Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Division 256 - MOTOR VEHICLES
Section 340-256-0370 - Emission Control System Inspection: Renewal of Registration for Light Duty Motor Vehicles and Heavy Duty Gasoline Motor Vehicles Temporarily Operating Outside of Oregon
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
Vehicles registered in the Portland Vehicle Inspection Area and Medford-Ashland AQMA and operated in another state at an address located at least 150 miles outside the Oregon border must comply with the following requirements:
(1) For vehicles operated within another Environmental Protection Agency approved Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) program area, DEQ shall establish reciprocity provisions to ensure motor vehicle compliance with the other state's I/M requirements. Compliance with the other state's I/M program requirements is equivalent to the issuance of a Certificate of Compliance.
(2) For vehicles operated in another state, but not within another Environmental Protection Agency approved Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) area, DEQ shall issue a temporary exemption from Oregon I/M Program testing requirements until the vehicle returns to Oregon. Within 30 calendar days of the date the vehicle returns to Oregon it must comply with the Oregon I/M Program's test criteria, methods and standards.
[NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040.]
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 468A.360
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 468A.360
