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Off-Road Small Spark-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations

Version of section 17.4 from 2021-06-04 to 2024-11-26:

  •  (1) Subject to subsection (6), an engine of the 2019 and later model years with a complete fuel system — other than an engine and its complete fuel system that are covered by EPA certificates or an engine set out in section 13 — shall bear a label that sets out

    • (a) the statement “THIS ENGINE AND THE COMPLETE FUEL SYSTEM CONFORM TO ALL APPLICABLE CANADIAN STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY THE OFF-ROAD SMALL SPARK-IGNITION ENGINE EMISSION REGULATIONS IN EFFECT FOR MODEL YEAR [MODEL YEAR] / CE MOTEUR ET LE SYSTÈME COMPLET D’ALIMENTATION EN CARBURANT SONT CONFORMES À TOUTES LES NORMES CANADIENNES QUI LUI SONT APPLICABLES EN VERTU DU RÈGLEMENT SUR LES ÉMISSIONS DES PETITS MOTEURS HORS ROUTE À ALLUMAGE COMMANDÉ EN VIGUEUR POUR L’ANNÉE DE MODÈLE [ANNÉE DE MODÈLE]”;

    • (b) the month and year of manufacture of the engine, unless this information is permanently identified elsewhere on the engine;

    • (c) the useful life of the engine;

    • (d) an identification of the emission control system, as specified in paragraph 45(f) of subpart A of CFR 1068;

    • (e) the name and trademark of the engine manufacturer or, if provided in the evidence of conformity, the name and trademark of a business entity with which the manufacturer has a contractual agreement;

    • (f) the applicable emission family in respect of exhaust emissions;

    • (g) the total engine displacement, unless all the engines in the emission family have the same total displacement and per-cylinder displacement;

    • (h) the name of the company that installed the complete fuel system; and

    • (i) the applicable emission family or families in respect of evaporative emissions.

  • (2) The information required under paragraph (1)(d) may be omitted from the label if there is insufficient space for it and if it is in the emissions-related maintenance instructions instead.

  • (3) An engine — other than an engine referred to in subsection (1), an engine covered by an EPA certificate or an engine set out in section 13 — shall bear a label that sets out

    • (a) the statement “THIS ENGINE CONFORMS TO ALL APPLICABLE CANADIAN STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY THE OFF-ROAD SMALL SPARK-IGNITION ENGINE EMISSION REGULATIONS IN EFFECT FOR MODEL YEAR [MODEL YEAR] / CE MOTEUR EST CONFORME À TOUTES LES NORMES CANADIENNES QUI LUI SONT APPLICABLES EN VERTU DU RÈGLEMENT SUR LES ÉMISSIONS DES PETITS MOTEURS HORS ROUTE À ALLUMAGE COMMANDÉ EN VIGUEUR POUR L’ANNÉE DE MODÈLE [ANNÉE DE MODÈLE]”; and

    • (b) the information set out in paragraphs (1)(b) to (g).

  • (4) Subject to subsection (6), an engine that bears the label set out in subsection (3) or referred to in paragraph 16(d) and becomes subject to the evaporative emission standards by the addition of a complete fuel system in Canada, shall bear a label

    • (a) placed immediately next to the label set out in subsection (3) or referred to in paragraph 16(d) that contains the information set out in paragraphs (1)(a), (h) and (i); or

    • (b) that contains the information set out in subsection (1).

  • (5) Paragraphs (1)(a) and (h) and (3)(a) do not apply when a national emissions mark is affixed to the engine or the machine in which that engine is installed.

  • (6) In the case of an engine with a complete fuel system referred to in subsection (1) or (4) that is installed in a machine, a label that is referred to in those subsections and that meets the requirements of subsection 17.2(4) may be affixed on that machine instead of on the engine.

  • SOR/2017-196, s. 19
  • SOR/2020-258, s. 67

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