| CERTIFICATION APPLICATION | Include all information underThe standard setting part (typically section 205 in the applicable regulation). | Additional information includes disclosing AECD and adjustable paramenters, explaining each in detail. Some manufacturers (Marine) must demonstrate that they also meet Not-to-exceed (NTE) standards within their certification testing. Other manufacturers (Large SI) must conduct an in-situ test as well as a certification test (sometimes also called an in-use test), where the engine is inserted into a piece of equipment and tested in application prior to certification and introduction into commerce (not to be confused in in-use compliance testing). |
| Amend Cert App | ||
| Prepare Maintenance instructions | ||
| Prepare label under the regulations | ||
| TESTING | ||
| Cert Testing | Cert testing should include both certification test to meet standard and durability test for deterioration factor testing, generally at least half the useful life of the engine family. | Generally, between 25% and 35% of manufacturers use data from previous certification years to certify for the current model year. This is a flexibility that reduces the amount of testing required annually for all manufacturers, provided no changes have occurred in the emissions characteristics of the engine family. However, the EPA may request new testing where information may seem old or out of date. |
| Production-Line Testing | Many, but not all, manufacturers must also test a minimum number of production engines per quarter throughout the model year, run calculations, and report production-line testing (PLT) reports on a quarterly and final report basis. | |
| In_Use Testing | Some sectors within GECC must conduct in-use testing of engines in the field. These reports must be generated over a longer period of time (3-years, for example) to demonstrate continued compliance. | |
| Selective Enforcement Audits | The EPA may require a manufacturer to conduct a selective enforcement audit of their production of an engine family. Generally, up to 30-engines (or vehicles) must be selected at random and sequestered until the completion of this test audit. | |
| REPORTING AND RECORDKEEPING | ||
| End-of-year | All manufactures must submit a report representing their U.S. directed production for the previous model year for all engine families. | |
| ABT Report | As an alternative to traditional certification programs, some manufacturers may certify multiple engine families in an ABT (averaging, banking, and trading) group, which is averaged across all families and quantities, and certified to one standard. These reports must be verified at the end of the model year on the basis of actual sales. | |
| PLT Reporting | Along with the certification testing above, manufacturers subject to PLT testing must provide the EPA quarterly reports of their PLT testing progress and a final report 45-days after the end of the model year to demonstrate compliance with the finished products. This should not be confused with the end-of-year report required for all U.S. directed production, whether a PLT family or not. | |
| Final and/or end-of-year report | Not to be confused with the Production report, though one may serve as the other, all manufacturers must provide a final report on all sales activities after the end of the model year. | |
| Maintenance of Records | Several sections of the regulations, certification testing, PLT testing, In-use testing, engine family information, require manufacturers to maintain these records for a designated number of years following the end of the model year. The EPA may request this informaiton at any time, whether or not you previously disclosed this information to the Agency. |
| Computation of all NRSI manufacturers and certificates issued (three-year period and average) | MY 2017 | MY 2018 | MY 2019 | MY 2020 | Average Number of manufacturers and certificates | Carryover families | PLT | ABT | NRSI and Evaporative Certificates (Part 1060 only certifications) | In-use | New test Efs | ||||||||
| Nonroad Spark Ignition Engines | Small SI: Small nonroad gasoline powered equipment, such as lawnmowers, string trimmers, chain saws, small compressors, pumps, utility vehicles < 25 mph, snow blowers, rammers, floor cleaners | Manufacturers | 107 | 105 | 103 | 100 | 104 | 59 | 14 | Non-handheld | 182 | 349 | 4.96 | ||||||
| Certificates | 972 | 1006 | 1076 | 993 | 1012 | 728 | 567 | Handheld | 63 | 77 | 283 | 283.29 | |||||||
| Marine SI: e.g. Gasoline boats and personal watercraft | Manufacturers | 23 | 22 | 19 (13) | 21 (11) | 21 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 461 | ||||||||
