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Portable Fuel Container Regulation

Portable Fuel Container Regulation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board, State of California ACTION: Rule Adoption

SUMMARY:   This  action  by  the  Air  Resources  Board  amends  existing  certification  and  test
procedures for controlling emissions from portable fuel containers (PFC), including the following
documents incorporated by reference: Certification Procedure for Portable Fuel Container Systems
(CP?501), Test Procedure for Determining Integrity of Portable Fuel Container Systems (TP?501),
and  Test  Procedure  for  Determining  Diurnal  Emissions  for  Portable  F uel  Container  Systems
(TP?502). This action also adopts recording and reporting requirements for PFC manufacturers.

Effective Date: 1 April 2017

No.       7-Z,    California    Regulatory    Notice    Register                    17    February          2017       (page       220):

https://www.oal.ca.gov/files/2017/02/7z -2017.pdf

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/USA/17_1174_00_e.pdf

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

  1. speed limitation devices,
  2. land departure warning system,
  3. external projections,
  4. dynamic braking,
  5. daytime running lamp,
  6. forward external projections,
  7. advanced emergency braking system,
  8. anti-lock braking system, and
  9. driving vision assistant system.

Please refer to the attached document for their respective applicable scopes.

  1. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:

To enhance safety of vehicles and consumer protection

  1. Relevant documents: Vehicle Safety Testing Directions, UNECE R138, R134, R128, R70,

R121, R89, R130, R26, R13, R87, R61, R131

  1. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: Different by items, please refer to the attached file.

  1. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification
  2. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax

numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

TPKM-WTO/TBT Enquiry Point

The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection,

Ministry of Economic Affairs

4 Chinan Road, Section 1

Taipei, 100, Taiwan

Tel.: (+886 2) 2343 1813

Fax: (+886 2) 2343 1804

E-mail: tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/TPKM/17_1826_00_e.pdf

G/TBT/N/MEX/279

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7.            Objective   and   rationale,   including   the   nature   of   urgent   problems   where

applicable: The notified text establishes the maximum permissible limits for emissions of

ammonia (NH3), hydrocarbons (HC), non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC), non-methane

hydrocarbons plus nitrogen oxides (NMHC+NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides

(NOx) and particles (Part) from the exhaust pipes of new diesel engines to be used for the

propulsion of motor vehicles of a gross vehicle weight exceeding 3,857 kg and from the

exhaust  pipes  of  new  motor  vehicles  of  a  gross  vehicle  weight  exceeding 3,857  kg

equipped with this type of engine.
8.            Relevant documents:

           Norma   Mexicana   NMX-AA-23-1986,   Protección   al   Ambiente                  –   Contaminación

Atmosférica.   Terminología (Mexican  Standard  NMX-AA-23-1986,  Environmental

protection –  Atmospherical  pollution.  Terminology).  Notice  of  entry  into  force

published in the Official Journal on 15 July 1986.

           NOM-086-SEMARNAT-SENER-SCFI-2005, Especificaciones de los combustibles fósiles

para   la   protección   ambiental (Mexican  Official  Standard  NOM-086-SEMARNAT-

SENER-SCFI-2005, Fossil fuel specifications for environmental protection).
9.            Proposed date of adoption: –

Proposed date of entry into force: The notified Mexican Official Standard will enter into

force after being published as a final standard in the Official Journal (Diario Oficial de la

Federación). More specifically, it will enter into force on the day following that on which the

General Directorate of Standards of the Ministry of the Economy issues a notice confirming

the existence of the infrastructure required for its implementation.
10.          Final date for comments: 17 February 2015
11.          Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax

numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

Secretaría de Economía

Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad

Dirección General de Normas

Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43217

Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715

Website: http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/?P=144

Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx

Diario    Oficial    de    la    Federación                (Official   Journal)   of             17   December          2014:

http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5376263&fecha=17/12/2014

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/TBT/MEX/15_0393_00_s.pdf

NOTIFICATION

Addendum

The following communication, dated 21 February 2017, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Mexico.

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NOTICE  of  the  authorization,  by  the Directorate-General for Air Quality Management and the Pollutant  Release  and  Transfer  Register,  under  the  Ministry  of  the  Environment  and  Natural Resources, of two alternative test methods for use in the context of Mexican Official Standards NOM-044-SEMARNAT-2006 and NOM-076-SEMARNAT-2012.

