Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 276 - PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF INSPECTIONS OF MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 276.102 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Except as
				hereinafter stated and unless a different meaning of a term is clear from its
				context, the definitions of terms used in this Part shall be the same as those
				used in the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5 ] and the Vehicle
				Emissions Inspection Law of 2005 [625 ILCS 5/13C ].
b) The following definitions apply to this
				Part:
"Accuracy" means the combination of bias and precision
				  errors, technically defined as uncertainty, that quantifies the differences
				  between a measured and true value.
"Affected county" means any county or portion thereof, as
				  defined in Section 13C-5 of the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law of
				  2005.
"Agency" means the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
				  or its designee.
"Calibration gas" means a gas of known concentration used to
				  establish the response curve of the exhaust gas analyzer.
"Diagnostic trouble code" or "DTC" means an alphanumeric code
				  that is set in a vehicle's onboard computer when a monitor detects a condition
				  likely to indicate the existence of an emission related malfunction of the
				  vehicle.
"Drift" means the amount of change in analyzer reading over a
				  period of time. Zero drift refers to the change of zero reading. Span drift
				  refers to a change in the reading at a specified span gas calibration
				  point.
"Economic hardship extension" means a one year extension to
				  the test-by date that may be granted to the owners of a vehicle in order for
				  the owners to comply with the requirements of the Vehicle Emissions Inspection
				  Law of 2005.
"Emissions compliance certificate" means a certificate issued
				  to an owner of a vehicle registered in an affected county who successfully
				  complies with the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law of 2005 and the requirements
				  of this Part. As required by the context, this means an emissions compliance
				  certificate, annual exemption certificate or emissions inspection
				  certificate.
"Emission control devices" means those components of a
				  vehicle that were designed and are used to control vehicle exhaust and
				  evaporative system emissions. For the purpose of this Part, this term refers to
				  components with which the vehicle was originally equipped or direct
				  replacements.
"Evaporative system integrity test" means a test of the fuel
				  cap portion of a vehicle's evaporative system, which consists of either a fuel
				  cap leak flow test, a fuel cap pressure decay test, or a fuel cap visual
				  functional test, as applicable.
"Exhaust gas analyzer" means a device that has the capability
				  to identify unknown concentrations of particular constituents in motor vehicle
				  exhaust gases by comparison with known concentrations of analytical
				  gases.
"Fleet inspection permit" means a permit issued to fleet
				  self-testers in accordance with Subpart G.
"Fleet inventory" means those vehicles that have been
				  registered with the Agency for the purpose of fleet self-testing and that have
				  been assigned a test eligibility date.
"Fleet vehicle" means any non-exempt vehicle registered with
				  the Agency for the purpose of fleet self-testing.
"Fuel cap" means a device used to seal a vehicle's fuel
				  inlet.
"Fuel cap leak flow test" means a test performed in
				  accordance with this Part on a vehicle's fuel cap using a fuel cap leak flow
				  tester to determine whether the vehicle complies with the evaporative system
				  emission standards of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 240.
"Fuel cap leak flow tester" or "fuel cap tester" means a
				  device used to determine the leak flow integrity of a vehicle's fuel cap by
				  comparing the measured leak flow of the fuel cap with an established fuel cap
				  leak flow standard.
"Fuel cap pressure decay test" means the test performed in
				  accordance with this Part on a vehicle's fuel cap using a fuel cap pressure
				  decay tester to determine whether the vehicle complies with the evaporative
				  system emission standards of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 240.
"Fuel cap pressure decay tester" means a device used to
				  determine the pressure decay integrity of a vehicle's fuel cap by monitoring
				  the pressure behind the fuel cap for a 10 second period and comparing the
				  measured pressure decay of the fuel cap to an established fuel cap pressure
				  decay standard.
"Fuel cap visual functional test" means the test performed in
				  accordance with this Part on a vehicle's fuel cap using visual analysis to
				  determine whether the vehicle complies with the evaporative system emission
				  standards of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 240.
"Full-service official inspection station" means an
				  inspection station that offers the full range of emissions inspection services
				  and customer service functions, including waiver inspections.
"HC hangup" means hydrocarbons that cling to the surface of
				  the analyzer gas sampling stream causing errors in hydrocarbon readings.
"High idle" means a vehicle operating condition with engine
				  disconnected from an external load (placed in either neutral or park) and
				  operating at a speed of 2500 ±300 RPM.
"Household income" means the gross income of all household
				  members, except wage or salary income earned by dependent minors under 18 years
				  of age. A head of household and his or her spouse are not considered as minors.
				  Gross income includes wages, interest, annuities, pensions, social security,
				  retirement, disability, public aid, alimony, child support, unemployment
				  benefits, workers' compensation, and any other indirect income such as utility
				  allowances.
"Idle mode" means that portion of a vehicle emission test
				  procedure conducted with the engine disconnected from an external load and
				  operating at minimum throttle.
"Initial idle mode" means the first of up to two idle mode
				  sampling periods during a steady-state idle mode test, during which exhaust
				  emission measurements are made with the vehicle in "as-received"
				  condition.
