Approval Details

Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on February 2, 1993.
As of Sunday, December 22nd, 2024 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

Models
1993 and older model-year vehicles powered by gasoline or diesel engines.

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-303
  • Executive Order 303 / D303
  • ARB # D-303
  • Executive Order No: D-303
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-303
  • Resolution D-303
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Download: Executive Order D-303 PDF

D-303 Document:

CARB_D-303

(Page 1 of 3) State of California AIR RESOURCES BOARD EXECUTIVE ORDER D—303 Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code TECNAGEN INDUSTRIES GASCAN 360 D 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, Tecnagen Industries has applied to the ARB for exemption from the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156 for the Gascan 360 D. 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 Gascan 360 D is an add—on device that is attached to the fuel line in a motor vehicle. The fuel line is part of the required motor vericle pollution control system. The Gascan 360 D is intended for use with a required pollution control system. The Gascan 360 D by being installed on the fuel line alters the original design of a motor vehicle pollution control system. The Gascan 360 D 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). The Gascan 360 D does not reduce the effectiveness of any required motor vehicle pollution control device. The ARB, in the exercise of technical judgement, is aware of no basis on which the Gascan 360 D will provide either a decrease in emission or an increase in fuel economy. It has not been determined what effect use of the Gascan 360 D may have on any warranty, either expressed or implied, by the manufacturer of a motor vehicle on which the device is installed.

TECNAGEN INDUSTRIES EXECUTIYZ ORDER D—303 GASCAN 360 D (Page 2 tf 3) The Gascan 360 D 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 Tecnagen Irdustries for the Gascan 360 D does not recommend or endorse in any way the Gascan 360 D for emissions reduction, fuel economy, cr any other purpose. IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Gascan 360 D is exempt from the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156 for installation on 1993 ard 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 identificaticn other than that shown in this Executive Order or marketing of =tL:is 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 the Tecnagen Industries, 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 cf any fuel economy or emissions reduction claims for the Gascan 350 D and is only a finding that the device is exempt from the pro—ibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156. No claim of any kind, such as "Approved by the Lir Resources Board" may be made with respect to the action taken herein in any advertising or other oral or written communication.

TECNAGEN INDUSTRIES EXECUTIVZ ORDER D—303 GASCAN 360 D (Page : sf 3) Violation of any of the above conditions shall be grouris for revocation of this order. The order may be revoked only after a ten—iay written notice of intention to revoke the order, in which period the holcéer 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 sfi receipt of the request and the order may not be revoked until a detern:cnation after hearing that grounds for revocation exist. Executed at El Monte, California, this 62 day of Fesruary, 1993. Summerfiel Assistant Division C:—ief Mobile Source Divisizn


Document Created: 2005-09-01 12:45:15
Document Modified: 2005-09-01 12:45:15

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