2007 California Health and Safety Code Article 2. Fuel System Evaporative Loss Control Devices

CA Codes (hsc:43820-43824)

43820.  The state board shall adopt, by regulation, criteria for the
certification of fuel system evaporative loss control devices for
installation on motor vehicles not equipped with such a device when
first sold.  Such criteria shall include, but not be limited to,
requirements that the device:
   (a) Shall not allow fuel system evaporative loss greater than six
grams of hydrocarbons per test.
   (b) Shall equal or exceed the performance criteria established by
the state board for such new devices required on new motor vehicles
or, in the alternative, shall have an expected useful life of at
least 50,000 miles of operation.


43821.  In adopting criteria for the certification of fuel system
evaporative loss control devices, the state board shall take into
consideration the cost of the device and its installation, its
durability, the ease and facility of determining whether the device,
when installed on a motor vehicle, is properly functioning, and any
other factors which, in the opinion of the state board, render such a
device suitable or unsuitable for the control of motor vehicle air
pollution or for the health, safety, and welfare of the public.



43823.  The installation of a certified fuel system evaporative loss
control device on used motor vehicles shall not be mandated except
by statute.


43824.  The state board may adopt, by regulation, standards and test
procedures for the certification of fuel system evaporative loss
control devices on new motor vehicles in the absence of any such
federal regulations.
   In such case, no new motor vehicle may be sold and registered in
this state unless it conforms to such regulations adopted by the
state board.