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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AJ03 Publication ID: Spring 2000 
Title: ●Amendments to Vehicle Inspection Maintenance Program Requirements Implementing the Onboard Diagnostic Check; Proposed Amendment to the Final Rule 
Abstract: This action proposes substantive and minor revisions to the Motor Vehicle Inspection/Maintenance (I/M) requirements to provide additional flexibility to state I/M programs by allowing such programs to replace traditional I/M tests on model year 1996 and newer vehicles with a check of the onboard diagnostic (OBD) system. Additionally, the proposed amendments would: Revise and simplify the failure criteria for the OBD check; address State Implementation Plan (SIP) credit modeling for the OBD check; and allow for limited exemptions from some OBD check failure and/or rejection criteria for certain model years. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51    40 CFR 85   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7401 et seq   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Other  Statutory  States must begin OBD check by 1/1/01 and need time to address changes.  04/30/2000 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM Amendments to Vehicle I/M Program Requirements for OBD Checks  05/00/2000    
Final Rule Amendments to Vehicle I/M Program Requirements for OBD Checks  12/00/2000    
Additional Information: SAN No. 4385
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: State 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Ed Gardetto
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
Phone:734 214-4322
Fax:734 214-4906
Email: gardetto.edward@epa.gov

David Sosnowski
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
NFEVL,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Phone:734 214-4823
Fax:734
Email: Sosnowski.David@epamail.epa.gov