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Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on December 7, 1993.
As of Friday, October 11th, 2024 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

Part NumberModels
20-1032-29151993 and older model-year passenger cars, light duty trucks, medium duty vehicles, and heavy duty engines operating on compressed natural gas and utilizing an Impco conversion systems.

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-315-2
  • Executive Order 315-2 / D315-2
  • ARB # D-315-2
  • Executive Order No: D-315-2
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-315-2
  • Resolution D-315-2
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Download: Executive Order D-315-2 PDF

D-315-2 Document:


CARB_D-315-2

                                                          (PAGE 1 OP 2)
                                State of California
                               AIR RESOURCES BOARD



                              EXECUTIVE ORDER D—315—2
                  . Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156
                               of the Vehicle Code—


                           AMERICAN GAS EQUIPMENT, INC.
              TESCOM HIGH PRESSURE NATURAL GAS ENGINE FUEL REGULATOR
                                (P/N 20—1032—2915)



 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 TESCOM high
 pressure natural gas engine fuel regulator, P/N 20—1032—2915, manufactured
by TESCOM Corporation, 12616 Industrial Boulevard, Elk River, Minnesota
55330 and marketed by American Gas Equipment, Inc., 1111 Green Island Road,
American Canyon, California 94589, 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 1993 and older model—year passenger cars, light—duty trucks,
medium—duty vehicles and heavy—duty engines operating on compressed natural
gas and utilizing an Impco conversion system.

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.

This Executive Order is valid provided that installation 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 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 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.


AMERICAN GAS EQUIPMENT, INC.                              EXECUTIVE ORBER D—315—2
TESCOM HIGH PRESSURE                                      (Page 2 of 2)
NATURAL GAS REGULATOR                             —

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.


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 AMERICAN GAS EQUIPMENT, INC.‘S TESCOM HIGH PRESSURE NATURAL CAS
ENGINE FUEL REGULATOR.

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 violation
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.

Executed at El Monte, California, this     ;;7        day of December, 1993.




                                   (2
                                   R. B.  Summerfield
                                   Assistant Division Chief
                                   Mobile Source Division


              State of California
              AIR RESOURCES BOARD




    EVALUATION OF AMERICAN GAS EQUIPMENT, INC.‘S
    COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS ENGINE FUEL REGULATOR
    FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE PROHIBITIONS OF VEHICLE
CODE SECTION 27156 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2222,
   TITLE 13, OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS




                   December 1993


                              State of California
                              AIR RESOURCES BOARD




                    EVALUATION OF AMERICAN GAS EQUIPMENT, INC.‘S
                    COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS ENGINE FUEL REGULATOR
                    FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE PROHIBITIONS OF VEHICLE
                 CODE SECTION 27156 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2222,
                   TITLE 13, OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS




                                       by

                             Mobile Source Division
                              9528 Telstar Avenue
                            El Monte, CA 91731—2990




(This report has been reviewed by the staff of the California Air Resources
Board and approved for publication.  Approval does not signify that the
contents necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Air Resources
Board,   nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute
endorsement or recommendation for use.)


                                    SUMMARY




       American Gas Equipment,   Inc.   of 1111 Green Island Road,   American Canyon,

California 94589 has applied for an exemption from the prohibitions in Section

27156 of the California Vehicle Code (VC) for the TESCOM high pressure natural

gas engine fuel regulator,   P/N 20—1032—2915.    The TESCOM high pressure natural

gas engine fuel regulator, P/N 20—1032—2915,     is designed for instal;ation on

1993 and older model—year passenéer cars,     light—duty trucks, medium—duty

vehicles and heavy—duty engines operating on compressed natural gas and

utilizing an Impco conversion system.

       Based on an engineering evaluation of the TESCOM high pressure natural

gas engine fuel regulator, P/N 20—1032—2915, the staff concludes that the

TESCOM high pressure natural gas engine fuel requlator, P/N 20—1032—2915, wili

not adversely affect exhaust emissions from vehicies for which an exemption is

requested.

       The staff recommends that American Gas Equipment, Inc. be granted an

exemption as requested and that Executive Order D—315 be issued.


