Approval Details

Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on July 31, 1990.
As of Friday, May 9th, 2025 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

Models
1991 and older gasoline and diesel powered vehicles.

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-203-1
  • Executive Order 203-1 / D203-1
  • ARB # D-203-1
  • Executive Order No: D-203-1
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-203-1
  • Resolution D-203-1
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Download: Executive Order D-203-1 PDF

D-203-1 Document:

CARB_D-203-1

(Page 1 of 3) State of California AIR RESOURCES BOARD EXECUTIVE CRCER 0—203—1 Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156 of the Y¥ehicle Code SOF TRON INTERNATICNAL SOF TRCN MODEL #100 FLUID CONDITIONER WHEREAS, Vehicle Code Section 27156 and Title 13 Californic Code.of . . Regulations (hereafter "CCR") Section 2222(e), authorize the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and its Executive Officer to exempt add—on and modified parts from the prohibiticns of Vehicle Code Section 27156. WHEREAS, Softron International has applied to the AR8 for exemption from the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156 for the Softron model #100 fluid conditioner for 1991 and older model years. 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 Regsources Board finds: i. The Softron model #100 fluid conditioner is an add—on device attached to the fuel line in a motor vehicle. 2. The Softron model #100 fluid conditioner is intended for use with a required motor vehiclie pollution control system. 3. The Softron model #100 fluid conditioner by being installed in the engine alters the original design of a motor vehicle pollution control system. 4. The Softron medel #100 fluid conditioner is a device subject to the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156 and an add—on part as defined by 13 CCR Section i900(b)(1). | 5. The Softron model #100 fluid conditioner does not reduce the effectiveness of any required motor vehicle polliution control device. 6. The Air Resources Board, in the exercise of technical jquement, is aware of no basis on which the Softron model #100 fluid conditioner will provide an increase in fuel economy.

SQF TRON fNTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE ORDER D—203—1 SOF TRON MODEL #100 FLUID CONDITIONER®" (Page 2 of 3) 1t has not been determined what effect use of the Softron model #100 fluid conditioner may have on any warranty, either expressed or implied, by the manufacturer of a motor vehicle on which the device is installed. The Softron model #100 fluid conditioner is not a certified motor vehicle pollution control device pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 43644. The Air Resources Board by granting an exemption to Softron International for the Softron model #100 fluid conditioner does not recommend or endorse in any way the Softron model #100 fluid conditioner for emissions reduction, fuel economy, or any other purpose. IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Softron model #100 fluid conditioner is exempt from the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156 for installation on 1991 and earlier model—year vehicles powered with gasoline or diesel internal combustion 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 Air Resources Bcoard 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 Air Resources Board. 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 Softron International, 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 Softron model #100 fluid conditioner and is only a finding that the device is exempt from the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156.

SOF TRON INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. D—203—1 SOFTRON MODEL #100 FLUID CONDITIONER (Page 3 of 3) 6. No claim of any kind, such as "Approved by the Air Resources Board" may be made with respect to the action taken hersin in any advertising or other oral or written communication. Violation of any of the above conditions shall be grounds for revocation of this order. The order may be revoked only after 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 determ1nat1on after hearing that grounds for revocation exist. o/~— Executed at E1 Monte, California, this <¥/ f July, 1990. . B. Summerfield Assistant Division Chief Mobile Source Division

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