California: Air

October 2008
Volume
38
Issue
29
The California Air Resources Board will hold a two-day public hearing on proposed amendments to CCR Title 13, Chapter 9, §2433, California Exhaust and Evaporative Emission Standards and Test Procedures For New 2010 and Later Off-Road Large Spark Ignition (LSI) Engines; and CCR Title 13, Chapter 9, §2403, California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures for 2005 and Later Small Off-Road Engines (SORE). The amendments include a new table of emission standards for LSI engines with a displacement of less than or equal to 1 liter. Changes to the SORE standards include eliminating the generation of production emission credits after model year 2009, modifying the use of existing production emission credits, limiting the lifetime of future certification emission credits to five model years, allowing an option to accept the use of a certification fuel with up to 10 percent ethanol content, requirements for an English-speaking contact for warranty issues, and Executive Officer discretion to make technical modifications. The hearing will be held November 20 and 21, 2008. Comments are due November 19, 2008. http://www.oal.ca.gov/pdfs/notice/40z-2008.pdf pp. 1747-54.