Large Spark-Ignition Engine Regulatory and Certification Documents


This page last reviewed May 20, 2008.

This page provides a list of the Manufacturers Advisory Correspondence (MACs), mailouts, correspondence, regulations, test procedures, and guidelines applicable to Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines 25 Horsepower and greater, and is primarily for the interest and needs of manufacturers and others that are required to obtain certification from ARB. For more public-oriented materials, please visit our Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines main program page.

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Regulation and Test Procedures
Manufacturers Advisory Correspondence
Mobile Source Mailouts
Correspondence
Guidelines
Certification Database (includes Executive Orders)

Regulation and Test Procedures:
Regulations Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (2001-2006)

Sections 2430-2439, Title 13, California Code of Regulations
(PDF - 206K) (adopted September 1, 1999)

Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (2007 and later)

Amended Sections 2430-2431, 2433-2434,and 2438, Title 13, California Code of Regulations (PDF - 68K) (amended March 2, 2007)

If you are interested in the informal documents pertaining to this rulemaking, please click here.

Spark-Ignition Small Off-Road Engines

Sections 2400-2409, Title 13, California Code of Regulations
(PDF - 270K)
Test Procedures Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines

California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures for New 2001 through 2006 Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (PDF - 181K) (amended March 2, 2007)

California Exhaust and Evaporative Emission Standards and Test Procedures for New 2007 through 2009 Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (2007 - 2009 Test Procedure 1048) (PDF - 105K)

(adopted March 2, 2007)


California Exhaust and Evaporative Emission Standards and Test Procedures for New 2010 and Later Off-Road Large Spark-ignition Engines (2010 and Later Test Procedure 1048) (PDF - 211K) (adopted March 2, 2007)

California Exhaust and Evaporative Emission Standards and Test Procedures for New 2007 and Later Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (Test Procedures 1065 and 1068) (PDF - 124K) (adopted March 2, 2007)

Spark-Ignition Small Off-Road Engines

California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures for 1995 and Later Small Off-Road Engines
(PDF - 536K)
(last amended March 23, 1999)

Manufacturers Advisory Correspondence:
MAC # Subject
MAC 05-02 Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2006 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PC), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), And Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs) (Word 97 - 52K) or (PDF - 99K) (added May 13, 2005)
MAC 01-01 Optional Use of the Federal Engine Test Cycle Speed and Load Specifications for Exhaust Emission Testing of Spark-Ignition Small Off-Road Engines
(added June 6, 2001)

Mobile Source Mailouts:
Mailout # Subject
MSO 07-03 New Requirement to Report Carbon Dioxide Emissions from 2008 and Subsequent Model Year California Certified Vehicles and Engines
(PDF - 85K)
MSO 01-03 Format for Electronic and Hard-Copy Submittal of Quarterly Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engine (LSI) Manufacturer Production Line Testing Reports
(Word97 - 66K) or (PDF - 40K).
Attachments
(Excel - 72K) or (PDF - 63K).
Microsoft Database
(Access - 308K).
MSO 00-13

Certification Guideline For 2001 Model-Year (MY) And Later LSI Engines
(Word97 - 262K) or (PDF - 151K)

MSO 96-30 Tamper-Resistance Requirements for Gaseous-Fueled Engines
(PDF - 9248K)

Correspondence:
Reference No. C-2001-503 Dunway & Cross July 31, 2001 Letter to ARB on CARB LSI Regulation-assigning engines to model years (PDF - 360K)

Guidelines:
  Engine Sampling Plan Requirements (Word 97 - 27K) or (PDF - 61K)
(last updated November 15, 2002)

Certification Database:

The following link provides the certification database and the Executive Orders for Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines.

Off-Road Certification Database


For more information on Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engine certification procedures, please contact Byron Ng at (626) 459-4312 or via e-mail at bng@arb.ca.gov.


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