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Off-Road Small Spark-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations

Version of section 12.8 from 2021-06-04 to 2024-03-06:

  •  (1) Bicycle engines of the 2019 and later model years shall conform to the following standards:

    • (a) subject to subsection (1.1), in the case of a bicycle engine with a complete fuel system,

      • (i) the exhaust emission standards for HC + NOx and CO set out in paragraphs 105(a)(1) and 105(b) set out in subpart B of CFR 1051, and

      • (ii) the permeation emission standards set out in paragraph 110(a) and (b) of that subpart; and

    • (b) in any other case, the standards set out in subparagraph (a)(i).

  • (1.1) If a bicycle has a dry weight of less than 20 kg when a bicycle engine with a complete fuel system is installed on it, the bicycle engine may, instead of conforming to the standards referred to in paragraph (1)(a), conform to

    • (a) the exhaust emission standards referred to in paragraph 12.5(1)(b) for an engine that is designed to be used in a handheld machine; and

    • (b) the evaporative emission standards referred to in subparagraph 12.7(1)(b)(iv) for an engine that is designed to be used in a handheld machine.

  • (2) Despite paragraph (1)(a), a bicycle engine that has a total engine displacement of 70 cm3 or less may, instead of conforming to the exhaust emission standards referred to in paragraph (1)(a), conform to the exhaust emission standards set out in paragraph 615(b) of subpart G of CFR 1051.

  • (3) The standards referred to in subsections (1) and (2) apply for the useful life set out in paragraph 105(c) of subpart B of CFR 1051 as if a bicycle were an off-highway motorcycle referred to in that paragraph.

  • SOR/2017-196, s. 12
  • SOR/2020-258, s. 63

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