Public Landscaper Workgroup Meeting on Small Off-Road Engines
Learn about new rules and incentives to help
purchase electric landscape
The California Air Resources Board (CARB)
invites professional landscapers to participate in a workgroup to discuss
recent updates to the small off-road
engine regulations that will affect new engines used in landscape
equipment. The workgroup will also discuss incentives for electric landscape
equipment to assist landscapers with the transition to zero-emission equipment.
Professional landscapers are encouraged
to join the
workgroup and participate in its quarterly virtual meetings. The first virtual
meeting of the landscaper workgroup will be at the date and time below:
Date:
March 23, 2023
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM Pacific
Daylight Time
Location: Virtual meeting through Zoom
Background
Small off-road engines (SORE) are spark-ignition engines with
rated power at or below 19 kilowatts (25.5 horsepower) used in non-stationary
equipment. Emissions from SORE have decreased by 50 percent since 2000 due to
SORE regulations and increasing adoption of zero-emission equipment (ZEE).
Further reductions of SORE emissions are needed despite this progress. CARB has
adopted amendments to the SORE regulations that will transition SORE equipment
to ZEE as soon as possible to achieve additional emission reductions.
You
may view all rulemaking documents on the SORE rulemaking
page. The SORE regulations include emission standards of zero for
most new engines starting with model year 2024. The SORE regulations do not
prohibit the use of existing CARB-certified equipment.
New
engines smaller than 175 horsepower used in construction equipment or vehicles
or farm equipment or vehicles are preempted from CARB’s emission standards and
only subject to emission standards from the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (U.S. EPA). A list of equipment exempt from the SORE regulations under
this preemption can be found on CARB's website.