Controlling Emissions from Large Off-Road Spark-Ignition Engines
Background
Area affected: StatewideStart date: January 1, 2004
End date: N/A
Applicability period: Year-round
Source type: Off-road mobile source
Emissions targeted: Nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
Rule/Citation: 30 TAC 114, Subchapter I, Division 3 ( PDF)( WP)( HTML)
Description: This statewide rule places controls on non-road, large spark-ignition (LSI) engines. It requires manufacturers to ensure that all affected spark-ignition engines are certified to California LSI standards. Agricultural and construction equipment less than 175 horsepower, recreation equipment, stationary engines, marine vessels, and equipment on tracks are exempt from this rule.
In November of 2002 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published federal requirements for LSI engines that will eventually supersede the Texas standards. The EPA rule is a two-phase program. The first phase of the standards went into effect in 2004 and subsumed the same standards as those adopted in October 1998 by the California Air Resources Board for 2004. However, in 2007 the EPA rule will supplement these standards by setting limits that will require optimizing the same technologies and will base emission measurements on a transient test cycle. New requirements for evaporative emissions and engine diagnostics will also begin in 2007.
Related Rules
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Rule/Citation: 30 TAC 114, Subchapter I, Division 3 (
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| Title | Date | Log Number | Associated SIP | WP | |
| Adoption | Dec 6, 2000 | 2000-011G-114-AI | HGB SIP Dec 2000 |
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| Proposal | Aug 9, 2000 | 2000-011G-114-AI | HGB SIP Dec 2000 |
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| Adoption | April 19, 2000 | 1999-055G-114-AI | DFW SIP Apr 2000 |
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| Proposal | Dec 16, 1999 | 1999-055G-114-AI | DFW SIP Apr 2000 |
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