[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 16]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR86.000-24]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 86--CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NEW AND IN-USE HIGHWAY VEHICLES AND ENGINES--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart A--General Provisions for Emission Regulations for 1977 and 
 
Sec. 86.000-24   Test vehicles and engines.

    Section 86.000-24 includes text that specifies requirements that 
differ from Sec. 86.096-24 or Sec. 86.098-24. Where a paragraph in 
Sec. 86.096-24 or Sec. 86.098-24 is identical and applicable to 
Sec. 86.000-24, this may be indicated by specifying the corresponding 
paragraph and the statement ``[Reserved]. For guidance see Sec. 86.096-
24.'' or ``[Reserved]. For guidance see Sec. 86.098-24.''
    (a) introductory text through (a)(4) [Reserved]. For guidance see 
Sec. 86.096-24.
    (a)(5) through (a)(7) [Reserved]. For guidance see Sec. 86.098-24.
    (a)(8) through (b)(1) introductory text [Reserved]. For guidance see 
Sec. 86.096-24.
    (b)(1)(i) Vehicles are chosen to be operated and tested for emission 
data based upon engine family groupings. Within each engine family, one 
test vehicle is selected. If air conditioning is projected to be 
available on any vehicles within the engine family, the Administrator 
will limit selections to engine codes which have air conditioning 
available and will require that any vehicle selected under this section 
has air conditioning installed and operational. The Administrator 
selects as the test vehicle the vehicle with the heaviest equivalent 
test weight (including options) within the family which meets the air 
conditioning eligibility requirement discussed earlier in this section. 
If more than one vehicle meets this criterion, then within that vehicle 
grouping, the Administrator selects, in the order listed, the highest 
road-load power, largest displacement, the transmission with the highest 
numerical final gear ratio (including overdrive), the highest numerical 
axle ratio offered in that engine family, and the maximum fuel flow 
calibration.
    (ii) The Administrator selects one additional test vehicle from 
within each engine family. The additional vehicle selected is the 
vehicle expected to exhibit the highest emissions of those vehicles 
remaining in the engine family. The selected vehicle will include an air 
conditioning engine code unless the Administrator chooses a worst 
vehicle configuration that is not available with air conditioning. If 
all vehicles within the engine family are similar, the Administrator may 
waive the requirements of this paragraph.
    (b)(1)(iii) through (b)(1)(vi) [Reserved]. For guidance see 
Sec. 86.096-24.
    (b)(1)(vii)(A) through (b)(1)(viii)(A) [Reserved]. For guidance see 
Sec. 86.098-24.
    (b)(1)(viii)(B) through (e)(2) [Reserved]. For guidance see 
Sec. 86.096-24.
    (f) [Reserved]. For guidance see Sec. 86.098-24.
    (g)(1) through (g)(2) [Reserved]. For guidance see Sec. 86.096-24.
    (g)(3) Except for air conditioning, where it is expected that 33 
percent or less of a carline, within an engine-system combination, will 
be equipped with an item (whether that item is standard equipment or an 
option) that can reasonably be expected to influence emissions, that 
item may not be installed on any emission data vehicle or durability 
data vehicle of that carline within that engine-system combination, 
unless that item is standard equipment on that vehicle or specifically 
required by the Administrator.
    (4) Air conditioning must be installed and operational on any 
emission data vehicle of any vehicle configuration that is projected to 
be available with air conditioning regardless of the rate

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of installation of air conditioning within the carline. Section 86.096-
24(g) (1) and (2) and paragraph (g)(3) of this section will be used to 
determine whether the weight of the air conditioner will be included in 
equivalent test weight calculations for emission testing.
    (h) [Reserved]. For guidance see Sec. 86.096-24.

[61 FR 54882, Oct. 22, 1996]