OAR 340-256-0370: Emission Control System Inspection: Renewal of Registration for Light-duty Motor Vehicles and Heavy-duty Gasoline Motor Vehicles Temporarily Operating Outside of the Oregon Vehicle Inspection Boundaries

Vehicles registered in the Portland Vehicle Inspection Area and Medford-Ashland AQMA and are temporarily operated at an address located South of the US-Canada border, North of latitude line 40°N, and West of longitude line 121°W must comply with the following requirements: (1) For vehicles operated within another Environmental Protection Agency approved Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) program area, DEQ shall establish reciprocity provisions to ensure motor vehicle compliance with the other state’s I/M requirements. Compliance with the other state’s I/M program requirements is equivalent to the issuance of a Certificate of Compliance. (2) For vehicles operated outside of the boundaries listed in 340-256-0370, but not within another Environmental Protection Agency approved Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) area, DEQ shall issue a temporary exemption from Oregon I/M Program testing requirements until the vehicle returns to Oregon. Within 30 calendar days of the date the vehicle returns to Oregon it must comply with the Oregon I/M Program’s test criteria, methods and standards. (3) For vehicles operated in Oregon, but East of longitude line 121°W, DEQ shall issue a temporary exemption from Oregon I/M Program testing requirements until the vehicle returns to the registered address. Within 30 calendar days of the date the vehicle returns to the registered address it must comply with the Oregon I/M Program’s test criteria, methods and standards. [NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040.]