Virginia Regulatory Town Hall View Action

Department of Environmental Quality

Air Pollution Control Board

Regulations for the Control of Motor Vehicle Emissions in the Northern Virginia Area [9 VAC 5 ‑ 91]

Action:

Remote Sensing (Rev. MJ and MK)

General Information

Action Summary	The purpose of the proposed action is to develop regulation amendments which conform to state law concerning: the on road testing (remote sensing) of emissions from motor vehicles located or primarily operated in Northern Virginia and out of area commuters, the subsequent testing of those motor vehicles, and the operation of a program to subsidize repair costs of some vehicles identified by remote sensing.
Chapters Affected	Only affects this chapter.
Exempt from APA	No, this action is not exempt from Article II of the APA and executive branch review.
RIS Project	No project yet assigned to this action
Associated Mandates	On-Road Testing of Vehicle Emissions Inspections Hybrid Vehicles - Emissions Inspections
New Periodic Review	This action will not be used to conduct a new periodic review.

Stages

Stages associated with this regulatory action.

Stage ID	Stage Type	Status
2230	NOIRA	Stage complete. Comment period ended 07/03/2003.
2436	Emergency	Stage complete. Emergency regulation expired on 01/27/2005.
2554	Proposed	Stage complete. Comment period ended 10/08/2004.
3024	Final	Stage complete. This regulation became effective on 06/29/2005.

Contact Information

Name / Title:	Mary E. Major
Address:	Department of Environmental Quality P.O. Box 10009 Richmond, VA 23240
Email Address:	memajor@deq.virginia.gov
Phone:	(804)698-4423 FAX: (804)698-4510 TDD: (804)698-4021