Approval Details

Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on June 29, 1994.
As of Monday, January 20th, 2025 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

Models
1994 and older model-year gasoline, diesel and propane powered vehicles.

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-363
  • Executive Order 363 / D363
  • ARB # D-363
  • Executive Order No: D-363
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-363
  • Resolution D-363
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Download: Executive Order D-363 PDF

D-363 Document:

CARB_D-363

(Page 1 of 3) ~State of California AIR RESOURCES BOARD EXECUTIVE ORDER D~363 Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code sOPHTEC INTERNATIONAL sOPHTEC WATER/FLUID CONPDITIONER MODEL C—250 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, SoPhTec International of 930 West l6th Street, Building E—2, Costa Mesa, California 92627, has applied to the ARB for exemption from the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156 for the SoPhTec Water/Fluid Conditioner, Model C—250. 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—S5, the Air Resources Board finds: 1. The SoPhTec Water/Fluid Conditioner, Model C—250 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 SoPhTec Water/Fluid Conditioner, Model C—250 is intended for use with a required pollution control system. 4. The SoPhTec Water/Fluid Conditioner, Model C—250 by being installed on the fuel line alters the original design of a motor vehicle pollution control system. 5. The SoPhTec Water/Fluid Conditioner, Model C—250 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 SoPhTec Water/Fluid Conditioner, Model C—250 does not reduce the efféctiveness 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 SoPhTec Water/Fluid Conditioner, Model C—250 will proéide either a decrease in emission or an increase in fuel economy. 8. It has not been determined what effect use of the SoPhTec ‘\ Water/Fluid Conditioner, Model C—250 may have on any warranty, either expressed or implied, by the manufacturer of a motor vehicle on which the device is installed. 9. The SoPhTec Water/Fluid Conditioner, Model C—250 is not a certified motor vehicle pollution control device pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 43644.

sOoPHTEC INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE ORDER D—363 sOPHTEC WATER/FLUID_CONDITIONER, MODEL C—250 Page 2 of 3) 10. The ARB by granting an exemption to SoPhTec International for the ' SsoPhTec Water/Fluid Conditioner, Model C—250 does not recommend or endorse in any way the SoPhTec Water/Fluid Conditioner, Model C— 250 forv—emissions reduction, fuel economy, or any other purpose. IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the SoPhTec Water/Fluid Conditioner, Model C—250 is exempt from the prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156 for installation on 1994 and older model—year gasoline, diesel and propane 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 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 SoPhTec International 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 SoPhTec Water/Fluid Conditioner, Model C—250 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.

soPHTEC INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE ORDER D—363 sOPHTEC WATER/FLUID CONDITIONER, MODEL C—250 (Page 3 of 3) Executed at El Monte, California, this day of June, 1994. R. 5. Summerfield Assistant Division Chief «> Mobile Source Division


Document Created: 2005-09-01 12:41:47
Document Modified: 2005-09-01 12:41:47

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