Approval Details

Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on October 27, 1993.
As of Thursday, January 2nd, 2025 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

Models
1994 and older model-year vehicles with gasoline or diesel engines

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-340
  • Executive Order 340 / D340
  • ARB # D-340
  • Executive Order No: D-340
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-340
  • Resolution D-340
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Download: Executive Order D-340 PDF

D-340 Document:

CARB_D-340

(Page 1 of 3) State of California AIR RESOURCES BOARD EXECUTIVE ORDER D—340 Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code GLOBAL ‘GUARDIAN, INC. MAXEMISER DEVICE WHEREAS, Vehicle Code Section 27156 and Title 13 California Code of Regulations (hereafter "CCR") Section 2222(e), authorizes the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and its Executive Officer to exempt add—on and modified parts from the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156. WHEREAS, Global Guardian, Inc. has applied to the ARB for exemption from the prohibitidns of Vehicle Code Section 27156 for the Maxemiser device. WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority vested in the Executive Officer by Health and Safety Code Section 39515 and in the Chief, Mobile Source Division by ‘ Health and Safety Code Section 39516 and Executlve Order G—45—5, the ARB finds: 1. The Maxemiser is an add—on devxce thatis attached to the fuel line in a motor vehicle. The fuel line is part of the requlred motor vehicle pollution control system. 3. The Maxemiser is intended for use with a required pollution «control system. The Maxemiser by being installed on the fuel line alters the original design of a motor vehicle pollution control system. The Maxemiser is a device subject to the prohibitibns of Vehicle Code Section 27156 and an add—on part as defined by 13 CCR Section ;900(b)(1). | The Maxemiser does not reduce the effectlveness of any required motor vehicle pollution control device. The ARB, in the exercise of technical judgement, is aware of no basis on which the Maxemiser will provide either a decrease in emission or an increase in fuel econonmy. - It has not been determined what effect use of the Maxemiser may have on any warranty, either expressed or implied, by the manufacturer of a motor vehicle on which the device is installed.

GLOBAL GUARDIAN, INC. EXECUTIVE ORDER D—340 MAXEMISER DEVICE j (Page 2 of 3) 9. The Maxemiser is not a certified motor vehicle pollution control device pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 43644. 10. The ARB by granting an exemption to Global Guardian, Inc. for the Maxemiser does not recommend or endorse in any way the Maxemiser for emissions reduction, fuel economy, or any other purpose. IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Maxemiser is exempt from the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156 for installation on 1994 and earlier model—year vehicles with gasoline or diesel engines subject to the following conditions: 1. This exemption shall not apply to any device, apparatus, or mechanism advertised, offered for sale or sold with, or installed on, a motor vehicle prior to or concurrent with transfer to an ultimate purchaser. No changes are permitted to the device as described in the application for exemption. Any changes to the device, applicable model year, or other factors addressed in this order must be evaluated and approved by the ARB prior to marketing in California. Marketing of this device using an identification other than that shown in this Executive Order or marketing of this device for an _application other than those listed in the Executive Order shall "be prohibited unless prior approval is obtained from the ARB. Exemption of this product shall not be construed as an exemption *to sell, offer for sale, or advertise any component of the product as an individual device. Any oral or written references to this Executive Order or its content by Global Guardian, Inc., its principals, agents, employees, distributors, dealers, or other representatives must include the disclaimer that the Executive Order or the exemption it provides is not an endorsement or approval of any fuel economy or emissions reduction claims for the Maxemiser and is only a finding that the device is exempt from the prohlbltlons of Vehicle Code Section 27156. No claim of any kind, such as "Approved by the Air Resources Board" may be made with respect to the action taken herein in any advertising or other oral or written communication.

GLOBAL GUARDIAN, INC. EXECUTIVE ORDBR D—340 MAXEMISER DEVICE (Page 3 of 3) Violation of any of the above conditions shall be grounds for revocation of this order. The order may be revoked only after a ten—day written notice of intention to revoke the order, in which period the holder of the order may request in writing a hearing to contest the proposed revocation. If a hearing is requested, it shall be held within ten days of receipt of the request and the order may not be revoked until a determination after hearing that grounds for revocation exist. ' Executive order number D—329 is hereby superseded and of no further force or effect. 2 f ' Executed at El Monte, California, this (2 Z}%&;y of October, 1993. . Summerfield Assistant Division Chief Mobile Source Division


Document Created: 2005-09-01 12:41:01
Document Modified: 2005-09-01 12:41:01

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