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Title 40: Protection of Environment
CHAPTER I: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
SUBCHAPTER C: AIR PROGRAMS (CONTINUED)
PART 52: APPROVAL AND PROMULGATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLANS
Subpart F: California
52.241 - Interim approval of enhanced inspection and maintenance program.
Link to an amendment published at 75 FR 38026, July 1, 2010.
(a) Under section 348(c) of the National Highway Systems Designation Act (Pub. L. 104-59), the California SIP is approved as meeting the provisions of section 182(c)(3) for applicable ozone areas and section 187(a)(6) for applicable carbon monoxide areas with respect to the requirements for enhanced motor vehicle inspection and maintenance. This approval expires on August 7, 1998, or earlier if by such earlier date the State has submitted as a SIP revision the required demonstration that the credits are appropriate and that the program is otherwise in compliance with the Clean Air Act and EPA takes final action approving that revision.
[62 FR 1187, Jan. 8, 1997]
Effective Date Note:
At 75 FR 38026, July 1, 2010, ? 52.241 was revised, effective Aug. 2, 2010. For the convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows:
? 52.241
Inspection and maintenance program.
(a) [Reserved]
(b) Approval. On June 5, 2009, the California Air Resources Board submitted a revision to the California Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program (2009 I/M Revision) to satisfy the requirements for basic and enhanced motor vehicle inspection and maintenance (I/M) in applicable ozone nonattainment areas. On October 28, 2009, the California Air Resources Board amended the 2009 I/M Revision to include revised enhanced performance program evaluations for six nonattainment areas. Approved elements of the 2009 I/M Revision, as amended on October 28, 2009, include a discussion of each of the required design elements of the I/M program; description of the current geographic coverage of the program; I/M-related statutes and regulations; enhanced I/M performance standard evaluations for the urbanized areas within six California ozone nonattainment areas (South Coast Air Basin, San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento Metro, Coachella Valley, Ventura County, and Western Mojave Desert); basic I/M performance standard evaluation for the urbanized area within the San Francisco Bay Area ozone nonattainment area; and emission analyzer specifications and test procedures, including BAR-97 specifications. The 2009 I/M Revision, as amended on October 28, 2009, meets the requirements of sections 182(a)(2)(B) and 182(c)(3) of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990, and 40 CFR part 51, subpart S and is approved as a revision to the California State Implementation Plan.
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