Approval Details

Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on April 22, 1991.
As of Friday, October 4th, 2024 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

Part NumberModels
31040E1974 and older GM vehicles equipped with V8 engines

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-221-3
  • Executive Order 221-3 / D221-3
  • ARB # D-221-3
  • Executive Order No: D-221-3
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-221-3
  • Resolution D-221-3
For Free CARB Executive Order Status verification, email an image of the device Executive Order label as well as the Year/Make/Model and Test Group # of the vehicle to [email protected]

Download: Executive Order D-221-3 PDF

D-221-3 Document:


CARB_D-221-3

                                                        (Page 1 of 2)

                               State of California
                               AIR RESOURCES BOARD


                             EXECUTIVE ORDER D—221—3
                   Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156
                               of the Vehicle Code


                         AUTOMOTIVE CONTROLS CORPORATION
                        "ACCEL DUAL POINT CONVERSION KIT"
                                 PART NO. 31040E

Pursuant to the authority vested in the Air Resources Board by Section 27156 of
the Vehicle Code; and

Pursuant to the authority vested in the undersigned by Section 39515 and Section
39516 of the Health and Safety Code and Executive Order G—45—5;

IT IS ORDERED AND RESOLVED: That the installation of the ACCEL Dual Point
Conversion Kit, part no. 31040E, manufactured by Automotive Controls Corporation,
175 No. Branford, Branford, CT 06405, has ‘been found not to reduce the
effectiveness of required motor vehicle pollution control devices and, therefore,
is exempt from the prohibitions of Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code for 1974 and
older model—year GM vehicles equipped with an eight—cylinder engine.

This exemption shall not apply to any device, appar&tus, or mechanism advertised,
offered for sale or sold with, or installed on, a motor vehicle prior to or
concurrent with transfer to an ulitimate purchaser.

This Executive Order is valid provided that instalilation instructions for this
device will not recommend tuning the vehicle to specifications different from
those submitted by the system manufacturer.

Changes made to the design or operating conditions of the device, as exempted by
the Air Resources Board, that adversely affect the performance of a vehicle‘s
pollution control system shall invalidate this Executive Order.

Marketing of this system using an identification other than that shown in this
Executive Order or marketing of this system for an application other than those
listed in this Executive Order shall be prohibited unless prior approval is
obtained from the Air Resources Board. Exemption of a kit shall not be construed
as exemption to sell, offer for sale, or advertise any component of a kit as an
individual device.

This Executive Order does not constitute any opinion as to the effect that the
use of this device may have on any warranty either expressed or implied by the
vehicle manufacturer.


 AUTOMOTIVE CONTROLS CORPORATION                            EXECUTIVE ORDER D—221—3
                                                            (Page 2 of 2)


  THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A CERTIFICATION, ACCREDITATION,
  APPROVAL, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF ENDORSEMENT BY THE AIR RESOURCES BOARD OF ANY
~ CLAIMS OF THE APPLICANT CONCERNING ANTI—POLLUTION BENEFITS OR ANY ALLEGED
  BENEFITS OF AUTOMOTIVE CONTROLS CORPORATION‘S ACCEL DUAL POINT CONVERSION KIT,
  PART NO. 31040€.
 No claims 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.

 Section 17500 of the Business and Professions Code makes untrue or misleading
 advertising unlawful, and Section 17534 makes viclation punishable as a
 misdemeanor .

 Section 43644 of the Health and Safety Code provides as follows:

              "43644,   (a)   No person shall install, sell, offer for sale, or
              advertise, or, except in an application to the state board for
              certification of a device, represent, any device as a motor vehicle
              pollution control device for use on any used motor vehicle unless
              that device has been certified by the state board. No person shall
              sell, offer for sale, advertise, or represent any motor vehicle
              pollution control device as a certified device which, in fact, is not
              a certified device. Any violations of this subdivision is a
              misdemeanor ."

 Any apparent violation of the conditions of this Executive Order will be
 submitted to the Attorney General of California for such action as he deems
 advisable.

                                              AA
 Executed at E1 Monte, California, this ZA_ day of April, 1991.



                                    _ R.    Summerfidld
                                      Assistant Division Chief
                                      Mobile Source Division



Document Created: 2005-09-01 12:41:00
Document Modified: 2005-09-01 12:41:00

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