| Certificates | 178 | 175 | 163 (27) | 163 (59) | 170 | 127 | 80 | Vessel Cert | 2 | 3 | 11 | 43 | 566.5 | ||||||
| Large SI: Large nonroad gasoline powered equipment, such as forklifts, compressors, generators, and stationary equipment | Manufacturers | 37 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 36 | 21 | Marine SI diurnal | 20 | 32 | 672 | ||||||||
| Certificates | 226 | 231 | 220 | 244 | 230 | 166 | 60 | Large SI | 0 | 0 | 64 | ||||||||
| Evaporative components (manufacturers certifying their own equipment under the standard setting part) | Manufacturers | 137 | 140 | 145 | 143 | 141 | 40 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Certificates | 396 | 416 | 415 | 408 | 409 | 294 | 0 | 114 | |||||||||||
| Recreational Vehicles | Recreational Vehicles (All-terrain vehicles / utility vehicles/Snowmobiles/Off-Highway mtorcycles) | Manufacturers | 109 | 111 | 100 | 107 | 107 | ||||||||||||
| 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total Certificates | 281 | 270 | 254 | 262 | 267 | 192 | 27 | 75 | |||||||||||
| Heavy Duty Highway Vehicles/Evaporative components | Manufacturers | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Certificates | 36 | 28 | 29 | 22 | 29 | 21 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Evap Manufacturers | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Evap Certificates | 16 | 15 | 13 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Total | Manufacturers | 430 | 95 | 23 | Total | 112 | 592.64 | ||||||||||||
| Certificates | 2133 | 1601 | 734 | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| ()=New certification Data | |||||||||||||||||||
| GECC-related Defects/Recalls for 2019/2020 | Small SI | New | Carryover | ||||||||||||||||
| Defect Reports | Recall Reports | MY (New) | # of Mfr's | # of EF's | MY (Carryover) | # of Mfr's | # of EF's | ||||||||||||
| Industry | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2010 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Small SI engines | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2011 | 71 | 300 | ||||||||||||
| Marine SI engines | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2012 | 83 | 296 | ||||||||||||
| Large SI engines | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2013 | 52 | 187 | ||||||||||||
| Evap Components/Equipment | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2014 | 60 | 181 | ||||||||||||
| Highway Motorcycle | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2015 | 54 | 169 | ||||||||||||
| Recreational - ATV | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2016 | 55 | 186 | ||||||||||||
| Recreational - Offroad Motorcycle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2017 | 53 | 150 | ||||||||||||
| Recreational - Snowmobile | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2018 | 53 | 207 | ||||||||||||
| Heavy-duty SI engines | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2019 | 55 | 350 | 60 | 48 | 726 | 42 | ||||||||
| Heavy-duty Evap | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2020 | 64 | 459 | 405 | 36 | 534 | 630 | ||||||||
| Total for all GECC Industries | 27 | 22 | 9 | 6 | Average Defect and Recall | 2021 | 38 | 108 | |||||||||||
| Total for Nonroad SI | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 5 | Marine MY (New) | # of Mfr's | # of EF's | MY (Carryover) | # of Mfr's | # of EF's | |||||||
| 2011 | 8 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total New NRSI Cert Testing (Mfr) | 178 | 2012 | 14 | 26 | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 13 | 44 | |||||||||||||||||
| In-House or Contractor | Contractor | Own | 2014 | 16 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| 283 | 159 | Small SI | 125 | 42 | 2015 | 16 | 35 | ||||||||||||
| 64 | 36 | Large SI | 28 | 4 | 2016 | 7 | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 75 | 42 | Rec Veh Test | 33 | 30 | 2017 | 13 | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 43 | 24 | Marine SI Test | 19 | 3 | 2018 | 8 | 26 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 4 | Heavy Duty SI | 4 | 4 | 2019 | 11 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 136 | 8 | ||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Heavy Duty Si Evap Components | 2 | 2 | 2020 | 13 | 59 | 43 | 8 | 104 | 120 | ||||||||
| 114 | 64 | Components (per manufacturer) | 50 | 39 | 2021 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 592.64 | 331 | 261 | 593 | LSI | MY | # of Mfr's | # of EF's | Carryover | # Mfr | # EF | |||||||||
| In-House or Contractor Cert | Contractor Cert | Own Cert | 2011 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 283 | 159 | Small SI | 125 | 0 | 29 | 2012 | 9 | 28 | |||||||||||
| 64 | 36 | Large SI | 28 | 0 | 4 | 2013 | 12 | 26 | |||||||||||
