Spark-Ignition Marine Engine Regulatory and Certification Documents

This page last reviewed February 23, 2011

This page provides a list of the Manufacturers Advisory Correspondence (MACs), mailouts, correspondence, regulation, test procedures, and guidelines applicable to Spark-Ignition Marine Engines, 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 recreational marine engine main program page.

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Regulation and Test Procedures

Manufacturers Advisory Correspondence

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Correspondence

Guidelines

Certification Database (includes Executive Orders)

Document Management System (DMS)

Regulation and Test Procedures:

Regulation	Amendments to Spark Ignition Marine Engine Regulations from July 24, 2008 hearing: (PDF - 646K) (adopted August 16, 2009) Amendments to Spark Ignition Marine Engine Regulations: (PDF - 219K) (adopted December 13, 2006) Final Regulation Order - Spark Ignition Marine Engine Regulations (PDF - 609K) (adopted August 21, 2002)
Test Procedures	California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures for 2001 Model Year and Later Spark-Ignition Marine Engines (PDF - 715K) (revised July 24, 2008)

Manufacturers Advisory Correspondence:

Mailout #	Subject
MAC 03-01	Hang Tag and Star Labels for 2003 and Later Model Year Spark-Ignition Marine Engines (Word97 - 71K) or (PDF - 133K)
MAC 00-04	(for Outboards and PWCs only) Format for Submitting Electronically Based and Written Submissions of Manufacturer Quarterly Production Line Testing Reports, and Guidance on Meeting Production Line Engine Sampling Requirements for 2001 and Later Model Year Spark-Ignition Marine Engines (Word97 - 61K) or (PDF - 40K). Attachment in (Excel - 74K) (Attachment 9 Word - 24K) PDF (Marine Information - 9K) (Summary - 9K) (Quarter Summary - 7K) (Individual - 13K) (Attachment 6 - 32K) (Combined - 8K) (Attachment 8 - 7K) (Attachment 9 - 7K) (Manufacturer Name - 7K) (Microsoft Access - 430K) The corresponding templates for the four ARB-specified file formats and the Access hard copy formats, referenced in MAC #2000-04, are listed below: Engine Family Information File (Excel - 15K) Engine Family Data Per Quarter File (Excel - 14K) Individual Engine Test Data Per Quarter File (Excel - 15K) Combined Quarters Engine Family File (Excel - 14K) Spark-Ignition Marine Engine Access Database File for generating hard copy reports (Access Database - 626K)

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 03-04

Certification Guidelines For 2001 Model-Year (MY) and Later Outboard/Personal Watercraft and 2003 MY and later Inboard/Sterndrive Spark-Ignition Marine Engines (Word97 - 261K) or (PDF - 372K)

Certification Application Template (2011 & later) (Access - 2420K) - List of changes: (Text - 680)
Certification Application Template (2010 & earlier) (Access - 2400K)
Outboard/PWC Corporate Average Plan Template (Excel - 19K)
Inboard & Sterndrive Corporate Average Plan Template (Excel - 17K)
Sample Letter of Intent (Word97 - 33K) or (PDF - 77K)
Sample Cover Letter (Word97 - 32K) or (PDF - 40K)

Correspondence:

Inboard/Sterndrive Certification and Regulation Issues	Summary of Comments and ARB Response in reference to Inboard and Sterndrive Marine Engines Workshop (PDF - 63K)
Reference No. NMC-2001-001	Air Resources Board (ARB) July 26, 2001 Letter to National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) on the placement, and replacement of environmental labels on outboard marine engines and personal watercraft (PDF - 219K) NMMA August 14, 2001 Follow-Up Letter to ARB's July 26, 2001 Letter (PDF - 155K) NMMA May 17, 2001 Letter to ARB on the placement, and replacement of environmental labels on outboard marine engines and personal watercraft (PDF - 101K)
Reference No. C-2000-351	ARB May 17, 2000 Letter to National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) regarding placement environmental labels on spark-ignition outboard marine engines (PDF - 141K) NMMA March 2, 2000 Letter to ARB on marine engine star label placement (PDF - 202K)

Guidelines:

	Engine Sampling Plan Requirements (PDF - 61K) (for Outboards and PWCs only)
	Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J1939-05 OBD-M Implementation Guidelines (PDF - 61K)

Certification Database:

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

Off-Road Certification Database

Document Management System (DMS)

The following link is for information and guidelines regarding the electronic Document Management System used to submit certification applications and supporting documents:

DMS Homepage

Portable Outboard Marine Fuel Tanks:

New button For information regarding regulations and certification prodecures for Portable Outboard Marine Fuel Tanks, please contact Angus MacPherson, at (916) 445-4686

Outboard Marine Tanks (OMTs) Homepage

For more information on Spark-Ignition Marine Engine certification procedures, please contact Kevin Curley at (626) 350-6418.