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Planned light-duty E-Cert update due to recent regulatory
changes, including requirements for evaporative leak check and
U.S. EPA Tier3 standards for certification under California’s
cleaner federal vehicle rule.
 The Electronic Certification (E-Cert) system is the electronic
certification application submittal system which loads the data
portion of manufacturer’s certification applications that are
submitted electronically to the California Air Resources Board
(ARB). The Light-Duty Vehicle (LDV) module of the E Cert system
has been required starting with the 2016 model-year (MY).

Due to regulatory changes (Title 13, California Code of
Regulations, Section 1976) (13 CCR Section 1976) effective with
the 2018 MY, ARB is updating the InfoPath form and XML schema as
follows:

CSI	Field	Explanation
2B	LEAK_DIAMETER_CL	Effective leak diameter certification level
(inches)
2B	LEAK_DIAMETER_STD	Effective leak diameter certification
standard (inches)
6B	ALTERNATE_TEST	Is alternate test procedure used for leak
diameter test?
6B	RAW_LEAK_DIAMETER	Effective leak diameter test result (inches)

6B	VOLUMETRIC_FLOW_GAS	Volumetric flow of gas for effective leak
diameter test (m3/s)
6B	INLET_PRESSURE_ORIFICE	Inlet pressure to orifice for effective
leak diameter test (kPa)
6B	ATMOSPHERIC_PRESSURE	Atmospheric pressure to orifice for
effective leak diameter test (kPa)
6B	TEMPERATURE_FLOWING_MEDIUM	Temperature of flowing medium for
effective leak diameter test (K)

As required in California’s regulations (13 CCR Sections 1961 and
1961.2), manufacturers must certify equivalent California vehicle
models to a standard that is as stringent as the federal standard
or to a more stringent California standard.  As a result of
recent adoption of Tier3 exhaust standards by U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), this update will include U.S. EPA’s
Tier3 exhaust standards and test fuels for use by manufacturers
when certifying under California’s cleaner federal vehicle rule.
 
This notice serves as an announcement that the InfoPath form, XML
schema, Data requirements and User guides will be updated on the
E-Cert website on June 6th, 2016.  LDV manufacturers will have
testing period between June 28th and July 29th.  The E-Cert
system will begin accepting and processing LDV certification
applications that meet the new requirements on August 1st, 2016.
Manufacturers can continue submitting applications using current
data requirements until July 31th, 2016.

More information on the E-Cert system can be found at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/arbecert/arbecert.htm


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