Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Various sections of this HD I/M
Regulation require affected entities to report information to CARB. Such
requirements are described in this section.
(1) Submitting to CARB a false oral or
written statement, including a material misstatement or a material omission, in
connection with the requirements of this reporting section is a violation of
this HD I/M Regulation that may subject the submitter to penalties as described
in section
2198.2(d).
(2) The Executive Officer may revoke a
vehicle's HD I/M compliant status or refuse to deem a vehicle in compliance
with the HD I/M Regulation in response to one or more violations of this
reporting section.
(b)
Vehicle owners or a designee shall report pertinent owner and vehicle
identifying information specified by the Executive Officer to the electronic
reporting system, including:
(1) Owner
information.
(A) Registered Owner
Name.
(B) Entity Name.
(C) Fleet/Secondary Name (if
applicable).
(D) Designee (if
applicable).
(E) Title of Designee
(if applicable).
(F) Contact Email
Address.
(G) Contact Mailing
Address.
(H) Contact Phone
Number.
(I) Entity Physical
Address.
(J) United States
Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) number (if applicable).
(K) California Motor Carriers Permit (MCP) ID
(if applicable).
(L) Public
Utilities Commission (PUC) ID (if applicable).
(2) Vehicle Information.
(A) VIN.
(B) License plate number.
(C) State in which the vehicle is registered
with a DMV.
(D) Vehicle
make.
(E) Vehicle model.
(F) Vehicle model year.
(G) Engine fuel type.
(H) GVWR.
(3) A vehicle owner or designee shall attest,
in the electronic reporting system, to the complete list of vehicles subject to
this HD I/M Regulation for which they are responsible.
(A) A vehicle owner or designee shall verify
and attest the list of vehicles claimed is true and accurate and updated in
accordance with the following requirements:
1. The vehicle owner or designee shall add
each vehicle to the list of applicable vehicles within 30 calendar days of
purchase.
2. The vehicle owner or
designee shall remove each vehicle from the list of applicable vehicles within
30 calendar days of sale.
(B) Upon attesting responsibility for the
complete list of vehicles, the Executive Officer shall provide the vehicle
owner or designee with an Affirmation of Fleet Wide Compliance within 72 hours,
if and when the vehicle owner or designee has demonstrated that each vehicle
within the fleet complies with the requirements of this HD I/M
Regulation.
(c) Required OBD Testing Data
(1) OBD data as specified in subsection
(E)(6.1) of PART II, California Standards for Heavy-Duty Remote On-board
Diagnostics Devices shall be submitted via the file format specified in
subsection (E)(4) of PART II, California Standards for Heavy-Duty Remote
On-board Diagnostic Devices for each OBD vehicle compliance test specified in
section 2196.3(a)(1) and
(2).
(2) OBD data as specified in section
2193(f)(3) shall
be submitted for each OBD vehicle compliance test specified in section
2196.3(a)(3).
(d) Required Smoke Opacity Testing
Data.
(1) For each vehicle subject to the
smoke opacity testing requirements of section
2196.4, and for each smoke opacity
test, the vehicle owner shall cause to be submitted through a HD I/M tester all
of the following data and information to CARB.
(A) VIN.
(B) Odometer reading.
(C) The initial smoke test opacity levels
(for three successive test readings), the average of the three
snap-acceleration test cycles, and the range.
(D) The name and tester identification number
of the HD I/M tester who performed the smoke opacity inspection.
(E) Smoke meter brand name, make,
model.
(F) The dates of the last
calibration of the opacity meter.
(G) Test date.
(e) The vehicle emissions control
equipment inspections specified in section
2198 shall be submitted to the
electronic reporting system via a file template available on CARB's website
(arb.ca.gov).
(f) HD I/M Testers.
(1) HD I/M testers shall provide the
following information to CARB prior to performing and submitting compliance
test results.
(A) Tester name.
(B) HD I/M tester credential
number.
(C) Date
accredited.
(D) Tester mailing
address.
(E) Tester cellular phone
number.
(F) Email
address.
(G) Entity name.
(H) Entity physical address.
(I) Entity phone number.
(J) Certified NCC-ROBD device registered to
tester (if applicable).
(g) Five-Day Pass. When applying for a
Five-Day pass, a vehicle owner shall submit an application form to the
electronic reporting system. The owner shall submit the following information:
(1) Request date.
(2) Registered owner's name.
(3) Street address, city, state, zip code of
owner.
(4) Telephone number of
owner.
(5) Email address of owner
(if available).
(6) VIN.
(7) License plate number and state of
registration.
(8) Date(s) the
vehicle will begin travel, or enter California if traveling from out of state
location.
(9) Origin and
destination travel information.
(h) ROBD Device Vendors: ROBD device vendors
granted certification to use devices to test vehicles for compliance with the
requirements of section
2196.3 shall report the data
fields specified in California Standards for Heavy-Duty Remote On-board
Diagnostic Devices Part III, section E to the electronic reporting
system.
(i) Parts Unavailability
Compliance Time Extensions. When applying for a compliance time extension due
to an unavailability of parts, a vehicle owner shall submit the following
information from at least one repair facility.
(1) The repair(s) that is needed to correct
the vehicle's non-compliance issue.
(2) The part(s) needed to repair the
compliance issue.
(3) What part(s)
needed to repair the compliance issue are unavailable.
(4) The reason(s) as to why the part(s) are
unavailable.
(5) An estimate as to
when the parts are expected to become available.
(6) Repair facility contacted in an effort to
complete the needed vehicle repairs.
(A)
Business name.
(B) Business
address.
(C) Business contact
information.
(7)
Evidence of an effort to contact repair facilities after the noncompliance
issue was first identified.
1. New section
filed 10-5-2022; operative 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No.
40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 39002, 39003, 39600, 39601,
43000, 43013, 43018, 43701, 44011.6 and 44152, Health and Safety Code; and
Section 27153, Vehicle Code. Reference: Section 44152, Health and Safety
Code.
