Approval Details

Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on December 15, 1993.
As of Monday, January 20th, 2025 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-339
  • Executive Order 339 / D339
  • ARB # D-339
  • Executive Order No: D-339
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-339
  • Resolution D-339
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Download: Executive Order D-339 PDF

D-339 Document:

CARB_D-339

(Page 1 of 3) State of California AIR RESOURCES BOARD EXECUTIVE ORDER D~339 Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code. AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC. CLEAN AIR PAC/THE FORCE/CAR CURE WHEREAS, Vehicle Code Section 27156 and Title 13 California Code of Regulations (hereafter "CCR") Section 2222(e), authorize the California Air Regsources Board (ARB) and its Executive Officer to exempt add—on and modified parts from the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156. WHEREAS, American Tedfinologies Group, Inc. has applied to the ARB for exemption from the prohibitions of Vehicle COde "Section 27156 for the Clean Air Pac/The Force/Car Cure. . 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 Clean Air Pac/The Force/Car Cure is an add—on device that is placed in the air filter in a motor vehicle. 2. The air filter is part of the required motor vehicle pollution control system. | 3. The Clean Air Pac/The Force/Car Cure is intended for use with a required pollution control system. 4. The Clean Air Pac/The Force/Car Cure by being placed in the air filter alters the original design of a motor vehicle pollution control system. 5. The Clean Air Pac/The Force/Car Cure 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 Clean Air Pac/The Force/Car Cure 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 Clean Air Pac/The Force/Car Cure will provide either a decrease in emission or an increase in fuel economy. 8. It has not been determined what effect use of the Clean Air Pac/ The Force/Car Cure may have on any warranty, either expressed or implied, by the manufacturer of a motor vehicle on which the device is placed. > 9. The Clean Air Pac/The Force/Car Cure is not a certified motor vehicle pollution control device purluant to Health and Safety Code Section 43644.

AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC. BXECUTIVE ORDER D-339 CLEAN AIR PAC/THE FORCE/CAR CURE (Page 2 of 3) 10. The ARB by granting an exemption to American Technologies Group, Inc. for the Clean Air Pac/The Force/Car Cure does not recommend or endorse in any way the Clean Air Pac, The Force and Car Cure for emissions reduction, fuel economy, or any other purpose. IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Clean Air Pac/The Force/Car Cure 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: 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 transgsfer 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 American Technologies Group, 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 Clean Air Pac/ The Force/Car Cure 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 hearlng that grounds for revocation exist.

AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC. EXECUTIVE ORDER D—339 Clean Air Pac/The Force/Car Cure . (Page 3 of 3) . L e Executed at El Monte, California, this AS— day of December, 1993. R. B‘fSummerfiel Assistant Division Chief Mobile Source Division


Document Created: 2005-09-01 12:40:41
Document Modified: 2005-09-01 12:40:41

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