part_subject: "CONTROL OF EMISSIONS FROM NEW, SMALL NONROAD SPARK-IGNITION ENGINES AND EQUIPMENT"
subpart_code: "C"
subpart_subject: "Certifying Emission Families"
section_number: "1054.210"
section_subject: "May I get preliminary approval before I complete my application?"
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 1054.210"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Parts 1000 to 1059"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2017"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2017"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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If you send us information before you finish the application, we will review it and make any appropriate determinations, especially for questions related to emission family definitions, auxiliary emission control devices, deterioration factors, useful life, testing for service accumulation, maintenance, and delegated final assembly. Decisions made under this section are considered to be preliminary approval, subject to final review and approval. We will generally not reverse a decision where we have given you preliminary approval, unless we find new information supporting a different decision. If you request preliminary approval related to the upcoming model year or the model year after that, we will make the appropriate determinations as soon as practicable. We will generally not provide preliminary approval related to a future model year more than two years ahead of time.