Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 52 - Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Requirements for Motor Vehicles › Article 5 - Certified Station Requirements › 18 AAC 52.520 - Required tools and equipment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A certified
				station shall have available for use by its employees, the tools and test
				equipment necessary to conduct vehicle I/M tests, including at least one EIS
				certified under
				18 AAC 52.420. If a vehicle
				manufacturer specifies that special tools or testing equipment must be used to
				perform certain repairs on certain vehicles, the station shall have that
				equipment, or its equivalent, available when those repairs are performed on
				those vehicles. The requirements of this subsection do not preclude specialty
				subcontracted repairs with the customer's consent.
(b) The owner or operator of a certified
				station shall keep on the premises a current copy of this chapter, the I/M
				program manual, updates to the manual and all other documents required by the
				implementing agency, and shall make those documents available to the certified
				mechanics employed by the station. The owner or operator shall maintain a
				library of current emissions control repair manuals approved by the
				implementing agency (such as Motor Emission Control Manuals, Chilton Emission
				Control Manuals, Mitchell Emission Control Manuals, Mitchell Engine Performance
				Manuals, Mitchell Light Truck and Van Service Manuals, and Mitchell Passenger
				Car Service Manual (for 1989 only), or a computerized version of these manuals)
				for use with each imported and domestic passenger car or light-duty truck
				included in the I/M program.
(c) In
				addition to the requirements of (a) and (b) of this section, the owner or
				operator of a certified station shall have on site all tools and equipment
				necessary for emissions-related I/M tests and repairs, including, at a minimum,
				the equipment listed in this subsection for use by certified mechanics for each
				vehicle make and model that the station repairs. The owner or operator shall
				keep the equipment operational and well-maintained. The meters, gauges, and
				other equipment may be furnished either as separate items or as components of a
				complete system such as an engine analyzer. Equipment requirements include
				wrenches, socket sets, screwdrivers, thickness gauges, pliers, other tools
				necessary to perform tuneup-related repairs, and
(1) specifications for each EIS and other
				test equipment adopted by the implementing agency under
				18 AAC 52.035(c) (3);
(2) a high impedance digital
				ohmmeter;
(3) a hand-held
				voltmeter;
(4) an engine
				tachometer;
(5) a hand-operated
				vacuum pump with pressure gauge;
(6) an ignition timing light;
(7) an engine compression test
				gauge;
(8) scan tools, supplemental
				analyzer provisions, or detailed reference materials sufficient to allow the
				extraction and interpretation of diagnostic trouble codes from any vehicle
				equipped with an exhaust oxygen sensor and malfunction indicator
				light;
(9) repealed
				1/1/97;
(10) a current
				quick-reference emissions control systems applications guide, located on or
				near the EIS;
(11) a dual probe
				attachment for the EIS;
(12) a
				choke checker or equivalent instrument that produces sufficient heat and cold
				to satisfactorily check the operation of bulb-type intake air
				heaters;
(13) a propane enrichment
				carburetor adjustment kit;
(14)
				calibration gases approved under Part I, Section 6 of the program
				manual;
(15) a separate, dedicated
				telephone line connected to each EIS;
(16) a separate, dedicated supply of shop air
				for use at the EIS;
(17) any other
				special tools or equipment mandated or recommended for use by each vehicle
				manufacturer for each vehicle the station repairs; and
(18) in each facility, one dial-up Internet
				account that is
(A) established with the
				telecommunications utility under contract with the state to provide
				telecommunication services to the state; and
(B) dedicated for remote access
				communications between the department and the
(i) EIS;
(ii) division of motor vehicles in the
				Department of Administration; and
(iii) implementing agency.