| 75 | 42 | Rec Veh Test | 33 | 0 | 30 | 2014 | 15 | 41 | |||||||||||
| 43 | 24 | Marine SI Test | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2015 | 17 | 29 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 5 | Heavy Duty SI | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2016 | 16 | 31 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Heavy Duty Si Evap Components | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2017 | 15 | 36 | |||||||||||
| 114 | 64 | Components (per manufacturer) | 50 | 0 | 40 | 2018 | 8 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Manf. | Contractor Manf | Own Manf. | 2019 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 199 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 29 | 16 | Small SI | 13 | 2020 | 13 | 31 | 26 | 23 | 213 | 206 | |||||||||
| 10 | 6 | Large SI | 4 | 2021 | 11 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| 30 | 17 | Rec Veh Test | 13 | HDSI | MY | # of Mfr's | # of EF's | Carryover | # of Mfr's | # of EF's | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Marine SI Test | 2 | 2015 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Heavy Duty SI | 2 | 2016 | 10 | 22 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Heavy Duty Si Evap Components | 1 | 2017 | 14 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| 40 | 22 | Components (per manufacturer) | 17 | 2018 | 7 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 2019 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| 2021 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rec Vehicle | 2019 | Total | Carry Over | 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Mfr | EF | Mfr's | EF's | Mfr | EF | Carryover Total | Mfr | EF | |||||||||||
| ATVA-Meet EPA & ARB ATV Definition | 17 | 24 | 86 | 76 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 18 | 55 | 100 | 254 | ||||||||
| ATVB & UTV - EPA only | 11 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 178 | 12 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Utility Vehicle - EPA Only | 12 | 8 | -4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| ATVB-Meeting EPA ATV Definition | 18 | 12 | 8 | 62 | 26 | 74 | |||||||||||||
| All Terrain Vehicle | 13 | 14 | 6 | 31 | 19 | 45 | |||||||||||||
| Off-Road Motorcycle | 14 | 12 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 42 | |||||||||||||
| ATVB & ENGINE - EPA only | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Off-Road Utility Vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Engine - EPA Only | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | 0 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mfr | EF | Mfr | EF | ||||||||||||||||
| ATVA-Meet EPA & ARB ATV Definition | 8 | 14 | 9 | 45 | 17 | 59 | 107 | 262 | |||||||||||
| ATVB & UTV - EPA only | 10 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 23 | |||||||||||||
| Utility Vehicle - EPA Only | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| ATVB-Meeting EPA ATV Definition | 22 | 18 | 6 | 58 | 28 | 76 | |||||||||||||
| All Terrain Vehicle | 11 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 24 | 42 | |||||||||||||
| Off-Road Motorcycle | 15 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 19 | 44 | |||||||||||||
| ATVB & ENGINE - EPA only | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Off-Road Utility Vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Engine - EPA Only | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Table 1 | ||||
| Occupation | SOC Code Number | Mean Hourly Rate (BLS) | Rate Increased by Factor of 2.1 | |
| Mechanical Engineers | 17-2141 | ($45.17) | ($94.86) | 94.857 |
| Engineering Managers | Nov-41 | ($72.53) | ($152.31) | 152.313 |
| Lawyers | 23-1011 | ($85.75) | ($180.08) | |
| Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical and Executive | 43-6014 | ($21.89) | ($45.97) | |
| Mechanical Engineering Technicians | 17-3027 | ($31.81) | ($66.80) |
| Information Collection Activity | Engineer/ 94.86 | Manager/ 152.31 | Legal (if applicable)/ 180.08 | Technician/ 66.80 | Transport $38.58/hr | Administrative/ 45.97 | Respondents hr/yr | Labor Cost/yr | Capital Startup Cost | O&M Cost, Annualized (1) | Applications/Respondent (2) | Number of Respondents/ Responses | Total hr/yr | Total Cost/yr | Applications/ Efs | Total O&M | Total Responses | Total Labor Cost/yr | |
| Preparing and Submitting Annual Production Report | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1469.12 | 0 | 168 | 1 | 430 | 6450 | 703961.6 | 72240 | 430 | $631,721.60 | ||
| PLT Reporting and Record Keeping | 101 | 8 | 11 | 80 | 9 | 209 | 18537.95 | 3077.95640326975 | 7.72631578947368 | 95 | 153406 | 15866075.3 | 734 | 292405.858310627 | 734 | $13,606,855.30 | |||
