New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 11 - ALBUQUERQUE - BERNALILLO COUNTY AIR QUALITY CONTROL BOARD › Part 101 - MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION - CENTRALIZED › Section 20.11.101.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
In addition to the definitions in 20.11.101.7 NMAC the
				  definitions in 20.11.1 NMAC apply unless there is a conflict between
				  definitions, in which case the definition in 20.11.101 NMAC shall
				  govern.
A. "Air Care Inspection
				Facility" means a business operated by an Independent Contractor authorized by
				contract in accordance with 20.11.101.18 NMAC to inspect motor vehicles and
				issue certificates of inspection. Repairs shall not be performed at an AIR CARE
				Inspection Facility.
B. "Air Care
				Inspector" means an individual authorized by a certificate issued by the
				Program to perform inspections of motor vehicles and who has met the
				requirements of 20.11.101.21 NMAC.
C. "Air Care Technician" means an individual
				certified in accordance with 20.11.101.18 NMAC to repair and adjust motor
				vehicles, which are subject to inspection pursuant to 20.11.101 NMAC.
D. "Biennial" means every other
				year.
E. "Chassis" means the
				complete motor vehicle, including standard factory equipment, exclusive of the
				body and cab.
F. "City" means the
				City of Albuquerque, a New Mexico municipal corporation.
G. "Conditioning Mode" means either a fast
				idle test condition or loaded test condition.
H. "County" means the County of Bernalillo, a
				political subdivision of the state of New Mexico.
I. "Dealer" means any person who sells or
				solicits or advertises the sale of new or used motor vehicles subject to
				registration in the State of New Mexico and as further defined in the Motor
				Vehicle Code Section
				66-1-4.4.D, NMSA
				1978.
J. "Distributor" means any
				person who distributes or sells new or used motor vehicles to dealers and who
				is not a manufacturer.
K. "Division
				or VPMD" means the Vehicle Pollution Management Division of the City
				Environmental Health Department, which provides the staff for the
				Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Vehicle Pollution Management Program.
L. "Driver" means every person who drives or
				is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or upon
				property used for inspections.
M.
				"Essential Parts" means all integral and body parts of a vehicle of a type
				required to be registered under the Motor Vehicle Code, the removal, alteration
				or substitution of which would tend to conceal the identity of the vehicle or
				substantially alter its appearance, model type or mode of operation.
N. "Exhaust Emissions" means carbon monoxide,
				hydrocarbon and all other substances emitted through a motor vehicle's exhaust
				system, after passing downstream of the engine block exhaust ports and exhaust
				emissions control devices, if any.
O. "Exhaust Emissions Control Device" means
				equipment designed by the manufacturer of the vehicle and installed on a motor
				vehicle for the purpose of reducing pollutants emitted from the vehicle, or a
				system or engine modification designed by the manufacturer of the motor vehicle
				which causes a reduction of pollutants emitted from the vehicle, or equipment
				designed by the vehicle manufacturer to prevent damage to or tampering with
				other exhaust emission control devices.
P. "Field Audit Gas" means a gas mixture with
				known concentrations of CO2, CO, and HC that is used by
				the Program to check the accuracy of exhaust gas analyzers used by authorized
				inspection facilities.
Q. "Fast
				Idle Test Condition" means an exhaust emission inspection conducted with the
				engine of vehicle running under an accelerated condition to an extent
				prescribed by the Program Manager.
R. "Fleet Air Care Station" means any person,
				business, government entity, firm, partnership or corporation which provides
				for the construction, equipping, maintaining, staffing, managing and operation
				of authorized inspection station for the sole purpose of inspecting its private
				fleet of motor vehicles subject to 20.11.101 NMAC, and not offering inspection
				services to its employees or the general public. The fleet must include 10 or
				more vehicles, which are capable of being centrally fueled.
S. "Fuel" means any material that is burned
				by the engine of a vehicle in order to propel the vehicle.
T. "Gross Vehicle Weight" means the weight of
				a vehicle without load, plus the weight of any load thereon.
U. "Government Vehicle" means a motor vehicle
				exempt from the payment of a registration fee and owned or leased by any
				federal, state, local, or other governmental entity.
V. "Headquarters" means the main office of
				the Vehicle Pollution Management Program.
W. "Highway" means every way or place
				generally open to the use of the public as a matter of right for the purpose of
				vehicular travel, even though it may be temporarily closed or restricted for
				the purpose of construction, maintenance, repair or reconstruction.
X. "Idle Mode Test" means an unloaded exhaust
				emissions test conducted only at the idle condition, as described in the VPMP
				Procedures Manual.
Y. "Independent
				Contractor" means any person, partnership, corporation, or business entity with
				whom the Program Manager enters into a contract providing for construction,
				equipment, maintenance, personnel, management and operation of official AIR
				CARE inspection facilities.
Z.
				"Inspection, Re-inspection or Test" means the mandatory vehicular
				anti-tampering and emissions inspection conducted both visually and with
				equipment required by 20.11.101 NMAC.
AA. "Loaded Mode Test" means an exhaust
				emissions test conducted at cruise conditions as specified by 20.11.101 NMAC
				and in compliance with 40 CFR Part 51 Appendix B Subpart S.
BB. "Low Emissions Tune-Up" means adjustments
				and repairs, which can reduce motor vehicle emissions including but not limited
				to the following procedures:
(1) checking and
				setting to manufacturer's specifications, the idle mixture, idle speed,
				ignition timing and dwell, and
(2)
				checking for proper connection of vacuum lines, electrical wires, and for
				proper operation of pollution control devices, and
(3) checking and replacement of air breathing
				filters and positive crankcase ventilation valve as necessary, and
(4) replacement of spark plugs, points,
				wires, as necessary, and
(5) for
				all motor vehicles equipped with computer controlled closed-loop feedback
				exhaust emission control devices and systems, inspecting the operation of the
				emission control system according to the motor vehicle manufacturer's specified
				procedures, including hose routing and on-board diagnostics, new vehicle
				warranty, and repair or replacement as necessary.