RegulatoryAnnouncement
Ofce of Transportationand Air QualityEPA420-F-06-028March 2006
Final Rule for Amendments toVehicle Inspection MaintenanceProgram Requirements
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is nalizing a
regulation to revise outdated timing-related references in the Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) rule such as submission dates, start dates,evaluation dates, and other milestones and/or deadlines to make them relevant for areas that will be newly required to begin I/M programs
as a result of being designated and classied under the 8-hour ozone
standard.
Summary of the Final Rule
EPA is nalizing minor revisions to the Motor Vehicle I/M regulation toupdate submission and implementation deadlines and other timing-relatedrequirements to reect the new 8-hour National Ambient Air QualityStandard (NAAQS) for ozone. Among other timing-related revisions, thisrule will update the start date and evaluation date(s) for each applicableI/M performance standard.
Key Elements of the Final Rule
This nal rule:Establishes new start and benchmark comparison dates which willrelate back to the effective date of an area
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