| ABT Reporting | 40 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 65 | 6677.6 | 168 | 1 | 23 | 1495 | 157448.8 | 3864 | 23 | $153,584.80 | ||||
| In-Use Testing and Reporting | 95 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 82 | 196 | 14845.6 | 3077.95640326975 | 1.57 | 7 | 2154.04 | 196979.884871935 | 21545.6948228883 | 10.99 | $163,153.14 | ||||
| SEA Testing and Reporting | 102 | 13 | 4 | 41 | 12 | 172 | 15666.51 | 3077.95640326975 | 1 | 2 | 344 | 37488.9328065395 | 6155.91280653951 | 2 | $31,333.02 | ||||
| Defect Reporting (EDIR) | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1487.83 | 168 | 1 | 19 | 266 | 31460.77 | 19 | 3192 | 19 | $28,268.77 | |||
| Recall Reporting (VERR) | 8 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 2155.83 | 168 | 4 | 5 | 480 | 46476.6 | 5 | 840 | 20 | $43,116.60 | |||
| Final (Year-End and End-Of-Model Year) Reporting | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 824.6 | 168 | 4.96046511627907 | 430 | 17064 | 2117215.8 | 2133 | 72240 | 2133 | $1,758,871.80 | ||
| Total Rpt and RCK | 366 | 44 | 28 | 145 | 0 | 120 | 703 | $61,665.04 | 0 | Varies | Varies | 1,011 | 181,659 | $19,157,107.69 | 2891 | $472,483.47 | 3371.99 | 54 | $16,416,905.03 |
| 85.17 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Table 2 - Annual Respondent Burden and Cost for SI Engine and Evaporative Components Certification | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hours and Cost per Application | Total Hours and Cost | ||||||||||||||||||
| Information Collection Activity | Respondents hr/yr | Labor Cost/yr | Capital Startup Cost | O&M Cost, Annualized (1) | Applications/Respondent (2) | Number of Respondents | Total hr/yr | Total Cost/yr | |||||||||||
| Total per respondent | 1326.9 | $290.60 | - | varies | varies | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||
| Total for the industry | N/A | $124,958.87 | - | $27,789,394.00 | varies | 430.00 | 570,568.00 | $50,774,779.85 | |||||||||||
| Evaporative Components Composite | In-House and Contract testing | ||||||||||||||||||
| In-House Testing | 6533.07 | 1695.11 | in-house | $12,510,151.64 | |||||||||||||||
| 159426.38 | contract | $5,455,650.71 | $17,965,802.35 | ||||||||||||||||
| Contract Testing | 22324.40 | 1695.14 | in-house | $44,642,096.60 | |||||||||||||||
| 544782.00 | contract | $211,131.43 | $44,853,228.03 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | $733,065.85 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1695.11 O&M | 1695.14 O&M | 28268.77 | |||||||||||||||||
| $3,465,956.08 | $15,012,611.23 | 43116.6 | 71385.37 | ||||||||||||||||
| IC | 1695.11 | 1695.14 | Difference | Notes | |||||||||||||||
| In-House Lab testing | $12,510,151.64 | $44,642,096.60 | $(32,131,944.96) | ||||||||||||||||
| Contract testing | $5,455,650.71 | $211,131.43 | $5,244,519.28 | ||||||||||||||||
| O&M Total | $3,465,956.08 | $15,012,611.23 | $(11,546,655.15) | ||||||||||||||||
| Defect and Recall | $- | $71,385.37 | $(71,385.37) | ||||||||||||||||
| Evaporative Components | $233,200.00 | $733,065.85 | $(499,865.85) | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | $(39,005,332.05) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Table 3 - Annual Respondent Burden and Cost - Average, Trading and Banking Program | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hours and Cost per Application | Total Hours and Cost | 2020 with 2.1 multiplier | |||||||||||||||||
| Information Collection Activity | Engineer/ 94.86 | Respondents hr/yr | Labor Cost/yr | Capital Startup Cost | O&M Cost (1) | Number of Respondents | Total hr/yr | Total Cost/yr | Engineer/ 94.86 | Manager/ 152.31 | Legal (if applicable)/ 180.08 | Technician/ 66.80 | Transport $38.58/hr | Administrative/ 45.97 | |||||
| Precertification activities/Submit info in cert application | 8 | 64 | $673 | $0 | $25 | 23 | 1,472 | $16,045 | |||||||||||
| Gather Information regarding point of first retail sale (2) | 8 | 188 | $673 | $0 | $100 | 23 | 4,324 | $17,770 | |||||||||||
| Develop and submit end-of-year-report | 8 | 43 | $673 | $0 | $25 | 23 | 989 | $16,045 | |||||||||||
| Develop and submit final reports | 8 | 26 | $673 | $0 | $14 | 23 | 598 | $15,792 | |||||||||||
| Recordkeeping (2) | 8 | 28 | $673 | $0 | $14 | 23 | 644 | $15,792 | |||||||||||
| Total | 40 | 349 | $2,972 | $0 | $178 | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||
| Total for the industry | N/A | N/A | $77,349 | $0 | $8,900 | 50 | 8,027 | $81,443 | |||||||||||
| (1) See section 6(b)ii for details. | $3,363 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (2) Numbers reflect one activity done four times a year. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Table 5 - In-use Estimated Annual Respondent Burden and Cost | |||||||||||||||