                               TABLE OF CONTENTS




                                                   Page Number




SUMMARY

CONTENTS                                                i1

I.        INTRODUCTION

II.       CONCLUSION

III.   RECOMMENDATION

Iv.    DEVICE DESCRIPTION

v.     EVALUATION AND DISCUSSION




                                     i1


EVALUATION OF AMERICAN GAS EQUIPMENT, INC.‘S NATURAL GAS ENGINE FUEL REGULATOR
                   FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE PROHIBITIONS OF VEHICLE
       CODE SECTION 27156 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2222, TITLE 13, OF THE
                         CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
I.       INTRODUCTION
        American Gas Equipment, Inc. of 1111 Green Island Road, American Canyon,

California 94589 has applied for an exemption from the prohibitions in Section

27156 of the California Vehicle Code for the TESCOM high pressure natural gas

engine fuel regulator, P/N 20—1032—2915.    The TESCOM high pressure natural gas

engine fuel regulator, P/N 20—1032—2915, is designed for installation on 1993

and older model—year passenger cars, light—duty trucks, medium—duty vehicles

and heavy—duty engines oberating on compressed natural gas and utilizing an

Impco conversion system.

        American Gas Equipment, Inc. has submitted a sample and specifications

of the device for evaluation.



II.     CONCLUSTON
        Based on an engineering evaluation of the TESCOM high pressure natural

gas engine fuel.regu1ator, P/N 20—1032—2915, the staff concludes that the

TESCOM high pressure natural gas engine fuel regulator, P/N 20—1032—2915, will

not adversely affect exhaust emissions from véhic]es for which an exemption is
requested.


III.    RECOMMENDATION
        The staff recommends that American Gas Equipment, Inc. be granted an

exemption for the TESCOM high pressure natural gas engine fuel regulator, P/N

20—1032—2915, for 1993 and older model—year passenger cars, light—duty trucks,

medium—duty vehicles and heavy—duty engines operating on compressed natural gas

and utilizing an Impco conversion system.   The staff also recommends that

Executive Order D—315 be issued.


IV.     DEVICE DESCRIPTION
        The TESCOM high pressure natural gas engine fuel regulator, P/N 20—1032—

2915, is designed for installation on 1993 and older model—year passenger cars,

light—duty trucks, medium—duty vehicles and heavy—duty engines operating on

compressed natural gas (CNG) and utilizing an Impco conversion system.     As with

the Impco high pressure regulator, the function of the TESCOM high pressure

natural gas engine fue? regulator is to reduce the CNG tank pressure to 100

psi.   The 100 psi outlet pressure is required by the Impco brand second stage

regulator.   The functional difference between the two regulators is the
TESCOM‘s ability to operate with a maximum tank pressure of 3600 psi compared
to 3000 psi of the Impco system.     .

        The regulator operates in conjunction with the OEM computer controlled

electronic port fuel injection or carburetor, and emission control systems

already certified with the stock engine.   The tune—up specifications also

remain the same.



V.      EVALUATION AND DISCUSSTON

        An engineering evaluation was conducted to evaluate the impact of the

TESCOM high pressure natural gas engine fuel regulator on emissions.     The

TESCOM high pressure natural gas engine fuel regulator functions the same as

the Impco regulator it replaces.    It reduces the pressure from 3600 psi to 100

psi.   American Gas Equipment claims the only difference between the two

regulators fs the Tescom‘s ability to withstand an increased maximum tank

pressure.


       Therefore, since the device functions the same as the Impco‘s high
bressure regd]ator, the staff concludes that the installation of the TESCOM

high pressure natural gas engine fuel regulator, P/N 20—1032—2915, will not

have an adverse effect on exhaust emissions of 1993 and older model—year

passenger cars, lTight—duty trucks, medium—duty vehicles and heavy—duty engines

operating on compressed natural gas and utilizing an Impco conversion system.

American Gas Equipment, Inc. submitted all the required information and

fulfilled the requirements for exemption.



Document Created: 2005-09-01 12:43:18
Document Modified: 2005-09-01 12:43:18

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