CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD

State Building
Auditorium, Room 1138
107 South Broadway
Los Angeles, CA

February 21, 1985
10:00 a.m.

AGENDA

Page

85-3-1 Status Report on the Air Resources Board's Motor
Vehicle Enforcement Program.

85-3-2 Consideration of Petitions Regarding Evaporative 001
and Exhaust Emission Standards for Small Volume
Motorcycle Manufacturers.

85-3-3 Status Report on State Implementation Plan (SIP) 081
Revisions for NOx in the South Coast Air Basin
and Ozone in Kern County.

Other Business

a. Closed Session
1. Personnel (as authorized by State Agency Open Meeting
Act, Govt. Code Sec. 11126(a).)
2. Litigation (Pursuant to the attorney-client privilege,
Evidence Code Sec. 950-962, and Govt. Code Sec.
11126(q).)
b. Research Proposals 085
c. Delegations to Executive Officer

ITEM NO.: 85-3-2

Public Meeting to Consider Petitions Regarding Evaporative and
Exhaust Emission Standards for Small Volume Motorcycle
Manufacturers.

RECOMMENDATION

The Air Resources Board ("Board") has received petitions from the
Harley-Davidson Motor Co., the California Moto Guzzi motorcycle
dealers, Moto Laverda, and a California Vespa motorcycle dealer
requesting relief for small volume motorcycle manufacturers from
the California evaporative and exhaust emission standards for
motorcycles. Harley-Davidson requested a three year continuation
of the current 6.0 gram per test (g/test) evaporative emission
standard, which is scheduled to become 2.0 g/test in 1986. The
Moto Guzzi dealers requested an exemption from all evaporative
emission standards until the manufacturer or other interested
parties can develop the necessary technology. Moto Laverda
requested an exemption from all evaporative emission standards
because test facilities are not available to perform development
work. The Vespa dealer requested an exemption for 600 Vespa
motorcycles per year from the 1.0 gram per kilometer (g/km)
hydrocarbon exhaust emission standard and the evaporative
emission standard.

At the public meeting, the Board will decide whether to schedule
a regulatory hearing to consider adopting the amendments to the
California exhaust and evaporative emission standards requested
by the petitioners. The staff believes that the Harley-Davidson
petition requesting continuation for small volume manufacturers
of the current evaporative emission standard should be considered
by the Board and recommends that the Board schedule a public
hearing to consider adopting the regulatory amendments requested
by Harley. The staff believes that the Moto Guzzi, Moto Laverda,
and Vespa petitions do not merit further consideration by the
Board.

DISCUSSION

Harley-Davidson formally petitioned the Board on October 26,
1984, requesting an additional three years for small volume
manufacturers to comply with the 2.0 g/test evaporative emission
standard. Harley-Davidson contends that the configuration of its
motorcycles causes high evaporative emissions which makes control
more difficult. They claim that their limited resources are
divided between developing and implementing design changes to
reduce evaporative hydrocarbon exhaust emissions, and to meet
other regulatory requirements. They state this limits their
ability to complete the necessary development work in time for
the 1986 model year. Harley-Davidson claims it has expended
significant resources on developing evaporative emission
controls, and has achieved compliance with the 6.0 g/test
standard. Harley-Davidson also states it will successfully
comply with the more stringent evaporative standard if given
additional development time. The staff recommends that the Board
consider the merits of Harley-Davidson's petition at a public
hearing.

The California Moto Guzzi motorcycle dealers and Moto Laverda
petitioned the Board to exempt small volume Class III motorcycles
from all evaporative emission standards (1984 6.0 g/test and 1986
2.0 g/test). The Moto Guzzi motorcycle manufacturer, apparently
due to the low California sales volume (60 motorcycles per year),
has not attempted to comply with the evaporative emission
standard. Most Moto Guzzi dealers have no new motorcycles to
offer for sale and thus, are concerned about the financial impact
of their businesses.

The staff believes that evaporative control technology exists and
is available to small volume motorcycle manufacturers. Other
small volume motorcycle manufacturers (Harley-Davidson, BMW, OMC,
and Trihawk) have developed the technology and certified to the
6.0 g/test evaporative emission standard. since the staff is not
aware of attempts by the manufacturer to comply with California
standards, the staff recommends that the Motor Guzzi petition be
given no further consideration.

Moto Laverda, in its petition, stated that development of a
system for compliance with California's evaporative emission
standards was limited by the unavailability of SHED testing
facilities. The staff believes that a SHED testing facility
could be installed by the manufacturer in time for the 1984 model
year. Thus, the staff also recommends that the Board give no
further consideration of Moto Laverda's petition.

A California Vespa dealer petitioned the Board to exempt 600 new
Vespa motorcycles per year from the 1.0 g/km hydrocarbon exhaust
emission standard and the evaporative emission standards (1983
and 1984 6.0 g/test and 1985 and later 2.0 g/test). Currently,
the Vespa dealer is selling his remaining stock of 1981 models,
however, he is concerned about the financial impact on his
business with now new Vespa motorcycles to offer for sale. The
staff believes that since the Class II emission standards have
been in place for several years, the Vespa manufacturer has had
enough lead time to comply with the standards. Furthermore, the
new Vespa motorcycles appear to have had no emission improvements
since the 1981 models. Vespa motorcycles have not been certified
for sale in the 1981 models. Vespa motorcycles have not been
certified for sale in California or in the U.S. since 1981. The
staff recommends that the Board give no further consideration to
the Vespa dealer's petition.

The Board at its March 1984, public hearing, directed the staff
to consider whether there is a need to continue the small volume
motorcycle manufacturers' 2.5 g/km hydrocarbon emission standard
beyond 1986. In 1987, the small volume motorcycle manufacturers
must meet the 1.4 g/km average hydrocarbon emission standard.
Harley-Davidson, in November, 1984, informally requested that the
Board consider extending the small volume motorcycle
manufacturers' standard for one year to provide enough public
hearing to consider the Harley-Davidson evaporative emission
standard petition, the staff proposes also to present at that
time its assessment of the need to continue the small volume
motorcycle manufacturers' exhaust emission standard.

ITEM NO.: 85-3-3

Status Report on State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revisions for
NO2 in the South Coast Air Basin and Ozone in Kern County.

RECOMMENDATION

None. This is a status report.

DISCUSSION

In February 1984, the Regional Administrator of EPA notified the
State of California that the ozone control strategy for Kern
County and the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) control strategy for the
South Coast Air Basin (SCAB) were inadequate because the national
ambient air quality standards for those pollutants were not
attained by the statutory deadline. The Administrator asked the
State to submit revisions to the State Implementation Plan (SIP)
demonstrating attainment of the ozone and nitrogen dioxide
standards in Kern County and the SCAB, respectively.

The staff reported to the Board on the status of these SIP
revisions in April, July, and October of 1984. The purpose of
this report is to apprise the Board of the current status of the
development of these revisions.