| Hours and cost per application | Total hours and cost | ||||||||||||||
| Information Collection Activity | Engineer/ 94.86 | Transport $38.58/hr | Respondent hr/yr | Labor Cost/yr | Capital Startup Cost | O&M Cost(1) | Frequency (2) | Number of Respondents | Total hr/yr | Total Cost/yr | |||||
| Review of instructions and regulations | 7 | 0 | 9 | $996 | $0 | $0 | 1 | 7 | 63 | $6,975 | |||||
| Training | 2 | 0 | 3 | $257 | $0 | $120 | 1 | 7 | 21 | $2,636 | |||||
| Plan activities | 16 | 0 | 16 | $1,518 | $0 | $20 | 1 | 7 | 112 | $10,764 | |||||
| Procure engines | 2 | 0 | 5 | $434 | $0 | $100 | 1.57 | 7 | 55 | $5,874 | |||||
| Ship Engines | 1 | 0 | 1 | $95 | $0 | $200 | 1.57 | 7 | 11 | $3,243 | |||||
| Engine Maintenance | 1 | 0 | 4 | $295 | $0 | $210 | 1.57 | 7 | 44 | $5,558 | |||||
| Testing In-house | 8 | 0 | 46 | $3,297 | $0 | $900 | 1.57 | 7 | 506 | $46,170 | |||||
| Setting up contract | 2 | 0 | 7 | $794 | $0 | $25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0 | |||||
| Testing (Contracting out) | 0 | $0 | |||||||||||||
| Small SI | 0 | $0 | $5,667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0 | ||||||||
| Large SI | 0 | $0 | $11,837 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0 | ||||||||
| Marine SI | 0 | $0 | $15,000 | 1.57 | 7 | 0 | $165,000 | ||||||||
| Data entry and analysis | 22 | 0 | 29 | $2,450 | $0 | $10 | 1.57 | 7 | 319 | $27,064 | |||||
| Preparing and submitting report | 18 | 0 | 21 | $2,086 | $0 | $15 | 1.57 | 7 | 231 | $23,109 | |||||
| Store, file and maintain records | 8 | 0 | 9 | $805 | $0 | $5 | 1.57 | 7 | 99 | $8,908 | |||||
| Total per manufacturer | 87 | 0 | 150 | $13,027 | $0 | varies | varies | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Total for the industry | N/A | N/A | $1,461 | $123,482 | $0 | $181,820 | N/A | 7 | 1,461 | $305,302 | |||||
| Total number of manufacturers | Engineer/ 94.86 | ||||||||||||||
| 150 | |||||||||||||||
| CERTIFICATION APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS | 1048.205 What must I include in my application? This section specifies the information that must be in your application, unless we ask you to include less information under §1048.201(c). We may require you to provide additional information to evaluate your application. (a) Describe the engine family's specifications and other basic parameters of the engine's design and emission controls. List the fuel types on which your engines are designed to operate (for example, gasoline and natural gas). List each distinguishable engine configuration in the engine family. (b) Explain how the emission control systems operate. Describe the evaporative emission controls, if applicable. Also describe in detail all system components for controlling exhaust emissions, including all auxiliary emission control devices (AECDs) and all fuel-system components you will install on any production or test engine. Identify the part number of each component you describe. For this paragraph (b), treat as separate AECDs any devices that modulate or activate differently from each other. Include sufficient detail to allow us to evaluate whether the AECDs are consistent with the defeat device prohibition of §1048.115. (c) Explain how the engine diagnostic system works, describing especially the engine conditions (with the corresponding diagnostic trouble codes) that cause the malfunction-indicator light to go on. Propose what you consider to be extreme conditions under which the diagnostic system should disregard trouble codes, as described in §1048.110. (d) Describe the engines you selected for testing and the reasons for selecting them. (e) Describe the test equipment and procedures that you used, including any special or alternate test procedures you used (see §1048.501). (f) Describe how you operated the emission-data engine before testing, including the duty cycle and the number of engine operating hours used to stabilize emission levels. Explain why you selected the method of service accumulation. Describe any scheduled maintenance you did. (g) List the specifications of each test fuel to show that it falls within the required ranges we specify in 40 CFR part 1065, subpart H. (h) Identify the engine family's useful life. (i) Include the maintenance instructions you will give to the ultimate purchaser of each new nonroad engine (see §1048.125). (j) Include the emission-related installation instructions you will provide if someone else installs your engines in a piece of nonroad equipment (see §1048.130). (k) Identify each high-cost warranted part and show us how you calculated its replacement cost, including the estimated retail cost of the part, labor