the
				ARB.
(22) "Emergency Use" means
				using a diesel engine to provide electrical power or mechanical work during any
				of the following events and subject to the following conditions:
(A) The failure or loss of all or part of
				normal electrical power service or normal natural gas supply to the
				facility,
(B) The failure of a
				facility's internal power distribution system,
(C) The pumping of flood water or sewage to
				prevent or mitigate a flood or sewage overflow,
(D) The pumping of water for fire suppression
				or protection,
(E) The powering of
				ALSF-1 and ALSF-2 airport runway lights under category II or III weather
				conditions,
(F) Other conditions as
				specified in airborne toxic control measures adopted by the
				ARB.
(23) "Emission
				control group" means a set of diesel engines and applications determined by
				parameters that affect the performance of a particular diesel emission control
				strategy. The exact parameters depend on the nature of the diesel emission
				control strategy and may include, but are not limited to, certification levels
				of engine emissions, combustion cycle, displacement, aspiration, horsepower
				rating, duty cycle, exhaust temperature profile, and fuel composition.
				Verification of a diesel emission control strategy and the extension of
				existing verifications are done on the basis of emission control
				groups.
(24) "End user" means any
				individual or entity that owns or operates a vehicle or piece of equipment that
				has a verified diesel emission control strategy installed.
(25) "Executive Officer" means the Executive
				Officer of the Air Resources Board or the Executive Officer's
				designee.
(26) "Executive Order"
				means the document signed by the Executive Officer that specifies the
				verification level of a diesel emission control strategy for an emission
				control group and includes any enforceable conditions and requirements
				necessary to support the designated verification.
(27) "Fuel Additive" means any substance
				designed to be added to fuel or fuel systems or other engine-related systems
				such that it is present in-cylinder during combustion and has any of the
				following effects: decreased emissions, improved fuel economy, increased
				performance of the entire vehicle or one of its component parts, or any
				combination thereof; or assists diesel emission control strategies in
				decreasing emissions, or improving fuel economy or increasing performance of a
				vehicle or component part, or any combination thereof. Fuel additives used in
				conjunction with diesel fuel may be treated as an alternative diesel fuel. See
				section 2701(a)(3).
(28) "Hot Start" means the start of an engine
				within four hours after the engine is last turned off. The first hot start test
				run should be initiated 20 minutes after the cold start for Federal Test
				Procedure testing following Section
				86.1327-90 of the Code of Federal
				Regulations, Title 40, Part 86.
(29) "Installer" or "Authorized Installer"
				means any individual or entity that equips any vehicle, engine or equipment
				with a diesel emission control strategy and has the authorization of the party
				that holds the verification for the diesel emission control strategy pursuant
				to section
				2706(u).
(30) "Locomotive" means a self-propelled
				piece of on-track equipment designed for moving or propelling cars that are
				designed to carry freight, passengers or other equipment, but which itself is
				not designed or intended to carry freight, passengers (other than those
				operating the locomotive) or other equipment.
(31) "Marine Engine" means a compression
				ignition engine designed and used to provide propulsion or auxiliary power on
				water craft such as recreational boats, ocean going vessels, or commercial
				harbor craft.
(32) "Market-ready"
				means ready for introduction into commerce. A market-ready diesel emission
				control strategy is not a prototype and requires no design modifications, part
				changes, revisions to control logic, or other changes prior to being sold to
				end-users for commercial use. All components that are necessary for a
				market-ready diesel emission control strategy to function properly are also
				commercially available.
(33)
				"Portable Engine" means an engine designed and capable of being carried or
				moved from one location to another, except as defined in section
				2701(a)(42).
				Engines used to propel mobile equipment or a motor vehicle of any kind are not
				portable. Indicators of portability include, but are not limited to, wheels,
				skids, carrying handles, dolly, trailer, or platform. A portable engine cannot
				remain at the same facility location for more than 12 consecutive rolling
				months or 365 rolling days, whichever occurs first, not including time spent in
				a storage facility. If it does remain at the facility for more than 12 months,
				it is considered to be a stationary engine. The definitions in Title 13
				California Code of Regulations section
				2452(g) and
				section 2452(x) are
				incorporated by reference herein.
(34) "Quarterly Reports" refer to the
				following calendar periods: January 1-March 31; April 1-June 30; July
				1-September 30; October 1-December 31.
(35) "Recall" means an inspection, repair,
				adjustment, replacement, or modification program of a diesel emission control
				strategy family required by the Executive Officer and initiated and conducted
				by the manufacturer, applicant, or its agent or representative for which direct
				notification of the end-user is necessary to remedy: the potential for
				catastrophic failure or other safety related failure, failure to meet the
				conditions for passing in-use compliance testing as defined in section
				2709(m) of this
				Procedure, valid warranty claims in excess of four percent as defined in
				section 2707(c) of this
				Procedure, or the failure of an operational feature (e.g. strategy used to
				signal high backpressure) of a substantial number of units. Recalls must
				address all diesel emission control strategies within a specific diesel
				emission control strategy family and may include all diesel emission control
				strategies sold as California verified.