"Low income" means the household income during the preceding
				  12 month period was not more than 150 percent of the latest available poverty
				  guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for
				  the contiguous United States and the District of Columbia.
"Malfunction indicator light" or "MIL" means the light found
				  on the dashboard of OBD-equipped vehicles that is required to be illuminated
				  when the OBD system detects malfunctions likely to result in emissions
				  exceeding applicable emission standards. The MIL must display the phrase "Check
				  Engine" or "Service Engine Soon". The word "Powertrain" may be substituted for
				  "Engine". Alternatively, the ISO engine symbol may be substituted.
"National Institute of Standards and Technology gas" or "NIST
				  gas" means a standard gas maintained or made available by the National
				  Institute of Standards and Technology for the purpose of determining the
				  accuracy of calibration gases.
"Non-exempt vehicle" means any vehicle subject to emission
				  inspections, regardless of whether the vehicle is in a certified configuration,
				  under the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law of 2005.
"Non-fleet vehicle" means any non-exempt vehicle except for
				  vehicles registered with the Agency for the purpose of fleet
				  self-testing.
"Official inspection station" means a vehicle emission
				  inspection facility operated by the Agency or the Agency's Contractor for the
				  purpose of conducting emission inspections on non-fleet vehicles.
"On-board diagnostic readiness code" means a status flag
				  stored by a vehicle's onboard computer that indicates whether a given monitor
				  has been run (i.e., whether the component or system in question has been
				  checked to determine if it is functioning properly).
"On-board diagnostic test" means the electronic retrieval of
				  stored readiness status, diagnostic trouble codes, and MIL illumination status
				  from a vehicle's OBD system to determine if any emission related trouble codes
				  are present and if the MIL is commanded to be on, which would indicate the
				  existence of an emission related malfunction with the vehicle.
"On-road remote sensing test" means the observation,
				  measurement, and recording of vehicle exhaust emission concentrations of
				  hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), and carbon dioxide
				  (CO2) present in each in-use vehicle while traveling on
				  roadways or in specified areas by equipment that is not connected to the
				  vehicle.
"Preconditioning mode" means a period of steady-state
				  high-idle operation conducted to ensure that the engine and emissions control
				  system components are operating at normal operating temperatures, thus
				  minimizing false failure caused by improper or insufficient warm-up.
"Private official inspection station" means a vehicle
				  emission inspection facility operated by a registered owner or lessee of 15 or
				  more non-exempt fleet vehicles.
"Recognized repair technician" means a person professionally
				  engaged in vehicle repair, employed by a going concern whose purpose is vehicle
				  repair, or possessing nationally recognized certification for emission related
				  diagnosis and repair.
"Second-chance idle mode" means the second of two idle mode
				  sampling periods during a steady-state idle mode test, preceded by a
				  preconditioning mode and utilized as a second chance to pass idle exhaust
				  emission standards immediately following an initial idle mode failure.
"Span gas" means a gas of known concentrations that is used
				  to check or adjust the analyzer response characteristics to those determined by
				  the calibration gases.
"Steady-state idle test" means a vehicle emission test
				  procedure consisting of an initial idle mode measurement of exhaust emissions
				  followed, if necessary, by a high idle preconditioning mode and a second-chance
				  idle mode.
"Test-by date" or "TBD" means the date by which the vehicle
				  is due to have an emissions inspection and corresponds to the date the
				  vehicle's registration will expire. For non-expiring vehicle registrations, the
				  TBD is the date of the vehicle's purchase anniversary month or, if not
				  available, the month the vehicle was added to the Illinois Secretary of State's
				  registration database.
"Test cycle" means the two-year period between a vehicle's
				  test eligibility dates.
"Test eligibility date" or "TED" means the first day of the
				  third month prior to the vehicle's TBD.
"Vehicle emissions test notice" means a notice sent by the
				  Agency to the owners of a vehicle informing the owners of the need to comply
				  with the requirements of the Vehicle Emissions Inspection Law of 2005.
"Vehicle inspection report" means a report issued to the
				  motorist indicating the results of an emission inspection or waiver
				  determination.
"Visual functional test" means a visual examination of a
				  vehicle's fuel cap for any readily apparent wear, tampering, or defects that
				  would prevent the fuel cap from operating properly.
"Visual inspection test" means a visual examination of a
				  vehicle's MIL consisting of verifying the status of the MIL in key on/engine
				  off position followed by verifying the status of the MIL in the key on/engine
				  on position to determine the status of the MIL and existence of an emission
				  related malfunction with the vehicle.
"Waiver" means a suspension of the requirement that a
				  non-exempt vehicle comply with test standards after two or more attempts to do
				  so, as provided for in this Part.
"Waiver inspection" means an inspection conducted by a waiver
				  inspector to determine waiver eligibility.
"Waiver inspector" means a person authorized by the Agency to
				  conduct waiver inspections and to approve or disapprove applications for a
				  waiver.