On-Road Vehicle and Engine Emission Regulations

32.2 (1) Subject to subsection (2), any motorcycle that does not conform to the applicable HC+NO_x emission standard or fuel tank permeation emission standard set out in the section of the CFR that is referred to in paragraph 17(a) shall conform, as the case may be, to:

• (a) the applicable family emission limit for HC+NO_x emissions; or

• (b) the family emission limit for fuel tank permeation emissions.

(2) In any model year, the HC+NO_x family emission limit applicable to a motorcycle shall not exceed the applicable family emission limit cap set out in section 449, subpart E, of the CFR.

(3) In any model year, a company’s subfleet may include motorcycles that conform to a family emission limit that is greater than the applicable HC+NO_x emission standard set out in the section of the CFR that is referred to in paragraph 17(a) or subsection 17.1(2) or the fuel tank permeation emission standard set out in that section if

• (a) each motorcycle of a subfleet is covered by an EPA certificate, each motorcycle conforms to the family emission limit referred to in the EPA certificate and belongs to an engine family of which the total number of units sold in Canada does not exceed the total number of units sold in the United States; or

• (b) in respect of a subfleet that contains motorcycles that do not meet all of the criteria set out in paragraph (a), the average HC+NO_x value or the average fuel tank permeation value, as the case may be, does not exceed the applicable HC+NO_x emission standard set out in the section of the CFR that is referred to in paragraph 17(a) or subsection 17.1(2) or the fuel tank permeation emission standard set out in that section, in respect of

  • (i) the subfleet, or

  • (ii) the group of motorcycles within the subfleet that do not meet all of the criteria set out in paragraph (a).