06-096 C.M.R. ch. 146, § 7 - Procedure for diesel-powered motor vehicles which do not meet emission opacity standards at the time of inspection
A. The
owner or operator of a diesel-powered motor vehicle not meeting the emission
opacity standards shall be issued, at the termination of the inspection, an
inspection report indicating a fail designation.
B. The owner or operator of any
diesel-powered motor vehicle that fails the emission opacity standards for the
first time has 30 days from the date that the operator was notified of the
failure of the test to certify to the Department that emissions related repairs
were made to bring the vehicle into compliance with the emission opacity
standards. If certification is not made within 30 days, the owner or operator
shall be assessed a two hundred fifty-dollar ($250) fine for the first
violation.
C. The owner or operator
of any diesel-powered motor vehicle that fails the emission opacity standards
for the second and subsequent times shall be assessed a five hundred-dollar
($500) fine. The 30-day period allowed for making repairs and certifying
compliance with emission opacity standards referred to in Subsection 7(B) of
this Chapter does not apply to second and subsequent test failures.
Note: The State Police issue a summons for a traffic infraction to each operator who fails to certify to the Department that emissions related repairs were made to the vehicle that failed the emission opacity standards. The Maine Judicial Branch Violations Bureau collects the fines.
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