Approval Details

Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on October 20, 1993.
As of Friday, October 11th, 2024 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

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

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-337
  • Executive Order 337 / D337
  • ARB # D-337
  • Executive Order No: D-337
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-337
  • Resolution D-337
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Download: Executive Order D-337 PDF

D-337 Document:


CARB_D-337

                                                              (Page 1 of 2)

                                   State of California
                                   AIR RESOURCES BOARD


                                  EXECUTIVE ORDER D—337
                      Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156
                                 of the Vehicle Code

                         ECOLOGY PURE AIR INTERNATIONAL,      INC.
                                     CEM CATALYST

WHEREAS,   Vehicle Code Section 27156 and Title 13 California 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 prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156.

WHEREAS, Ecology Pure Air International, Inc. of 100 Mill Plain Road,
Danbury, Connecticut 06811, has applied to the ARB for exemption from the
prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156 for the CEM Catalyst.

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 ARB
finds:                                         ‘

     1.    The CEM Catalyst 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 CEM Catalyst is intended for use with a required pollution
           control .system.                               '

     4.    The CEM Catalyst by being installed on the fuel line alters the
           original design of a‘ motor vehicle pollution control system.

     5.    The CEM Catalyst 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 CEM Catalyst 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 CEM Catalyst will provide either a decrease in
            emission or an increase in fuel economy.

     8.    It has not been determined what effect use of the CEM Catalyst
           may have on any warranty, either expressed or implied, by the
            manufacturer of a motor vehicle on which the device is installed.

     9.     The CEM Catalyst 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 Ecology Pure Air
               International,   Inc.   for the CEM Catalyst does not recommend or
            endorse in any way the CEM Catalyst for emissions reduction,        fuel
            economy, or any other purpose.


ECOLOGY PURE AIR INTERNATIONAL, INcC.                        EXECUTIVE ORDER D—337
CBM CATALYST                                                 (Page 2 of 2)



IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the CEM Catalyst is exempt from the prohibitions
of Vehicle Code Section 27156 for installation on 1993 and older model—year
gasoline and diesel powered vehicles subject to the following conditions:

    Q1.    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.

     2.    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.

     3.   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 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.

     4.   Any oral or written references to this Executive Order or its
          content by the Ecology Pure Air International, 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
           CEM Catalyst and is only a finding that the device is exempt from
           the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156.

     5.   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.

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.                /2/

Executed at El Monte,   California,   this 2;{9         day of October,   1993.




                                      R. B. Summerfi
                                      Assistant Divigion CWfief
                                      Mobile Source Division



Document Created: 2005-09-01 12:45:29
Document Modified: 2005-09-01 12:45:29

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