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Snowmobile Best Available Technology (BAT) List

Snowmobiles Meeting Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks’ Best Available Technology (BAT) Requirements
October 30, 2009

Snowmobile

Air Emissions (g/kW-hr)

Sound Emissions (dBA)

Hydrocarbons

Carbon Monoxide

Average 2-Stroke (Non-BAT)

150

400

78

BAT Requirements

151

1202

733

2004 Arctic Cat T660 Touring4

5.62
FEL:  10

92.30
FEL:  115

71.75

2004 Bombardier Ski-Doo Elite SE, equipped with the Elite BAT upgrade4, 5

4.65

103.16

74.8

2004 Bombardier Ski-Doo Legend Sport GT V1000, equipped with BAT upgrade4, 5

6.12

92.93

72.3

2004 Polaris Frontier Classic and Touring models4

5.4
FEL:  10

111.6
FEL:  140

73.2-73.7

2005 Arctic Cat Bearcat W/T

5.62
FEL:  8

92.30
FEL:  105

73.7

2005 Arctic Cat T660 Touring

5.62
FEL:  8

92.30
FEL:  105

72.2

2005 Bombardier Ski-Doo Legend Sport GT V1000, equipped with BAT upgrade kit5

4.65
FEL:  6.5

92.93
FEL:  120

71.8

2005 Polaris Frontier Touring

5.4
FEL:  10

111.6
FEL:  120

73.7

2006 Arctic Cat Bearcat 660 W/T

FEL: 8

FEL: 105

74.5

2006 Arctic Cat Panther 660 Touring and Trail models

FEL: 8

FEL: 105

73.9

2006 Arctic Cat 660 Touring

FEL: 8

FEL: 105

72.2

2006 Polaris FS Classic and FS IQ Touring

9.8
FEL: 15

98.4
FEL: 120

75

2006 Yamaha RS Venture Touring with Yellowstone BAT kit

FEL: 10

FEL: 120

71.9

2007 Arctic Cat Bearcat 660 W/T, Panther 660 Touring, Panther 660 Trail, 660 Touring

FEL: 8

FEL: 105

Same as 2006 models

2007 Bombardier Ski-Doo Legend V800 Trail, Legend V800 Touring, Expedition V800 Sport, Skandic V800 Tundra

FEL: 8

FEL: 120

72-73.9

2007 Polaris FS IQ Touring

FEL: 15

FEL: 120

75

2007 Yamaha RS Venture and RS Vector, equipped with Yellowstone BAT kit

FEL: 10

FEL: 120

71.9

2008 Arctic Cat 660 Touring, Bearcat 660 W/T and Panther 660 Touring

FEL: 8

FEL: 105

Same as 2006 models

2008 Bombardier Ski-Doo Legend Trail, Legend Touring, Expedition Sport V800, Tundra, Expedition TUV, Skandic SWT

FEL: 8

FEL: 120

70.1-71.9

2008 Yamaha RS Venture and RS Vector, equipped with Yellowstone BAT kit

FEL: 10

FEL: 120

71.9

2008 Polaris FS IQ Touring

FEL: 15

FEL: 120

75

2009 Arctic Cat TZ1, equipped with Yellowstone throttle stop

FEL: 9

FEL: 120

74

2009 Bombardier Skandic Tundra LT V800, Legend Touring V800, GTX LE 1200 and GTX SE 1200

FEL: 8-10

FEL: 119-120

70.1-72

2009 Polaris FS IQ Touring

FEL: 15

FEL: 120

75

2009 Yamaha RS10VT (Venture series) and RS10R (Vector series) snowmobiles, equipped with Yellowstone BAT kit

FEL: 11

FEL: 120

70

2010 Yamaha RS10VT (RS Venture), equipped with Yellowstone BAT kit

FEL: 11

FEL: 120

71.8 - 72.1

2010 Bombardier Ski-Doo GSX SE 1200, GTX LE 1200, and GTX SE 1200

FEL: 10

FEL: 119

72.6 - 75.1

2010 Arctic Cat Z1/Z1 LXR and TZ1/TZ1 LXR throttle-limited snowmobiles

FEL: 9

FEL: 120

71.6 - 74.4


Hydrocarbons: certified by EPA to a Family Emissions Limit (FEL) of 15 g/kW-hr or less.

Carbon Monoxide: certified by EPA to a Family Emissions Limit (FEL) of 120 g/kW-hr or less. Air emission figures for carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons presented are either the Official Test Results (OTR) or the certified FEL. The Official Test Results are actual measured emissions. The FEL’s are not-to-exceed levels as certified by EPA.

3   Society of Automotive Engineers testing procedures allow for a 2 dB tolerance over the sound level limit to provide for variations in test site, temperature gradients, wind velocity gradients, test equipment, and inherent differences in nominally identical vehicles. (It has been observed that under some test site conditions, variability in test results greater than 2 dB can be experienced.) Sound emission figures represent an average of Official Test Results.

YellowstoneBAT certificationfor all 2004 year model snowmobiles will expire at the end of the 2009-2010 winter.Once approved, a snowmobile would generally be certified in Yellowstone as BAT for a period of six years. On Jackson Lake in Grand Teton, a snowmobile would be certified as BAT for six years or 6,000 miles, whichever is greater, not to exceed 10 years regardless of mileage (see below list for snowmobiles continue to be authorized for use on Jackson Lake).

The 2004 Bombardier Ski-Doo Elite SE and the 2004-2005 Legend Sport GT V1000 must be equipped with BAT upgrade kits in order to meet BAT requirements. The upgrade kits lowers emissions levels by controlling the maximum throttle body opening and uses different software for the snowmobile’s electronic control unit.

 

2002-2003 Model Year BAT Snowmobiles Authorized to be used on Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park
 

Snowmobile

Air Emissions (g/kW-hr)

Sound Emissions (dBA)

Hydrocarbons

Carbon Monoxide

Average 2-Stroke (Non-BAT)

150

400

78

BAT Requirements

15

120

73

2002 Arctic Cat 4-Stroke Touring

6.20

79.95

71.3

2002 Arctic Cat 4-Stroke Trail

6.20

79.95

72.0

2002 Polaris Frontier Touring

3.19

79.15

74.6

2003 Arctic Cat 4-Stroke Touring and Trail models

7.55

95.40

70.1-72.2

2003 Bombardier Ski-Doo Legend Sport GT V1000, equipped with BAT upgrade

6.12

92.93

72.3

2003 Polaris Frontier Classic and Touring models

5.4

111.6

74.3


Notes:

The 2002 model year snowmobiles would be authorized through March 31, 2011
The 2003 model year snowmobiles would be authorized through March 31, 2012

 
Fire in Yellowstone Pineland in 1988  

Did You Know?
The 1988 fires affected 793,880 acres or 36 percent of the park. Five fires burned into the park that year from adjacent public lands. The largest, the North Fork Fire, started from a discarded cigarette. It burned more than 410,000 acres.

Last Updated: November 05, 2009 at 19:55 EST