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itr -- SUBJECT: Innovative Technology Regulation (ITR) New Engine or Vehicle Certification Work Group Meeting Handouts Now Available

Posted: 22 May 2015 17:01:25
The Agenda and Discussion Document for the California Air
Resources Board’s (ARB) May 27, 2015 ITR New Engine or Vehicle
Certification Work Group meeting are now available  . To access
these documents, please visit: 

http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/itr/itr.htm

This meeting will address potential ITR new engine or vehicle
certification flexibility, including possible on-board
diagnostics (OBD) approval pathways, the ITR’s technology
diversity element, and staff’s initial ideas regarding allowable
sales volumes and sunset provisions.  This work group meeting is
open to all interested stakeholders and will be held via
conference call only.  The details of the meeting are as
follows:

	Date:			May 27, 2015

	Time:			10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

	Location:		Via Conference Call Only.  
        
        Call-In Number:         888-664-9860
        Passcode:               68291  

Staff Contact:	Joe Calavita, (916) 445-4586
				jcalavit@arb.ca.gov

Background.  The Innovative Technology Regulation is intended to
provide defined, near-term ARB certification and aftermarket
conversion approval flexibility to help facilitate market launch
of the next generation of truck and bus technologies that
California needs to meet its long-term air quality and climate
goals.  ARB’s existing certification and OBD requirements provide
a critical and effective mechanism for ensuring a vehicle’s
expected emission benefits are achieved and maintained.  However,
ARB’s engine and vehicle approval paradigm, geared towards
traditional technologies, may deter some manufacturers from
developing promising new technologies if they are uncertain to
achieve market acceptance.  

One option being considered by staff would provide tiered ARB
certification and aftermarket conversion requirements for an
innovative truck or bus technology, providing targeted
flexibility at market launch and early technology deployment
stages, and reverting back to full ARB approval requirements once
the technology achieves a market foothold.  Specific
certification and OBD flexibility provisions would provide
manufacturers with a defined, predictable, and practical ARB
approval pathway, while preserving ARB’s overarching objective to
ensure expected emission benefits are achieved.  Potential
targeted technologies include hybrid drivelines and heavy-duty
engines meeting ARB’s optional low oxides of nitrogen emission
standards.  

The new engine or vehicle certification public work group meeting
is open to all interested stakeholders, and will be conducted by
conference call only.  For more information about development of
the Innovative Technology Regulation, please visit
http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/itr/itr.htm, or contact Mr. Joe
Calavita, Staff Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 445-4586 or
jcalavit@arb.ca.gov.

ARB will use the Innovative Technology Regulation email list to
notify stakeholders of updates to the regulatory proposal and of
additional opportunities for public input throughout the
rulemaking process.  To sign up for the Innovative Technology
Regulation email list, please visit:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/innovative-technology.htm.   




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