rates, and labor hours to diagnose and replace defective parts. (l) Describe your emission control information label (see §1048.135). (m) Identify the emission standards to which you are certifying engines in the engine family. (n) Identify the engine family's deterioration factors and describe how you developed them (see §1048.240). Present any emission test data you used for this. (o) State that you operated your emission-data engines as described in the application (including the test procedures, test parameters, and test fuels) to show you meet the requirements of this part. (p) Present emission data to show that you meet emission standards, as follows: (1) Present exhaust emission data for HC, NOX, and CO on an emission-data engine to show your engines meet the applicable duty-cycle emission standards we specify in §1048.101. Show emission figures before and after applying deterioration factors for each engine. Include emission results for each mode if you do discrete-mode testing under §1048.505. Include test data for each type of fuel from 40 CFR part 1065, subpart H, on which you intend for engines in the engine family to operate (for example, gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, or natural gas). If we specify more than one grade of any fuel type (for example, a summer grade and winter grade of gasoline), you need to submit test data only for one grade unless the regulations of this part specify otherwise for your engine. Note that §1048.235 allows you to submit an application in certain cases without new emission data. (2) If your engine family includes a volatile liquid fuel (and you do not use design-based certification under §1048.245), present evaporative test data to show your vehicles meet the evaporative emission standards we specify in subpart B of this part. Show these figures before and after applying deterioration factors, where applicable. (q) State that all the engines in the engine family comply with the field-testing emission standards we specify in §1048.101(c) for all normal operation and use when tested as specified in §1048.515. Describe any relevant testing, engineering analysis, or other information in sufficient detail to support your statement. (r) For engines not subject to transient testing requirements in §148.101(a), include information showing how your emission controls will function during normal in-use transient operation. For example, this might include the following: (1) Emission data from transient testing of engines using measurement systems designed for measuring in-use emissions. (2) Comparison of the engine design for controlling transient emissions with that from engines for which you have emission data over the transient duty cycle for certification. (3) Detailed descriptions of control algorithms and other design parameters for controlling transient emissions. (s) Report test results as follows: (1) Report all test results involving measurement of pollutants for which emission standards apply. Include test results from invalid tests or from any other tests, whether or not they were conducted according to the test procedures of subpart F of this part. We may ask you to send other information to confirm that your tests were valid under the requirements of this part and 40 CFR part 1065. (2) Report measured CO2, N2O, and CH4 as described in §1048.235. Small-volume engine manufacturers may omit reporting N2O and CH4. (t) Describe all adjustable operating parameters (see §1048.115(e)), including production tolerances. Include the following in your description of each parameter: (1) The nominal or recommended setting. (2) The intended physically adjustable range. (3) The limits or stops used to establish adjustable ranges. (4) Information showing why the limits, stops, or other means of inhibiting adjustment are effective in preventing adjustment of parameters on in-use engines to settings outside your intended physically adjustable ranges. (u) Provide the information to read, record, and interpret all the information broadcast by an engine's onboard computers and electronic control units. State that, upon request, you will give us any hardware, software, or tools we would need to do this. If you broadcast a surrogate parameter for torque values, you must provide us what we need to convert these into torque units. You may reference any appropriate publicly released standards that define conventions for these messages and parameters. Format your information consistent with publicly released standards. (v) Confirm that your emission-related installation instructions specify how to ensure that sampling of exhaust emissions will be possible after engines are installed in equipment and placed in