(36) "Re-designation" means the removal,
				within the same common ownership fleet, of a complete used verified diesel
				emission control strategy from an appropriate engine in a vehicle/application
				and installation to another appropriate engine in a vehicle/application that
				meets the terms and conditions of the diesel emission control strategy
				Executive Order.
(37)
				"Regeneration" in the context of diesel particulate filters, means the periodic
				or continuous combustion of collected particulate matter that is trapped in a
				particulate filter through an active or passive mechanism. Active regeneration
				requires a source of heat other than the exhaust itself to regenerate the
				particulate filter. Examples of active regeneration strategies include, but are
				not limited to, the use of fuel burners and electrical heaters. Passive
				regeneration does not require a source of heat for regeneration other than the
				exhaust stream itself. Examples of passive regeneration strategies include, but
				are not limited to, the use of fuel additives and the catalyst-coated
				particulate filter. In the context of NOx reduction strategies, "regeneration"
				means the desorption and reduction of NOx from NOx adsorbers (or NOx traps)
				during rich operation conditions.
(38) "Repower" means to replace the engine in
				a vehicle or piece of equipment with another engine that meets a subsequent
				engine emissions standard (e.g., replacing a Tier 1 engine with a Tier 3 or
				later engine).
(39) "Revoke" means
				to cancel the verification status of a diesel emission control strategy. If a
				diesel emission control strategy's verification status is revoked by the
				Executive Officer, the applicant must immediately cease and desist selling the
				diesel emission control strategy to end-users.
(40) "Rubber-tired Gantry Crane" or "RTG
				Crane" means an off-road overhead cargo container crane with the lifting
				mechanism mounted on a cross-beam supported on vertical legs which run on
				rubber tires.
(41) "Seller" means
				any person or entity that sells, leases or supplies a diesel emission control
				strategy.
(42) "Stationary Engine"
				means an engine that is designed to stay in one location, or remains in one
				location. An engine is stationary if any of the following are true:
(A) The engine or its replacement is attached
				to a foundation, or if not so attached, will reside at the same location for
				more than 12 consecutive months. Any engine that replaces engine(s) at a
				location, and is intended to perform the same or similar function as the
				engine(s) being replaced, will be included in calculating the consecutive time
				period. In that case, the cumulative time of all engine(s), including the time
				between the removal of the original engine(s) and installation of the
				replacement engine(s), will be counted toward the consecutive time period;
				or
(B) The engine remains or will
				reside at a location for less than 12 consecutive months if the engine is
				located at a seasonal source and operates during the full annual operating
				period of the seasonal source, where a seasonal source is a stationary source
				that remains in a single location on a permanent basis (at least two years) and
				that operates at that single location at least three months each year;
				or
(C) The engine is moved from one
				location to another in an attempt to circumvent the residence time requirements
				[Note: The period during which the engine is maintained at a storage facility
				shall be excluded from the residency time determination.] The definitions in
				Title 13 California Code of Regulations section
				2452(g) and
				section 2452(x) are
				incorporated by reference herein.
(43) "Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU)"
				means a refrigeration system powered by an integral internal combustion engine
				designed to control the environment of temperature sensitive products that are
				transported in trucks and refrigerated trailers. TRUs may be capable of both
				cooling and heating.
(44)
				"Unidirectional Device Design and Installation" means that an emission control
				device must be appropriately designed, manufactured and labeled to prevent
				reverse flow installation.
(45)
				"Used Verified Device" means any verified diesel emission control strategy
				which has been sold or leased to an end user and installed on an
				engine/application.
(46) "Valid
				Warranty Claim" means a request from an end user, installer, or distributor to
				the applicant for an inspection, repair, adjustment, replacement, or
				modification of a specific part or component of the diesel emission control
				strategy, vehicle, or engine for which the applicant is invoiced for
				compensation pursuant to the warranty provisions and compensation is actually
				provided, excluding warranty repairs made solely for customer satisfaction
				purposes (i.e., good faith repairs). The number of valid warranty claims will
				be used to determine the 4 percent failure rate pursuant to sections
				2707 and
				2709.
(47) "Verification" means a determination by
				the Executive Officer that a diesel emission control strategy meets the
				requirements of this Procedure. This determination is based on both data
				submitted or otherwise known to the Executive Officer and engineering
				judgement.
(48) "Warranty Claim"
				means a request from an end user, installer, or distributor to the applicant
				for an inspection, repair, adjustment, replacement, or modification of a
				specific part or component of the diesel emission control strategy, vehicle, or
				engine.
(49) "Warrantable
				Condition" means any condition of the diesel emission control strategy,
				vehicle, or engine which triggers the responsibility of the applicant to take
				corrective action pursuant to section
				2707.