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Minor Amendments to Inspection/Maintenance Program
Requirements
[Federal Register: September 23, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 185)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 49680-49682]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 51
[FRL-5610-4]
Minor Amendments to Inspection/Maintenance Program Requirements
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Direct final rule.
SUMMARY: This rule changes a provision of the federal vehicle
inspection and maintenance (I/M) rules relating to motorist compliance
enforcement mechanisms for pre-existing programs. The current rule
limits the use of pre-existing enforcement mechanisms, other than
denial of vehicle registration, to those geographic areas previously
subject to the I/M program. This rule change allows states to employ
such effective pre-existing enforcement mechanisms as sticker
enforcement in any area in the state adopting an I/M program. This
amendment is consistent with the relevant requirements of the Clean Air
Act. These changes will not result in any change in health and
environmental benefits.
DATES: This rule will take effect November 22, 1996 unless EPA receives
adverse comments on a parallel proposal of this action, published
elsewhere in this Federal Register, by October 23, 1996. Should EPA
receive such comments, EPA will publish a subsequent document in the
Federal Register withdrawing this direct final rule prior to the
effective date. Anyone wishing to submit comments on the parallel
proposal should do so at this time.
ADDRESSES: Materials relevant to this rulemaking are contained in the
Public Docket No. A-91-75. The docket is located at the Air Docket,
Room M-1500 (6102), Waterside Mall SW, Washington, DC 20460. The docket
may be inspected between 8:30 a.m. and 12 noon and between 1:30 p.m.
until 5:30 p.m. on weekdays. A reasonable fee may be charged for
copying docket material. Electronic copies of the preamble and the
regulatory text of this rulemaking are available on the Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) Technology Transfer Network
Bulletin Board System (TTN BBS) and the Office of Mobile Sources' World
Wide Web cite, http://ww.epa.gov/OMSWWW/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leila Cook, Office of Mobile Sources,
National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, 2565 Plymouth Road, Ann
Arbor, Michigan, 48105. Telephone (313) 741-7820.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulated Entities
Entities potentially regulated by the minor amendment to the I/M
rule are those which adopt, approve, or fund I/M programs. Regulated
categories and entities include:
Category Examples of regulated entities
Local government.................... Local air quality agencies.
State government.................... State air quality agencies
responsible for I/M programs.
Federal............................. EPA.
government..........................
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