Any comments should be addressed to:

Secretaría de Economía

Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad Dirección General de Normas

Tel.:               (+52) 55 5729-9100, Ext. 43244

Fax:               (+52) 55 5520-9715

Email:           normasomc@economia.gob.mx and sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx

Website:

http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad-negocios/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas

Text available online at:

http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5472289&fecha=17/02/2017

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

1.             Notifying Member: THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN

AND MATSU

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):
2.             Agency responsible:

Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC)

No. 50, Sec. 1, Ren-ai Rd., Jhongjheng District

Taipei City 100, Taiwan

Tel.: (+8862) 23492162

Fax: (+8862) 23899887

E-mail: hsinhung@motc.gov.tw

Name  and  address  (including  telephone  and  fax  numbers,  email  and  website

addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments

regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
3.             Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:
4.             Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.

ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Tractors (other than

tractors of heading 87.09). (HS 8701), Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more

persons, including the driver. (HS 8702), Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally

designed  for  the  transport  of  persons (other than those of heading 87.02), including

station wagons and racing cars. (HS 8703), Motor vehicles for the transport of goods.

(HS 8704), Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the

transport of persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries (wreckers), crane lorries

(mobile  cranes),  fire  fighting  vehicles,  concrete  mixer  lorries (concrete-mixers),  road

sweeper lorries (road sweepers), spraying lorries (spraying vehicles), mobile workshops,

mobile radiological units). (HS 8705), Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted

with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars. (HS 8711).
5.             Title,  number  of  pages  and  language(s)  of the notified document: Public Notice

under the Vehicle Safety Testing Directions (18 pages in both Chinese and English)
  1. Description of content: The Ministry of Transportation and Communications intends to

revise Vehicle Safety Testing Directions by adding the following 14 items to the current

Directions to ensure safety of vehicles. Most of the requirements are harmonized with

UNECE Regulations.

  1. quiet road transport system,
  2. compressed hydrogen storage system for hydrogen fuelled vehicles,
  3. LED,
  4. rear marking plates for heavy and long vehicles,
  5. location and identification of hand controls, tell-tales and indicators,

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.

1.            Notifying Member: MEXICO

If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2.            Agency responsible: Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (Ministry of the

Environment and Natural Resources)

Name  and  address  (including  telephone  and  fax  numbers,  email  and  website

addresses,  if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments

regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:

Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales

(National   Advisory   Committee   on   Standardization   for   the   Environment  and  Natural

Resources)

Dirección General de Industria (Directorate-General of Industry)

Boulevard Adolfo Ruiz Cortines número 4209, 4o. piso Ala “B”

Fraccionamiento Jardines en la Montaña

Delegación Tlalpan

14210, México, D.F.

Email: dgi@semarnat.gob.mx
3.            Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:
4.            Products   covered            (HS   or   CCCN   where   applicable,   otherwise   national   tariff

heading.  ICS  numbers  may  be  provided  in  addition, where applicable): Vehicles

other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS 87)
5.            Title,  number  of  pages  and  language(s)  of  the  notified  document:  Proyecto  de

modificación a la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-044-SEMARNAT-2006, Que establece los

límites   máximos   permisibles  de  emisión  de  hidrocarburos  totales,  hidrocarburos  no

metano, monóxido de carbono, óxidos de nitrógeno y partículas provenientes del escape

de  motores  nuevos  que  usan  diesel  como  combustible  y  que  se  utilizarán  para  la

propulsión de vehículos automotores nuevos con peso bruto vehicular mayor de 3,857

kilogramos (Draft  Amendment  to  Mexican  Official  Standard  NOM-044-SEMARNAT-2006

establishing  the  maximum  permissible  limits for emissions of total hydrocarbons, non-

methane hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and particles from the exhaust

pipes of new diesel engines to be used for the propulsion of new motor vehicles of a gross

vehicle weight exceeding 3,857 kg) (27 pages, in Spanish)
6.            Description of content: This Mexican Official Standard is binding upon the manufacturers

and importers of new diesel engines to be used for the propulsion of motor vehicles of a

gross vehicle weight exceeding 3,857 kg and for motor vehicles of a gross vehicle weight

exceeding 3,857 kg equipped with this type of engine. This Mexican Official Standard does

not cover remanufactured engines.

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