Alaska Administrative Code › Title 18 - Environmental Conservation › Chapter 52 - Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Requirements for Motor Vehicles › Article 1 - Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Requirements › 18 AAC 52.037 - Reporting requirements for an I/M program administered by an implementing agency

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Within 30 days after receiving a request
				from the department for a report under (b) or (c) of this section, an
				implementing agency shall submit the report to the department.
(b) A report that the department requests of
				activities during the previous calendar quarter must contain
(1) the raw emissions test data collected
				from each motor vehicle inspected during the quarter;
(2) a statistical test data report, including
(A) the number and percentage of vehicles
				receiving each type of waiver described in
				18 AAC 52.060;
(B) a list by model year and vehicle type of
				the number of vehicles tested, as set out in Table 1 of this subparagraph;
TABLE 1.
Vehicle Types Vehicle Type Definition LDGV light-duty
				  gasoline-fueled vehicles (passenger cars) not exceeding 8500 lbs. GVWRHDGV
				  heavy-duty gasoline-fueled vehicles over 8500 lbs. GVWR (heavier commercial
				  trucks, buses and motorhomes) LDGT1 light-duty gasoline-fueled trucks not
				  exceeding 6000 lbs. GVWR (lighter pick-up trucks and vans) LDGT2 light-duty
				  gasoline-fueled trucks over 6000 lbs. GVWR and not exceeding 8500 lbs. GVWR
				  (heavier pick-up trucks and vans, and many commercial trucks)
(C) a list, by model year and vehicle type,
				of the number and percentage of
(i) vehicles
				that failed an initial emissions test, an initial tailpipe emissions test, and
				each type of initial emissions control component check;
(ii) initially failed vehicles that failed
				the first retest for tailpipe emissions;
(iii) initially failed vehicles that received
				a waiver;
(iv) initially failed
				vehicles that passed the first or subsequent retest for tailpipe
				emissions;
(v) initially failed
				vehicles that passed each emissions control component check on the first or
				subsequent retest by component; and
(vi) vehicles with no known final
				outcome;
(D) a list, by
				model year and test station, of
(i) the number
				of initial tests; and
(ii) the
				initial test failure rate; and
(E) the average increase or decrease in
				vehicle emissions levels after repairs, by model year and vehicle
				type;
(3) a quality
				assurance report, including
(A) the number of
				certified stations operating throughout the quarter and the number operating
				for part of the quarter; for the stations operating throughout the quarter, the
				report must include the number of stations that
(i) received, or did not receive, an overt
				performance review;
(ii) received,
				or did not receive, a covert performance review;
(iii) were closed as a result of an overt
				performance review;
(B)
				the number of covert performance reviews
(i)
				conducted with a vehicle set to fail the emissions test or the OBDII portion of
				the I/M test, one or more visual or functional checks, or both the emissions
				test or the OBDII portion of the I/M test and one or more visual or functional
				checks; and
(ii) that resulted in a
				false pass for the emissions test, for the OBDII portion of the I/M test, for
				one or more visual or functional checks, or for both the emissions test or the
				OBDII portion of the I/M test and one or more visual or functional
				checks;
(C) the number
				of certified mechanics and stations whose performance reviews resulted in a
				verbal warning, a written warning, a notice of violation, a citation, a fine or
				other penalty, or a suspended or revoked certification, or that resulted in the
				mechanic being suspended or fired, or in the mechanic or station being
				prohibited from performing a repair or inspection under this chapter;
(D) the number of mechanics who, at the end
				of the quarter, are certified to conduct testing on motor vehicles that are
				principally located or operated in the area for which the implementing agency
				is operating an I/M program, including the number of mechanics who
(i) received, or did not receive, an overt
				performance review;
(ii) received,
				or did not receive, a covert performance review;
(E) the number of administrative hearings
				conducted by the implementing agency to consider an action against a certified
				mechanic or station, and the result of each hearing;
(F) the amount collected in fines from
				certified mechanics and stations, listed by type of violation; and
(G) the number of vehicles used for covert
				performance reviews during the year;
(4) a quality control report that lists
(A) the number of inspection stations and
				EISs used in the program;
(B) the
				number of equipment reviews, listed by station or EIS;
(C) the number and percentage of stations and
				EISs that failed an equipment review;
(D) the number of EISs that were locked out;
				and
(E) the number and percentage
				of stations and EISs closed as a result of an equipment review; and
(5) an enforcement report that
				lists
(A) an estimate of the number of
				vehicles subject to the program, including the results of an analysis of the
				registration database;
(B) the
				percentage of vehicles in compliance, based on a comparison of the number of
				certificates of inspection issued with the number of subject vehicles; if more
				than one certificate of inspection was issued to the same audit vehicle, the
				certificate and vehicle should be counted only once;
(C) the number of certificates of inspection
				issued to certified stations by the implementing agency, and the number of
				certificates that are unaccounted for;
(D) the number of waivers granted under
				18 AAC 52.060(a)
				and the number of time extensions granted under
				18 AAC 52.060(d);
(E) the number of compliance surveys,
				including parking lot surveys, conducted, the number of vehicles surveyed in
				each survey, and the noncompliance rate found during each survey;
(F) a detailed report on actions taken by the
				implementing agency, on its own or in cooperation with the department and the
				division of motor vehicles, to prevent motorists from
(i) falsely registering a vehicle outside the
				I/M area;
(ii) falsely changing
				fuel type or weight class on the vehicle registration;
(iii) driving a vehicle in the I/M area from
				November 1 through March 31 after obtaining a seasonal waiver under
				18 AAC 52.060(a) (3) for that vehicle; and
(iv) commuting into the Municipality of
				Anchorage and failing to comply with this chapter;
(G) the results of any special study of the
				frequency of the violations listed in (F) of this paragraph;
(H) the total amount of fines imposed by the
				Alaska Court System or by an implementing agency that is a municipality for
(i) driving with an expired registration or
				for misrepresenting the motorist's residential address for purposes of vehicle
				registration; or
(ii) displaying a
				windshield sticker on a vehicle that is not in compliance with this chapter;
				and
(I) the number of
				registration file evaluations, including the number of registrations reviewed
				and the compliance rate found in each evaluation.