California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 3 - Air Resources Board › Chapter 9 - Off-Road Vehicles and Engines Pollution Control Devices › Article 5 - Portable Engine and Equipment Registration › Section 2460 - Inspections and Testing

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) In
				  determining if a portable engine or equipment unit is eligible for
				  registration, the Executive Officer may inspect the portable engine or
				  equipment unit and/or require a source test, at the owner's expense.
(b) Each district shall inspect all
				  registered engines and equipment units for which the district has been
				  designated as the home district pursuant to section
				  2453(j) above, as
				  specified below:
(1) Within 45 days after the
				  date of initial issuance or renewal of a registration, the owner or operator
				  shall contact the home district to arrange for inspection of the registered
				  engine or equipment unit to be completed within one year of the initial
				  registration or renewal date. If the registered engine or equipment unit shall
				  be operating in a district, other than the home district, the owner or operator
				  may request the home district to arrange for an inspection by the other
				  district.
(2) For portable engines,
				  each home district should conduct no more than 20 percent of the arranged
				  inspections for that district as in-field inspections. All arranged inspections
				  not conducted as in-field inspections shall be conducted as non-field
				  inspections. If a portable engine is found in violation during an in-field
				  inspection, the next arranged inspection for that engine shall be an in-field
				  inspection. This section does not limit the authority of a district to conduct
				  any number of non-arranged in-field or non-field inspections for which no fee
				  is charged.
(3) For registered
				  equipment units operating with registered engines, the owner or operator may
				  not request that the registered engine be inspected at the hourly rate
				  specified in Section
				  2461.1 for equipment unit
				  inspections. Inspection fees for registered engines are to be paid as listed in
				  item 14 in Section
				  2461.1.
(4) Arranged inspections for PEPS engines and
				  registered equipment units shall be non-field inspections unless an in-field
				  inspection is requested by the holder of the registration and a reasonable
				  in-field inspection location is arranged with the appropriate
				  district.
(5) The time for an
				  arranged inspection shall be agreed upon in advance with the district and
				  company preferences regarding time of day shall be accommodated within reason.
				  To the extent that an arranged inspection does not fall within the district's
				  normal workday, the district may charge for the off-hour time based on a fee as
				  specified in Section
				  2461.1.
(6) If an arranged inspection of a registered
				  engine or registered equipment unit does not occur due to unforeseen
				  circumstances, the owner or operator and the home district shall reschedule the
				  arranged inspection no later than 90 days of the initially scheduled
				  inspection. Any unreasonable actions on the part of the owner or operator that
				  prevents the inspection to occur within the specified time frame shall be
				  deemed a violation of this article. Actions taken by the owner or operator that
				  could be deemed "unreasonable" include, but are not limited to:
(A) failing to respond to the district
				  correspondences or other contracts made to schedule the inspection;
(B) failing to ensure that the registered
				  engine or equipment unit is in operation for arranged "in-field inspections" or
				  where the district has provided advance notification to the owner or operator
				  that the registered engine or equipment unit is required to be observed in
				  operation.
(7) The owner
				  or operator may request the scheduling of one or more arranged inspections for
				  multiple engines in order to qualify for an inspection fee discount as
				  specified in section
				  2461(d). Within
				  45 days of date of initial issuance of registration or by January 30 of each
				  year for renewals, the owner or operator shall submit a letter of intent
				  including an equipment list and registration numbers to the district to arrange
				  for inspection of multiple engines. The inspections shall be completed within
				  one year after the registration renewal date for each engine inspected. If the
				  fleet owner pays the discounted inspection fee and then fails to qualify for
				  the discount during the actual arranged inspection, then the district may bill
				  the fleet owner for the difference between the discounted inspection fee and
				  the full inspection fee. Upon the request of the district, the fleet shall not
				  be eligible to use the discount in 2461(d) for any subsequent arranged
				  inspections if the fleet failed to comply with the inspection fee discount
				  requirements.
(8) If a registered
				  engine or equipment unit is out of California for one year or more following
				  initial registration or renewal, the engine or equipment unit shall be excused
				  from having the arranged inspection within that period if:
(A) within 45 days after the date of initial
				  issuance or renewal of the registration, the owner or operator submitted a
				  letter to the district noting the registration number of the registered engine
				  or equipment unit and that the engine or unit is out of California for the
				  one-year period; and
(B) upon the
				  return of the registered engine or equipment unit to the State, the owner or
				  operator shall arrange to have the registered engine or equipment unit
				  inspected within 30 days.