Portable Equipment Registration Program (PERP)
Tier 2 and Tier 3 Engines Built Prior to 2009
Upcoming Deadline and Phase-Out Date
This serves as a reminder of upcoming deadlines for Tier 2 and Tier 3 portable diesel engines registered in PERP.
Deadline: July 1, 2024
The last postmarked date PERP will accept low-use, or emergency-use, modification requests for registrations of Tier 2 engines built prior to January 1, 2009, rated greater than 750 bhp is July 1, 2024. This deadline applies to fleets following the phase-out and those enrolled in fleet averaging.
The last postmarked date PERP will accept change of ownership applications for registrations of Tier 2 engines built prior to January 1, 2009, rated greater than 750 bhp and Tier 3 engines owned by large fleets that are built prior to January 1, 2009, rated at 50 bhp to 750 bhp is also July 1, 2024. This deadline applies to fleets following the phase-out and those enrolled in fleet averaging.
Phase-Out Date: December 31, 2024
This phase-out date applies only to those fleets following the phase-out compliance path.
Please note that Tier 2 engines built prior to January 1, 2009, rated greater than 750 bhp and Tier 3 engines owned by large fleets that are built prior to January 1, 2009, rated at 50 bhp to 750 bhp, that are not converted to emergency or low use, nor equipped with a level-3 Verified Diesel Emission Control Strategy (VDECS) will no longer be able to operate in California after December 31, 2024.
If adding a properly functioning level-3 VDECS, all modification requests must be completed and postmarked prior to the phase-out date of December 31, 2024.
Any applications that are postmarked after these deadlines will be denied.
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