New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter III - AIR RESOURCES › Subchapter A - PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AIR CONTAMINATION AND AIR POLLUTION › Part 217 - MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS › Subpart 217-5 - HEAVY DUTY INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM › Section 217-5.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Agricultural
					 trucks means those vehicles as defined in subparagraph 401.7(E)(2) of the New
					 York State Vehicle and Traffic Law (VTL).
(b) Authorized emergency vehicle means those
					 vehicles defined in section 101 of the VTL.
(c) Bus means a vehicle as defined in section
					 104 of the VTL, as well as vehicles covered by 17 NYCRR Part 720 or
					 721.
(d) CARB means the California
					 State Air Resources Board as defined in California's Health and Safety Code,
					 section 39003.
(e) Certified
					 configuration means a heavy-duty diesel engine design or a light-duty diesel-
					 powered motor vehicle-engine-chassis design certified as meeting the applicable
					 CARB or EPA emission standards for heavy-duty diesel engines or light-duty
					 diesel-powered motor vehicles manufactured in a given model year.
(f) Certified inspector means any person
					 authorized by the NYSDEC, NYSDMV or NYSDOT, after successfully completing the
					 applicable training, to determining whether a HDDV complies with the
					 requirements of this Subpart. NYSDOT fleet certified mechanics authorized to
					 conduct HDDV emission inspections shall be considered certified inspectors for
					 the purpose of conducting the required emissions inspections on a HDDV in the
					 fleet of their employer.
(g) Diesel
					 engine means a compression ignition type of internal combustion engine which
					 operates on or is capable of operating on diesel fuel.
(h) Diesel-fueled vehicle means a diesel
					 powered vehicle using or capable of using diesel fuel.
(i) Element of design means any part or
					 system on a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle engine pertaining to the vehicle's
					 or engine's certified configuration.
(j) Emission control apparatus means any
					 device utilized by the vehicle manufacturer and/or the engine manufacturer to
					 control the release of any regulated emission, including any associated
					 component which monitors the function and maintenance of such a
					 device.
(k) Exhaust emissions means
					 the emissions (including any liquid or solid particles in the gaseous stream)
					 released into the atmosphere from any opening downstream from the exhaust ports
					 of a motor vehicle engine.
(l)
					 Fleet self inspection facility means any corporation, business, or facility
					 that employs certified inspectors and is authorized by NYSDEC, NYSDMV, or
					 NYSDOT to perform emission testing to determine whether any HDDV owned or
					 operated by such entity complies with the requirements of this
					 Subpart.
(m) Governor means a
					 mechanism installed on a diesel engine by the original equipment manufacturer
					 for the purpose of limiting the maximum engine RPM.
(n) Gross vehicle weight rating or GVWR means
					 the value specified by the vehicle manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of
					 a single or combination vehicle.
(o) Heavy duty diesel vehicle (HDDV) means a
					 heavy duty vehicle powered by a diesel engine.
(p) Heavy duty vehicle means a vehicle that
					 has a GVWR exceeding 8,500 pounds and is designed primarily for transporting
					 persons or properties.
(q) High
					 idle means the highest engine speed obtainable when the engine is disengaged
					 from the transmission.
(r) Hybrid
					 electric vehicle (HEV) means those vehicles as defined in  40 CFR section
					 86.1702 -99.
(s) Low idle means the
					 minimum operating speed of an engine with the accelerator pedal released and
					 the transmission disengaged, as specified by the engine manufacturer.
(t) Marine vessel means as defined in
					 1
					 U.S.C. section 3.
(u) Maximum governed RPM means for an:
(1) engine which has a functioning governor,
					 the manufacturer's recommended maximum engine speed as restricted by the
					 governor; and
(2) ungoverned engine
					 this term means a value of 80 percent of the manufacturer's recommended maximum
					 engine speed.