This rule documents DEQ's considerations regarding motor
vehicle pollution control system requirements for Department of Defense
personnel participating in the Privately Owned Vehicle Import Control
Program.
(1) U.S. Department of
Defense (DOD) personnel participating in the DOD Privately Owned Vehicle (POV)
Import Control Program operating a 1975 or newer model year vehicle, may
temporarily remove catalytic converter systems, or, if applicable, exhaust gas
oxygen (O2) sensor(s), if one of the following conditions is met:
(a) The vehicle will be driven to the port
and surrendered for export under the above program within ten working days of
disconnection, deactivation, or inoperability of the catalytic converter system
or exhaust gas oxygen (O2) sensor(s); or
(b) The catalytic converter systems and
exhaust gas oxygen (O2) sensor(s) are reconnected, reactivated or made operable
within 10 working days from the time the owner picked up the vehicle at the
port.
(2) Persons may
disconnect, deactivate or render inoperable any catalytic converter system or
exhaust gas oxygen (O2) sensor(s) on 1975 or newer model year vehicle of DOD
personnel participating in the DOD POV Import Control Program which will be
driven to the port and surrendered for exportation under said program within
ten working days.
(3) Unless
otherwise exempt under this Division, vehicles must be configured as a vehicle
certified by the EPA for sale and use within the United States under 40 C.F.R.,
part
86, subpart A.
(4)
Documentation must be kept with the vehicle at all times while the vehicle is
operated in the United States which provides sufficient information to
demonstrate compliance with all appropriate qualifications and conditions of
this exemption, including the following:
(a)
The unique VIN of the vehicle;
(b)
The agency or organization that employs the owner of the vehicle;
(c) The country to which the owner of the
subject vehicle is transferring;
(d) The date(s) when applicable alterations
were performed on the vehicle;
(e)
The date when the vehicle is scheduled to be delivered to the appropriate port
for shipment out of the United States; and
(f) The date when the subject vehicle is
picked up from the port of importation upon returning to the United States.
[NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air
Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR
340-200-0040.]
Notes
Or. Admin. Code
§
340-256-0330
DEQ 25-1996, f. & cert.
ef. 11-26-96; DEQ 14-1999, f. & cert. ef. 10-14-99, Renumbered from
340-024-0308;
DEQ
21-2020, amend filed 11/19/2020, effective
11/19/2020
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
468A.360
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
468A.350 -
468A.400
