How does this affect a boat/engine dealers existing inventory or a consumer with an older outboard product?
Dealers may continue selling existing inventory, and, for the most part, consumers may continue using older outboards in California. Compliance with emission regulations in the U.S. and Canada is based on the date the engine was manufactured. That means the inventories of California dealers may be sold at any time as long as the product is certified for the area in which it is being sold. For example, 2005 CARB certified engines can be sold in California in 2008 because they were certified and built in 2005. There are no federal restrictions regarding the consumers’ use of outboards in the U.S.; however, there are a few targeted bodies of water that (A) restrict use based on horsepower or (B) do not allow use of conventional two-stroke engines for water- or air-quality reasons.
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