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OFFROAD Modeling Change Technical Memo SUBJECT: Addition of Evaporative Emissions for Small Off-Road Engines LEAD: Walter Wong Summary The OFFROAD model is used to estimate the contributions of emissions of various equipment types to the overall off-road emissions inventory. With the exception of gas cans, the OFFROAD model does not currently account for evaporative hydrocarbons. This is primarily due to the lack of test data. In support of pending regulation, however, Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) staff has performed a number of evaporative tests of small off-road equipment. In addition, a research project performed by the Automotive Testing Laboratories (ATL) for the ARB entitled “Collection of Evaporative Emissions Data from Off-Road Equipment”, has recently been completed. It is the information from these projects that serve as the basis for the proposed modification to the off-road emissions inventory. This change is estimated to result in an increase in the off-road evaporative emissions inventory of 31.2 tons per day of reactive organic gases (ROG), statewide in 2010. By the year 2020, the evaporative emissions inventory is estimated to increase to 34.3 tons per day, statewide. Regulations for the control of evaporative emission from the SORE category are estimated to result in a 31 percent reduction in ROG from this category, statewide in 2010 and a 64 percent reduction by the year 2020. Background Small off-road engines (SORE) are less than 25 horsepower and are used in equipment that falls into several of the OFFROAD categories. Small off-road engines are used in handheld (HH) and non-handheld (NHH), preempted (P) and non-preempted (NP) equipment in the following categories: Light Commercial, Agricultural, Logging, Airport Ground Support and Transport Refrigeration Units. However, the majority is used in the Lawn and Garden Equipment category. A full listing of SORE equipment can be found in Appendix A. Ta