OAR 735-100-0010: Equipment Compliance and Approval

(1) The Automotive Manufacturers Equipment Compliance Agency, Inc. (AMECA) is designated an approval authority for the Transportation Safety Office of the Oregon Department of Transportation (Transportation Safety). (2) The AMECA’s Equipment Compliance Program may be used by manufacturers for verifying their equipment items meet the appropriate Transportation Safety adopted standards. This does not preclude other manufacturer self-certification methods of federally regulated items. (3) AMECA’s accredited testing laboratories shall be recognized as approved by Transportation Safety. (4) AMECA’s Notice of Equipment Compliance for an equipment item, or the showing of the item on an AMECA’s Compliance Listing shall be acceptable proof to Transportation Safety that the item meets equipment standards. All equipment must be tested to comply with standards adopted by Transportation Safety. This does not preclude testing to more stringent standards. (5) The review of manufacturer’s test results through the AMECA’s program shall be an acceptable procedure to verify equipment compliance to standards. (6) Transportation Safety may request a manufacturer’s test results for conformance review, and may consider testing or retesting at any time there is reason to believe an item does not meet established standards. (7) Transportation Safety may request the testing laboratory name, address, contact person and telephone number from the manufacturer to verify test procedures and test results if there is reason to believe an item does not meet established standards.