Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
The Agency may issue fleet inspection permits to eligible
applicants upon a showing of compliance with the following requirements:
a) Equipment
All fleet inspections shall be conducted utilizing equipment
approved by the Agency. This equipment shall meet the same functional
requirements, performance criteria, maintenance standards, and calibration
requirements as specified in Subparts E and F of this Part.
b) Training
Each fleet inspector shall be required to complete and pass a
training course given by the Agency covering the following topics:
1) I/M rules and regulations;
2) Testing procedures;
3) Analyzer use;
4) Analyzer calibration and quality control;
and
5) Data recording and
submittal.
c) General
Fleet Inspection Permit Requirements
1)
Applicants shall submit an application for a fleet inspection permit for each
inspection location on forms provided by the Agency and shall include a list of
vehicles that will be inspected at the private official inspection
station.
2) Applicants shall
execute a fleet inspection agreement.
3) Fleet inspection permits issued by the
Agency shall expire two years after the date of issuance.
4) Fleet inspection permits are not
transferable.
5) Any change in the
name and/or address of any permittee or any fleet inspector or inspectors
employed by the permittee shall be reported to the Agency in writing on forms
provided by the Agency within 30 days after the change.
6) A permittee may request, and the Agency
may grant, a relocation of equipment at a private official inspection
station.
d) Fleet
Inspection Permit Suspension and Revocation
For the following reasons, the Agency may suspend for a
period of up to two years or revoke, with the permittee being ineligible to
reapply for two years, a fleet inspection permit:
1) The permittee has violated any applicable
laws, rules, or regulations;
2) The
permittee has provided false or misleading information in its application for a
fleet inspection permit;
3) The
permittee has failed to notify the Agency that a vehicle has been proposed to
be added or deleted from its vehicle inventory within the time specified by the
Agency;
4) 20 percent or more of
the vehicles in the permittee's fleet have failed to comply with the Vehicle
Emissions Inspection Law of 2005;
5) The permittee has misrepresented any
information provided in fleet vehicle lists, vehicle inspection reports, and/or
equipment maintenance and calibration reports;
6) The number of vehicles subject to
inspection in the permittee's fleet becomes less than 15.
