Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 164i - Diesel-Powered Commercial Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards › Section 14-164i-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
For the purposes of Sections 14-164i-1 through
				14-164i-11,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following
				terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Air pollution control system or
			 mechanism" means a system or mechanism as defined by subsection (a) of section
			 22a-174-200
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
			 Motor Vehicles or the commissioner's authorized representative.
(3) "Compliance" means meeting the inspection
			 standards for diesel-powered commercial motor vehicles as specified in section
			 14-164i-2 of
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or meeting the alternative
			 opacity standards as specified in section
			 14-164i-10
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(4) "Dealer and repairer emissions examiner"
			 means a person employed by a Connecticut dealer and repairer emissions station
			 who is certified by the commissioner to conduct an inspection.
(5) "Dealer and repairer diesel emissions
			 inspection station" means a Connecticut dealer and repairer licensee approved
			 by the commissioner to conduct an inspection.
(6) "Department" means the Department of
			 Motor Vehicles.
(7) "Diesel
			 emissions" means diesel smoke that is emitted into the environment from any
			 diesel-powered commercial motor vehicle.
(8) "Diesel emissions inspection report" or
			 "Inspection report" means a document, issued by the commissioner at the time of
			 inspection, in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe, containing a
			 designation of pass or fail, which shall constitute proof of
			 inspection.
(9) "Diesel powered
			 commercial motor vehicle" or "Vehicle" means a vehicle powered by a diesel
			 engine and designed or used to transport passengers or property, except a
			 vehicle used within one hundred fifty miles of a farm in connection with the
			 operation of such farm, fire fighting apparatus or other authorized emergency
			 vehicles, or a recreational vehicle in private use, which (A) has a gross
			 vehicle weight rating of twenty-six thousand and one pounds or more; (B) is
			 designed to transport sixteen or more passengers, including the driver, but
			 does not include a school bus, as defined in section
			 14-1(a)(74)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(10) "Emissions inspector" means an employee
			 of the Department of Motor Vehicles in the inspector job
			 classification.
(11) "Emissions
			 related repairs" means any emissions repair intended to bring a diesel-powered
			 commercial motor vehicle, which has received a fail designation during an
			 inspection, into compliance with the established inspection
			 standards.
(12) "Fail designation"
			 means a designation on an inspection report which signifies that the
			 diesel-powered commercial motor vehicle does not meet the inspection standards
			 specified in section
			 14-164i-2 or
			 section
			 14-164i-10
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(13) "Fleet" means a group of ten (10) or
			 more diesel-powered commercial motor vehicles.
(14) "Fleet emissions examiner" means the
			 owner or lessee of a fleet or a designated employee of the owner or lessee
			 certified by the commissioner to conduct an inspection.
(15) "Initial inspection" means the first
			 diesel emissions inspection of a diesel-powered commercial motor vehicle at a
			 roadside inspection, fleet inspection, or dealer inspection.
(16) "Inspection" means a snap-acceleration
			 smoke opacity test, developed by the commissioner in relation to the Society of
			 Automotive Engineers (SAE) J1667 Recommended Practice, and conducted according
			 to established test and administrative procedures.
(17) "Inspection standards" means the
			 acceptable level of peak smoke opacity for diesel-powered commercial motor
			 vehicles as determined in accordance with section
			 14-164I(a)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(18) "Invalid test" means the diesel-powered
			 commercial motor vehicle's exhaust sample which does not meet the prerequisite
			 opacity sample volume for a proper emissions test reading.
(19) "Model year" means the year designated
			 by the manufacturer or distributor of a diesel-powered commercial motor vehicle
			 in accordance with the requirements of federal law.
(20) "Motor vehicle inspector" means an
			 employee of the Department having inspection authority pursuant to section
			 14-163c-9 of
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(21) "Opacity" means the percentage of light
			 transmitted from a source, which is prevented from reaching a light
			 detector.
(22) "Operator" means the
			 person driving the diesel-powered commercial motor vehicle or operating the
			 vehicle during a diesel-powered commercial motor vehicle emissions roadside
			 inspection.
(23) "Pass designation"
			 means a designation on an inspection report which signifies that the
			 diesel-powered commercial motor vehicle has met the inspection standards on the
			 date the inspection was conducted.
(24) "Peak smoke opacity" means the highest
			 numerical value of smoke opacity obtained through the testing procedures for
			 the snap-acceleration smoke opacity test.
(25) "Person" shall have the meaning set
			 forth in section
			 14-164i(g)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(26) "Preliminary snap-acceleration test
			 cycles" means a procedure utilized to clean out the exhaust of a diesel-powered
			 commercial motor vehicle and to stabilize the engines exhaust
			 emissions.
(27) "Roadside
			 inspection" means a diesel emissions inspection authorized by section
			 14-164i(b)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(28) "SAE"' means the Society of Automotive
			 Engineers.
(29) "Smoke opacimeter"
			 means a type of smokemeter, approved by the commissioner, designed to measure
			 the opacity of a plume or sample of smoke by means of a light extinction
			 principle.
(30) "Snap-acceleration
			 smoke opacity test" means a test adopted by the Society of Automotive Engineers
			 for the testing of diesel-powered commercial motor vehicles, known as the SAE
			 J1667 Recommended Practice test. The test includes five phases: vehicle
			 preparation and safety check; test preparation and equipment set-up; driver
			 familiarization and vehicle preconditioning; execution of the snap-acceleration
			 test; and calculation and reporting of final results.