Manufacturers Advisory Correspondence (MAC)

• MAC 2019-02 - Environmental Performance Label Requirements For Medium-Duty Vehicle Manufacturers On And After January 1, 2021.

• Attachment 2: Template For Requesting GHG And Smog Ratings Approval.

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2020 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs), Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles (OHRVs), and Alternative Fuel Retrofit Systems Certified During Calendar Year (CY) 2019 And CY 2020 Installed In On-Road PCs, LDTs, MDVs And Heavy-Duty Vehicles. (PDF - 1.32M)

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2019 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs), Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles (OHRVs), and Alternative Fuel Retrofit Systems Certified During Calendar Year (CY) 2018 And CY 2019 Installed In On-Road PCs, LDTs, MDVs And Heavy-Duty Vehicles. (PDF - 1.36M)

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2018 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs), Off-Highway Recreational Vehicles (OHRVs), and Alternative Fuel Retrofit Systems Certified During Calendar Year (CY) 2017 And CY 2018 Installed In On-Road PCs, LDTs, MDVs And Heavy-Duty Vehicles. (PDF - 1.00M)  

• Heavy-Duty In-Use Testing (HDIUT) Data Drift Validation Handling Process. (PDF - 1.64M)  

• Clarification of the Emission Warranty Information Report (EWIR) formatting requirements used for 1990 and Subsequent Model Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) and Engines Used in These Vehicles (MDEs), Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDVs) and Engines used in These Vehicles (HDEs), and Motorcycles (PDF - 874KB)  

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2017 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), And Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs), and Alternative Fuel Retrofit Systems Certified During Calendar Year (CY) 2016 And CY 2017 Installed In On-Road PCs, LDTs, MDVs And Heavy-Duty Vehicles. (PDF - 1.24M)  

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2016 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), And Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs), and Alternative Fuel Retrofit Systems Certified During Calendar Year (CY) 2015 And CY 2016 Installed In On-Road PCs, LDTs, MDVs And Heavy-Duty Vehicles. (PDF - 2.41M)  

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2015 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), And Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs), and Alternative Fuel Retrofit Systems Certified During Calendar Year (CY) 2014 And CY 2015 Installed In On-Road PCs, LDTs, MDVs And Heavy-Duty Vehicles. (PDF - 835K)  

• Clarification Of The Emission Warranty Information Report (EWIR) Formatting Requirements Currently Used For 2010 And Subsequent Model Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs), And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (HDEs), And Motorcycles. (PDF - 183K)  

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2014 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), And Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs) (PDF - 89K)  

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2013 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), And Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs) (PDF - 31K)  

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2012 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), And Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs) (PDF - 31K)  

• MAC 2011-02 - Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Credit Reporting and Tracking System

• Attachment A: Application for California Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Account /Change of Company Representative or Address
• Attachment B: Calculation Method for Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Credit Requirement
• Attachment C and D: Credits and Debits
  
• Attachment E: Example Data files; Credits and Debits
• Attachment F: Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Credit Transfer Form
  

• Clarification of Alternate NOx Family Emission Level  for 2011-2014 Model Year Nonroad Compression Ignition Engines in the 130 ≤ kW  ≤  560 Power Category (PDF - 36K)
• Attachment for MAC 2010-002 (Excel - 26K)

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2011 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), And Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs) (PDF - 27K)  

• Determination for Manufacturers of Passenger Cars (PC), Light-Duty Trucks (LDT) and Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles (MDPV) Subject to California's Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Fleet Average Requirement (PDF - 42K)
• Attachment: TABLE 1-A (CERT MFR worksheet), CERTIFYING/PRODUCING MANUFACTURER'S CALIFORNIA SALES (PC, LDT, MDV, MDE, HDE) and TABLE 1-B (MKT MFR worksheet), MARKETING MANUFACTURER'S CALIFORNIA SALES OF VEHICLES (PC, LDT, MDV, MDE, HDE) CERTIFIED BY ANOTHER MANUFACTURER (Excel - 119K)

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2010 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), And Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs) (PDF - 38K)  

• Implementation of New Environmental Performance Label (PDF - 140K)
• Attachment:  Test Group Information Format
  

• Amendments to the Emission Warranty Information Report (EWIR) for 2010 and Subsequent Model Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) and Engines Used in These Vehicles (MDEs), And Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDVs), Engines Used in These Vehicles (HDEs), and Motorcycles (PDF - 1.3M)

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2009 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), And Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs) (PDF - 43K)

• Protocol for the Engine Shutdown System on New California Certified Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines for 2008 and Subsequent Model Years (PDF - 101K)

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2008 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), And Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs) (PDF - 111K)

• Policy regarding the use of Electronic Signatures in the Air Resources Board's (ARB) Document Management System for Certification (PDF - 87K)

• MAC 06-03: Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Credit Reporting and Tracking System
  • Attachment A: Application for Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Attachment A
    Account with the ZEV Bank
  • Attachment B: Calculation Method for Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Credit Requirement
    • E-template for annual NMOG (Electronic version)
  • Attachments C and D: Credits and Debits
  • Attachment E: Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Credit Transfer Form
  • Attachment F: ZEV Account Holder Identification Codes

• Cover Letter (PDF - 12K)
• MAC 06-02: "Fast Refueling Capability" Criterion for 2003 and Subsequent Model-Year Type III Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEV) and Information Requested for Advanced Technology Demonstration Applications. (PDF - 22K)

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2007 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), And Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs) (PDF - 90K)

• Evaporative Emission Requirements for Vehicles with On-Board Generators (PDF - 80K)

