Proposed Marine Spark-Ignition Engine...
January 3, 2007
3 January 2006
Proposed Marine Spark-Ignition Engine and Off-Road Recreational Vehicle Emission Regulations
The following notice is from the Transportation Division at Environment Canada. Members with an interest in commenting on the proposed Regulations are asked to send comments to the CSCB at [email protected] by 23 February 2007 so that these can be forwarded to Environment Canada.
I am pleased to inform you that the proposed Marine Spark-Ignition Engine and Off-Road Recreational Vehicle Emission Regulations were published in the Canada Gazette, Part I on December 30, 2006. This initiated a 60-day public consultation on the proposed Regulations.
The proposed Regulations would introduce new regulated standards to reduce smog-forming emissions from outboard motors, personal watercraft, off-road motorcycles, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and utility vehicles, in alignment with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's standards. The proposed Regulations, to be established under section 160 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999), would apply to engines and vehicles of the 2008 and later model years that are manufactured after the planned coming into force date of January 1, 2008. The proposed Regulations are available for review on the CEPA Environmental Registry at: http://www.ec.gc.ca/CEPARegistry/regulations/detailReg.cfm?intReg=109
Emission regulations for marine spark-ignition engines and off-road recreational vehicles are an important element of the Government's Clean Air Regulatory Agenda, as outlined in the "Notice of Intent to Develop and Implement Regulations and Other Measure to Reduce Air Emissions" (http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2006/20061021/html/notice-e.html#i3 ).
For additional information concerning the proposed Regulations, please contact Ms. Lianne Noseworthy at 819-994-8747 or [email protected].