95-24360. Inspection/Maintenance Program RequirementOn-Board Diagnostic Checks

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 190 (Monday, October 2, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 51378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24360]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 51 and 85

[FRL-5305-6]


Inspection/Maintenance Program Requirement--On-Board Diagnostic 
Checks

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: This action extends the comment period to the proposed rule 
published on August 18, 1995 (60 FR 43092), which concerns inspection/
maintenance program requirements for on-board diagnostic checks. EPA is 
extending the comment period to October 13, 1995.

DATES: Written comments on the proposed rule must be received no later 
than October 13, 1995. A public hearing is not scheduled for this rule.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit written comments (in duplicate 
if possible) to Public Docket No. A-94-21. It is requested that a 
duplicate copy be submitted to Eugene J. Tierney at the Office of 
Mobile Sources, National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, 2565 
Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105. 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 3:30 p.m. on weekdays. A reasonable fee may be 
charged for copying docket material.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugene J. Tierney, Office of Mobile 
Sources, National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, 2565 Plymouth 
Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105. Telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    EPA announced its intent to establish requirements for the 
inspection of on-board diagnostic systems as part of Inspection/
Maintenance (I/M) programs in the proposed rule (NPRM) published on 
August 18, 1995. The purpose of this NPRM is to propose amendments to 
those sections of the Inspection/Maintenance Program Requirements in 
Subpart S, 40 CFR Part 51 (November 5, 1992) that were reserved for OBD 
requirements and elsewhere, as needed. The proposed revisions include 
additions and confirming modifications regarding requirements that I/M 
inspectors check the on-board diagnostic system as part of the overall 
inspection. This NPRM proposes the minimum requirements for inspecting 
vehicles equipped with on-board diagnostic systems as part of the 
inspections required in basic and enhanced Inspection/Maintenance 
programs.

    Dated: September 21, 1995.

Mary Nichols,
Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 95-24360 Filed 9-29-95; 8:45 am]
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