New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 11 - ALBUQUERQUE - BERNALILLO COUNTY AIR QUALITY CONTROL BOARD › Part 100 - MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION - DECENTRALIZED › Section 20.11.100.21 - CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR AIR CARE STATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. No person shall solicit, advertise or
				imply that a facility is an
air care
station certified by the
				program manager to conduct inspections pursuant to 20.11.100 NMAC without
				having a current program-issued certificate on display on the premises. Any
air care
inspection station that has its certification
				permanently or temporarily withdrawn or canceled by the board or the program
				manager shall immediately remove all inspection related signs and cease to
				represent the facility as a certified
air care
station.
B. No
air
				care
station owner or operator shall allow a person to conduct any
				part of an inspection pursuant to 20.11.100 NMAC unless the person is an
air care
inspector certified by the program manager and has a
				current program-issued certificate on display on the premises.
C. Any person may apply for certification to
				operate an
air care
station.
D. Before constructing, installing or
				renovating a facility or building intended for use as an
air
				care
station, the owner or operator shall submit an application and
				receive pre-approval to operate the facility as an
air care
station. The applicant shall also provide information on traffic flow and how
				it will be managed to prevent unsafe conditions. The applicant shall also
				indicate how and where the customer may view the vehicle inspection from start
				to finish.
E. The program manager
				may issue a station certificate to a person who applies and demonstrates to the
				program manager's satisfaction the following minimum conditions shall be in
				effect and equipment shall be present at the applicant's proposed
air
				care
station:
(1) at least one
				certified
air care
inspector whose certification is current
				and listed with the program manager shall be present and shall conduct all the
				inspections of motor vehicles; no inspection shall be performed in whole or in
				part by any person who is not a certified
air care
inspector;
(2) at least one
				approved emissions analyzer owned or leased by the station shall be in place
				and operating within the equipment specification limits;
(3) in order to qualify for certification,
				the facility shall also be equipped and supplied as follows:
(a) sufficient hand tools and automotive
				diagnostic equipment for proper performance of the inspections;
(b) program approved span gas and compatible
				equipment for performing gas span checks;
(c) suitable non-reactive tail pipe extenders
				or probe adapters for inspecting vehicles with screened or baffled exhaust
				systems;
(d) the approved emissions
				analyzer manufacturer's maintenance and calibration manual; and
(e) gas cap checking adaptors;
(4) the
air care
station shall provide the vehicle owner or driver with access to the test area
				so that observation of the entire official inspection process is possible;
				access may be limited, but in no way shall prevent full observation of the
				entire official inspection process from start to finish; and
(5) certified
air care
station owners or operators shall be responsible for the general management of
				their facility(ies) and for the supervision of their
air care
inspectors in accordance with 20.11.100 NMAC.