[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR610.16]

[Page 936-937]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 610--FUEL ECONOMY RETROFIT DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 610.16  Applicant's responsibilities.

    Each applicant for evaluation under Sec. 610.12(c) will be 
responsible for the following:

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    (a) Submission of an application, in the format specified by the 
Administrator, prior to initiation of the evaluation. A separate 
application shall be made for each different device. The application 
shall be made to the Administrator (or his delegate) by the manufacturer 
and shall be updated and corrected by amendment if deemed necessary by 
EPA.
    (b) The application shall be in writing, signed by an authorized 
representative of the manufacturer, and shall include the following:
    (1) Identification and description of the device covered by the 
application, including drawings, schematics and information on the 
theory of operation.
    (2) Vehicles or engines to which the device is applicable and a 
description of the types of vehicles or engines to which it is not 
applicable, e.g., would not provide a benefit, a benefit less than 
claimed for the device in general, or would result in a safety hazard or 
damage to the engine. If the reason for inapplicability is safety or 
damage related, this must be explained as required by paragraph (b)(7) 
of this section.
    (3) Installation or usage instructions, including degree of 
knowledge required by persons making the installation and the tools and 
equipment required.
    (4) A statement of recommended maintenance, degree of knowledge 
required for that maintenance, and the tools and equipment required to 
perform the maintenance.
    (5) All data regarding exhaust emissions regulated by EPA under 
Sec. 202 of the Clean Air Act and fuel economy test data on the device 
or product available to the applicant.
    (6) All information available to the applicant concerning whether 
the device in its operation, function, or malfunction may cause an 
automobile using that device to emit into the ambient air any substance 
other than pollutants regulated by EPA under section 202 of the Clean 
Air Act (i.e., hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and oxides of nitrogen), 
or natural gaseous atmospheric constituents (such as carbon dioxide, or 
water vapor) in a quantity differing from that emitted in the operation 
of the automobile without the device.
    (7) All information available to the applicant concerning whether 
and under what conditions the device in its operation, function or 
malfunction may result in damage to an automobile or endanger its 
occupants or persons or property in close proximity to the automobile.
    (c) Shipment to the EPA's Motor Vehicle Emission Laboratory, or 
other test site designated by the Administrator, of the devices being 
evaluated in the quantity specified by the Administrator.
    (d) Complete copies of the application and of any amendments thereto 
shall be submitted in such multiple copies as the Administrator may 
require.