Amendments to the Low-Emission Vehicle Program - LEV III

This page last reviewed March 3, 2010

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The staff of California Air Resources Board (ARB or "Board") is developing a proposal for Board's consideration later this year to amend California's Low-Emission Vehicle (LEV) regulations. The proposed amendments, to be known as LEV III, ask for more stringent emission standards for new passenger vehicles.

Informal Regulatory Development Documents for LEV III Amendments

March 2, 2010 - ARB hosted a public workshop to discuss amendments to California's Low Emission Vehicle regulations to passenger cars - LEV III:

Workshop Notice (PDF - 21K)
Preliminary Discussion Paper: Amendments to California's Low Emission Vehicle Regulations for Criteria Pollutants - LEV III (PDF -560K)
Staff Presentations

LEV III - Criteria Emissions (PDF -168K)

LEV III - Greenhouse Gas Emissions (PDF -1.65M)

Supplemental Federal Test Procedures (SFTP) and Evaperative Emissions (PDF -307K)

Environmental Performance Label (PDF -245K)

Industry Presentations

AAM/AIAM/EMA (PDF -337K)
Vehicle Services Consulting (PDF -30K)

Where Can I Get More Information?

If you would like more information, please call Paul Hughes at (626) 575-6977 or via email at phughes@arb.ca.gov.