service. If this cannot be done by simply adding a 20-centimeter extension to the exhaust pipe, show how to sample exhaust emissions in a way that prevents diluting the exhaust sample with ambient air. (w) State whether your certification is intended to include engines used in stationary applications. Also state whether your certification is limited for certain engines. If this is the case, describe how you will prevent use of these engines in applications for which they are not certified. This applies for engines such as the following: (1) Constant-speed engines. (2) Variable-speed engines. (x) Unconditionally certify that all the engines in the engine family comply with the requirements of this part, other referenced parts of the CFR, and the Clean Air Act. (y) Include good-faith estimates of U.S.-directed production volumes. Include a justification for the estimated production volumes if they are substantially different than actual production volumes in earlier years for similar models. (z) Include other applicable information, such as information specified in this part or part 1068 of this chapter related to requests for exemptions. (aa) Name an agent for service located in the United States. Service on this agent constitutes service on you or any of your officers or employees for any action by EPA or otherwise by the United States related to the requirements of this part. |
| Amendment to the Application | §1048.225 How do I amend my application for certification to include new or modified engine configurations? Before we issue you a certificate of conformity, you may amend your application to include new or modified engine configurations, subject to the provisions of this section. After we have issued your certificate of conformity, you may send us an amended application requesting that we include new or modified engine configurations within the scope of the certificate, subject to the provisions of this section. You must amend your application if any changes occur with respect to any information included in your application. (a) You must amend your application before you take any of the following actions: (1) Add an engine configuration to an engine family. In this case, the engine configuration added must be consistent with other engine configurations in the engine family with respect to the criteria listed in §1048.230. (2) Change an engine configuration already included in an engine family in a way that may affect emissions, or change any of the components you described in your application for certification. This includes production and design changes that may affect emissions any time during the engine's lifetime. (b) To amend your application for certification, send the Designated Compliance Officer the following information: (1) Describe in detail the addition or change in the engine model or configuration you intend to make. (2) Include engineering evaluations or data showing that the amended engine family complies with all applicable requirements. You may do this by showing that the original emission-data engine is still appropriate for showing that the amended family complies with all applicable requirements. (3) If the original emission-data engine for the engine family is not appropriate to show compliance for the new or modified engine configuration, include new test data showing that the new or modified engine configuration meets the requirements of this part. (c) We may ask for more test data or engineering evaluations. You must give us these within 30 days after we request them. (d) For engine families already covered by a certificate of conformity, we will determine whether the existing certificate of conformity covers your newly added or modified engine. You may ask for a hearing if we deny your request (see §1048.820). (e) For engine families already covered by a certificate of conformity, you may start producing the new or modified engine configuration anytime after you send us your amended application and before we make a decision under paragraph (d) of this section. However, if we determine that the affected engines do not meet applicable requirements, we will notify you to cease production of the engines and may require you to recall the engines at no expense to the owner. Choosing to produce engines under this paragraph (e) is deemed to be consent to recall all engines that we determine do not meet applicable emission standards or other requirements and to remedy the nonconformity at no expense to the owner. If you do not provide information required under paragraph (c) of this section within 30 days after we request it, you must stop producing the new or modified engines. |
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