Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 34 “Rhode Island Motor Vehicle Inspection/Maintenance Program”

250-RICR-120-05-34 INACTIVE RULE

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Title	250	Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Chapter	120	Air Resources
Subchapter	05	Air Pollution Control
Part	34	Air Pollution Control Regulation No. 34 “Rhode Island Motor Vehicle Inspection/Maintenance Program”

Type of Filing	Amendment
Regulation Status	Inactive
Effective	01/05/2009 to 12/25/2018

Regulation Authority:

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, Rhode Island General Law 31&#8722;47.1 and EPA 40 CFR part 51

Purpose and Reason:

The proposed regulations will align the testing standards for the Rhode Island vehicle inspection program with the EPA standards for on-board diagnostics (OBD) inspections for model year (MY) 2001 and newer vehicles. Additionally, the regulations are being modified to also require that the vehicle's malfunction indicator light functionality be checked visually as well as electronically through the OBD computer, as required in the EPA standards. Additional modifications are also proposed that are for administrative and clarification purposes only.

ACTIVE RULE Periodic Refile - effective from 01/04/2022

INACTIVE RULE Amendment - effective from 12/25/2018 to 01/04/2022

INACTIVE RULE Amendment - effective from 01/05/2009 to 12/25/2018

INACTIVE RULE Technical Revision - effective from 03/30/2004 to 01/05/2009

INACTIVE RULE Amendment - effective from 11/16/2003 to 03/30/2004

INACTIVE RULE Periodic Refile - effective from 12/31/2001 to 11/16/2003

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