State of California
AIR RESOURCES BOARD
EXECUTIVE ORDER D-478
Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156
of the Vehicle Code
COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS CORP.
YELLOWJACKET/DirectHits IGNITION AMPLIFIER
WHEREAS,
Vehicle Code Section 27156 and 38391, and Title 13, California Code
of Regulations (herafter CCR) Section 222, authorize the California
Air Resources Board (ARB) and its Executive Officer to exempt add-on
and modified aftermarket devices from the prohibitions of Vehicle Code
Section 27156.
WHEREAS,
Combustion Technology Products Corp. of 8280 Bob O'Link Dr., West Palm
Beach, Florida, 33412, has applied to the ARB for exemption from the
prohibitions in Vehicle Code Section 27156 and 38391 for their Yellowjacket
and DirectHits ignition amplifier for installation
on 1995 and older model year vehicles.
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the authority vested in the Executive Officer by Health
and Safety Code Section 39516 and Executive Order G-45-9, the ARB finds
that the above ignition amplifier complies with the California Vehicle
Code Section 27156 and Titke 13, California Code of Regulations. Exemption
of the Yellowjacket and DirectHits ignition
amplifier is based on the following compliance criteria:
    1.
The Yellowjacket and DirectHits has provision
for all emission controls or provide for their equivalent in the production
system.
    2.
Emissions related specifications and/or adjustments including basic
timing, idle air/fuel ratio, and RPM settings, choke settings, etc.,
are not altered.
IT
IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the above ignition amplifier is exempt from
the prohibitions in Vehicle Code Section 27156 for installation on the
model-year vehicles stated above subject to the following conditions:
    1.
No changes are permitted to the Yellowjacket or DirectHits
ignition amplifier as described in the application for exemption. Any
changes to the ignition amplifier, the installation instructions, or
any of its components, and other factors addressed in this order must
be evaluated and approved by the ARB prior to marketing in California.
    2.
Marketing of the Yellowjacket or DirectHits
ignition amplifier using identification other than those shown
on this Executive Order or marketing of the Yellowjacket
or DirectHits for application other than the one
listed in this Executive Order shall be prohibited unless prior approval
is obtained from the ARB. Exemption of this product shall not be construed
as an exemption to sell, offer for sale, or advertise any component
of the Yellowjacket or DirectHits ignition
amplifier as individual devices.
    3.
With installation of the Yellowjacket or DirectHits
ignition amplifier, the ignition timing of the vehicle must not
under any condition exceed that of the original production system by
more than +4 crankshaft degrees.
    4.
Any oral or written reference to this Executive Order or its content
by Combustion Technology Products Corp., its principals, agents, employees,
distributors, dealers, or other representatives must include the disclaimer
that the Executive Order or the exemption it provides is not an endorsement
or approval of any emissions reduction claims for the ignition amplifier
and is only a finding that the ignition amplifier is exempt from the
prohibitions of Vehicle Code Section 27156.
THIS
EXECUTIVE ORDER DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A CERTIFICATION, ACCREDITATION,
APPROVAL, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF ENDORSEMENT BY THE AIR RESOURCES BOARD
OF ANY CLAIMS OF THE APPLICANT CONCERNING ANTI-POLLUTION BENEFITS OR
ANY ALLEGED BENEFITS OF COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS CORP'S. YELLOWJACKET
OR DirectHits IGNITION AMPLIFIER
No
claim of any kind, such as Approved by the Air Resources Board
may be made with respect to the action taken herein in any advertising
or other oral or written communication.
Violation
of any of the above conditions shall be grounds for revocation of this
order. The order may be revoked only after ten day written notice of
intention to revoke the order, in which period the holder of the order
may request in writing a hearing to contest the proposed revocation.
If a hearing is requested, it shall be held within ten days of receipt
of the request and the order may not be revoked until a determination
after the hearing that grounds for revocation exist.
Executive
Order D-398-1, dated December 17, 1997, is superseded and of no further
force and effect.
Executed
at El Monte, California, this 25thday of March 1999.
R.B. Summerfield, Chief
Mobile Source Operations Division