Pennsylvania Code › Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Department of Transportation › Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions › Article VII - Vehicle Characteristics › Chapter 177 - EMISSION INSPECTION PROGRAM › Subchapter D - OFFICIAL EMISSION INSPECTION STATION REQUIREMENTS › GENERAL › Section 177.401 - Appointment

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Authority.
For the purpose of establishing a system of
						  official emission inspection stations, the Bureau will issue certificates of
						  appointment to facilities within this Commonwealth that comply with the Vehicle
						  Code and this title. Official emission inspection stations are authorized to
						  conduct emission inspections and issue official certificates of emission
						  inspection.
(b)
Scope of
						  certification.
Until January 1, 2006, emission inspection station will
						  not be issued a certificate of appointment unless it is capable of performing
						  every type of emission inspection required for vehicles registered in the
						  region in which the station is located.
(c)
Certificate of
						  appointment.
The certificate of appointment for emission inspection
						  stations will be issued only when the Bureau is satisfied that the station is
						  properly equipped and employs certified emission inspectors, as applicable, to
						  perform emission inspections required of vehicles registered in the region in
						  which the station is located. Only those stations fulfilling Department
						  requirements and complying with this chapter will be issued an emission
						  certificate of appointment. Prior involvement with a suspended inspection
						  station may be sufficient cause to deny appointment. The emission certificate
						  of appointment shall be conspicuously displayed at the place for which issued,
						  in accordance with section 4722 of the Vehicle Code (relating to certificate of
						  appointment).
(d)
Certificate not assignable.
A certificate of appointment for
						  an emission inspection station may not be assigned or transferred to another
						  person, business entity or location and shall be valid only for the person or
						  business entity in whose name it is issued and for transaction of business at
						  the place designated therein.
(e)
Valid certificate required.
A person may not represent any
						  place as an official emission inspection station unless the station is
						  operating under a valid certificate of appointment issued by the
						  Bureau.
(f)
Inspection
						  stations with common access.
An emission inspection certificate of
						  appointment will not be issued for operation of an official emission inspection
						  station on a part of the premises of another official emission inspection
						  station which utilizes the same access. This subsection does not apply where
						  the stations have separate internal accesses, though sharing a common external
						  access.
(g)
Suspended
						  inspection stations.
An emission inspection certificate of appointment
						  will not be issued for operation of an official emission inspection station on
						  a part of the premises of an official emission inspection station which has
						  been suspended if the owner of the suspended station continues to conduct any
						  type of business which utilizes the same access. This subsection does not apply
						  where the station and the other business each have a separate internal access,
						  though sharing a common external access.
(h)
Indefinite suspension of
						  appointment.
A certificate of appointment issued to an official
						  emission station may be suspended indefinitely if the station no longer
						  fulfills the requirements for appointment provided in this subchapter. Once the
						  deficiency which prompted the suspension is cured, a station which has had its
						  certificate of appointment indefinitely suspended may apply for re-appointment
						  in accordance with the procedures in this subchapter.