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The Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) will conduct a public
hearing at the time and place noted below to consider approving
for adoption the proposed amendments to California Evaluation
Procedures for New Aftermarket Catalytic Converters. 

DATE:		September 28, 2017

TIME:		9:00 A.M.

LOCATION:	California Environmental Protection Agency
                Air Resources Board
                Byron Sher Auditorium
                1001 I Street
                Sacramento, California  95814

This item may be considered at a two day meeting of the Board,
which will commence at 9:00 a.m., September 28, 2017, and may
continue at 8:30 a.m., on September 29, 2017.  This item is
scheduled to be heard on the Board’s Consent Calendar.  All
agenda items on the Consent Calendar – unless removed upon the
request of a Board member or if someone in the audience submits a
request to speak card on that item – will be voted on by the
Board at the beginning of the public meeting. 



WRITTEN COMMENT PERIOD AND SUBMITTAL OF COMMENTS 

Interested members of the public may present comments orally or
in writing at the hearing and may provide comments by postal mail
or by electronic submittal before the hearing.
The public comment period for this regulatory action will begin
on August 11, 2017.  Written comments not physically submitted at
the hearing must be submitted on or after 
August 11, 2017, and received no later than 5:00 pm on 
September 25, 2017.  ARB requests that when possible, written and
email statements be filed at least 10 days before the hearing to
give ARB staff and Board members additional time to consider each
comment.  The Board also encourages members of the public to
bring to the attention of staff in advance of the hearing any
suggestions for modification of the proposed regulatory action. 
Comments submitted in advance of the hearing must be addressed to
one of the following: 

Postal mail:  Clerk of the Board, Air Resources Board
              1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814

Electronic submittal:  
              http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm/bclist.php

Please note that under the California Public Records Act (Gov.
Code, § 6250 et seq.), your written and oral comments,
attachments, and associated contact information (e.g., your
address, phone, etc.) become part of the public record and can be
released to the public upon request.  

This notice, the ISOR and all subsequent regulatory documents,
including the FSOR, when completed, are available on ARB’s
website for this rulemaking at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/2017/amcat2017/amcat2017.htm


The objective of this rulemaking is to provide manufacturers of
aftermarket catalytic converters with a procedure for
demonstrating that LEV III vehicles are capable of complying with
the emission standards to which the vehicles were certified while
equipped with a qualifying catalytic converter.  Manufacturers
who are able to demonstrate the capability of their aftermarket
catalytic converters to preserve the benefits of California’s
emissions control standards would then be allowed to sell and
install certified aftermarket catalytic converters on LEV III
vehicles in California.

Inquiries concerning the substance of the proposed regulatory
action may be directed to the agency representative Mr. Tony
Martino, Manager, Aftermarket Parts Section, at (626) 575-6848 or
(designated back-up contact) Mr. Richard Carranza, Air Resources
Engineer, Aftermarket Parts Section, at
(626) 450-6111.

Thank you.


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