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Small Off-Road Engine Evaporative Emissions Test Procedure TP - 902 Test Procedure for Determining Diurnal Evaporative Emissions from Small Off-Road Engines Proposed: December 18, 2002 Modified: April 2, 2003 Modified: April 21, 2003 Modified: April 29, 2003  TP-902 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page 1 APPLICABILITY 1 1.1 Requirement to Comply with all Other Applicable Codes and Regulations 1 1.2 Safety 1 2 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS 1 3 DURABILITY DEMONSTRATION 2 4 GENERAL SUMMARY OF TEST PROCEDURE 3 5 INSTRUMENTATION 4 5.1 Diurnal Evaporative Emission Measurement Enclosure 4 5.2 Calibrations 6 6 TEST PROCEDURE 10 6.1 Fuel Tank / Fuel System Preconditioning 11 6.2 Refueling and Hot Soak Test 12 6.3 Forced Cooling 12 6.4 24-Hour Diurnal Test 12 6.5 Calculation of Mass of Diurnal Evaporative Emissions 12 7 TEST FUEL 13 8 ALTERNATIVE TEST PROCEDURES 13 9 REFERENCES 13 Attachment 1 14 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Page TABLE 2-1 Proposed Performance Standards 2 TABLE 6-1 Diurnal Temperature Profile 12 FIGURE 1. 24-Hour Diurnal Test Sequence 11 FIGURE 2. Canister Adsorption Diagram 15 FIGURE 3. Canister Desorption Diagram 15  California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board Small Off-Road Engine Evaporative Emissions Test Procedure TP-902 Test Procedure for Determining Diurnal Evaporative Emissions from Small Off-Road Engines A set of definitions common to all Certification and Test Procedures are in Title 13, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Section 2482 et seq. For the purpose of this procedure, the term CARB refers to the California Air Resources Board, and the term Executive Officer refers to the CARB Executive Officer or his or her authorized representative or designate. APPLICABILITY This Test Procedure, TP-902, is used by the Air Resources Board to determine the diurnal and resting loss evaporative emissions from small off-roa