• Optional Test Procedure For Certifying 2008 and Later Model-Year Gasoline-Fueled Zero-Fuel Evaporative Vehicles (PDF - 112K)

• Cost Limit For High-Priced Warranted Parts For 2006 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) And Engines Used In These Vehicles (MDEs), And Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs) (PDF - 99K)

• Interim Voluntary Low Emission Standards for New Model Year (MY) 2005 and 2006 Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition (LSI) Engines (PDF - 82K)

• Optional Duarability Demonstration and Certification Procedure for New 2002-2006 Model Year Diesel, Diesel Dual-Fuel and Diesel Bi-Fuel Urban Bus Engines Produced On or After October 1, 2002 Meeting New 0.01 g/bhp-hr Particulate (PM) and/or 0.5 g/bhp-hr Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) Standards Using a Verfied Diesel PM or NOx Aftertreatment System (PDF - 96K)

• Cost Limit for High-Priced Warranted Parts of 2005 Model Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) and Engines Used in These Vehicles (MDEs), and Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIEs) (PDF - 92K)

• Evaporative Testing Requirements for Dual-Fuel Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) / Gasoline and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) / Gasoline Vehicles Revision of MAC #99-01 to Allow Subtraction of Methane Emissions from CNG / Gasoline Dual-Fuel Vehicles (DFVs) (PDF - 94K)

• MAC 04-01: Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Credit Reporting and Tracking System (PDF - 89K)
  • Attachments A and B: Application for a ZEV Account with the ZEV Bank and ZEV Credit Transfer Fom (PDF - 140K)

  • Attachments C and D: Vehicles Delivered and Placed and Other Types of Credit (Excel - 40K) or (PDF - 47K)       

  • Attachment E: ZEV Account Holder ID Codes (Excel - 18K) or (PDF - 26K)

• Cost Limit for High-Priced Warranted Parts of 2004 Model Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PC), Light-Duty Trucks (LDT), Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDV) and Engines Used in These Vehicles (MDE), and Off-Road Large Spark-Ignition Engines (LSIE) (PDF - 93K)

• Guidance to Certification and Compliance with California's Supplemental Test Procedures, Including, and Specific to, Not-To-Exceed (NTE) Emission Tesing Caps for 2005 and 2006 Model Year (MY) Heavy-Duty and Medium-Duty Diesel Engines (HDDEs and MDDEs) (PDF - 122K)

• Hang Tag and Star Labels for 2003 and Later Model Year Spark-Ignition Marine Engines (PDF - 133K)

• Use of Bag Mini-Diluter Sampling Systems in Lieu of Constant Volume Sampling for Mass Emissions Testing (PDF - 528K)

• Cost Limit for High-Priced Warranted Parts on 2003 Model Year Passenger Cars (PC), Light-Duty Trucks (LDT), and Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDV) (PDF - 78K)

• Optional Test Procedure For Certifying Pre-2005 Model Year Gasoline-Fueled Zero-Evaporative Vehicles and For Offsetting Evaporative And NMOG Emissions For Such Vehicles (PDF - 325K)

• Cost Limit for High-Priced Warranted Parts of 2002 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), and Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) (PDF - 75K)       

• Optional Use of the Federal Engine Test Cycle Speed and Load Specifications for Exhaust Emission Testing of Spark-Ignition Small Off-Road Engines

• 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 (PDF - 40K)
  • Attachment - (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)

• Format for Manufacturer Quarterly Assembly-Line Production Reports for 2001 and Subsequent Model Year Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks and Medium-Duty Vehicles Including Full / Partial Zero-Emission Vehicles (PDF - 24K)
  • Attachment - (Excel - 43K) (PDF Table 1 - 10K) (PDF Table 2 - 6K) (PDF Table 3 - 12K) (PDF Table 4 - 6K)       

• Cost Limit for High-Priced Warranted Parts of 2001 Model-Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), and Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) (PDF - 18K)        

• Required Format for Manufacturer Quarterly Audit Reports for 2000 Model Year Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks and Medium-Duty Vehicle Engine Families Certifying to Compliance Assurance Program (CAP 2000) Regulations (PDF - 56K)
  • Attachment - (Excel97 - 34K)

• Certification of Direct Ozone Reduction Technologies
  • Attachment - (PDF - 47K)

• Certification Compliance With the Acceleration Simulation Mode (ASM) Loaded-Mode Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Standards (PDF - 17K)

• Cost Limit for High-Priced Warranted Parts of 2000 Model Year (MY) Passenger Cars (PCs), Light-Duty Trucks (LDTs), and Medium-Duty Vehicles (MDVs) (PDF - 13K)       

• Evaporative Testing Requirements for Dual-Fueled CNG / Gasoline and LPG / Gasoline Vehicles (PDF - 16K)

• Vehicle Manufacturers Must Submit Demonstrations of Compliance with California's Inspection and Maintenance Program (PDF - 18K)

• ARB's Reporting Requirements for Experimental Permits Issued for Fleets of Vehicles and Engines (PDF - 14K)

• Cost Limit for High-Priced Warranted Parts of 1999 Model-Year Passengers Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles (PDF - 12K)

• Required Format for Submitting Manufacturer Quality Audit Quarterly Assembly-Line Reports Electronically and in Hard Copy PDF - 677K)

• Cost Limit for High-Priced Warranted Parts of 1998 Model-Year Passengers Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles (PDF - 7K)

• Assigned Deterioration Factors for Vehicles Certified to the Useful Life and Running Loss (Enhanced) Evaporative Emission Standards (PDF - 24K)