Approval Details

Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on September 24, 1992.
As of Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

Models
1992 and older model year light-duty vehicles.

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-185-1
  • Executive Order 185-1 / D185-1
  • ARB # D-185-1
  • Executive Order No: D-185-1
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-185-1
  • Resolution D-185-1
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Download: Executive Order D-185-1 PDF

D-185-1 Document:

CARB_D-185-1

(Page 1 of 3) State of California AIR RESOURCES BOARD BXECUTIVE ORDER D—185—1 Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code ymse a® . ** CARBON ELIMINATOR—SYSTEMS, INC. TOP ELIMINATOR FUEL TREATMENT 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, Carbon Eliminator Systems, Inc. has applied to the ARB for exemption from the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156 for the Top Eliminator Fuel Treatment 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 Executive Order G—45—5, the Air Resources Board finds: 1. The Top Eliminator is an add—on device that is attached to the fuel line in a motor vehicle. 2. The fuel line is part of the required motor vehicle pollution control system. 3. The Top Eliminator is intended for use with a required pollution control system. 4. The Top Eliminator by being installed on the fuel line alters the original design of a motor vehicle pollution control system. 5. The Top Eliminator is a device subject to the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156 and an add—on part as defined by 13 CCR Section 1900(b)(1). 6. The Top Eliminator does not reduce the effectiveness of any required motor vehicle pollution control device. 7. The ARB, in the exercise of technical judgement, is aware of no basis on which the Top Eliminator will provide either a decrease in emission or an increase in fuel economy. 8. It has not been determined what effect use of the Top Eliminator may have on any warranty, either expressed or implied, by the manufacturer of a motor vehicle on which the device is installed.

CARBON ELIMINATOR SYSTEMS, INC. EXECUTIVE ORDER D—185—1 TOP ELIMINATOR PUEL TREATMENT DEVICE (Page 2 of 3) The Top Eliminator is not a certified motor vehicle pollution control device pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 43644. The ARB by granting an exemption to Carbon Eliminator Systems, Inc. for the Top Eliminator does not recommend or endorse in any way the Top Ekimipator for emissions reduction, fuel economy, or any other purpose. IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Top Eliminator Fuel Treatment Device is exempt from the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156 for installation on 1992 and earlier model—year light—duty vehicles as listed in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, 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 Ooral or written references to this Executive Order or its content by the Carbon Eliminator Systems, 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 Top Eliminator and is only a finding that the device is exempt from the prohibitions 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.

as CARBON ELIMINATOR SYSTEMS, INC. EXECUTIVE ORDER D—185—1 TOP ELIMINATOR FUEL TREATMENT 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 D—185, dated October 7, 1988, is superseded and of no further force and effect. Executed at El Monte, California, this élfiL day of September, 1992.. R. B. Aummerfield Assistant Division Chief —Mobile Source Division


Document Created: 2005-09-01 12:42:41
Document Modified: 2005-09-01 12:42:41

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