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FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 



1. In areas of the State v/here an inspection/maintenance program 

 is found to be necessary to satisfy the requirements of the 

 Federal Clean Air Act, the inspection/maintenance program 

 should be implemented and operated within the private garage 

 system, i.e., the decentralized system. 



2. The annual exhaust emission inspections to be performed 

 through the private garage system in the inspection/ 

 maintenance program should be performed in conjunction with 

 the annual safety inspections. 



3. The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles should be the agency 

 responsible for integrating the emission inspection system 

 into the existing safety inspection system and overseeina 

 and enforcing the emission inspections. The N.C. Division 

 of Environmental Management and appropriate local agencies 



(such as the Mecklenburg County Environmental Health 

 Department) should participate in the design of the inspection/ 

 maintenance program, and these agencies in conjunction with 

 the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles should develop and 

 operate a comprehensive and effective public information 

 program. 



4. The N.C. Division of Environmental Management should be the 

 agency responsible for analyzing exhaust emission data, 

 setting exhaust emission standards, and determining air 

 quality trends and exhaust emission trends related to the 

 inspection/maintenance program. 



5. The enforcement m.echanism for the inspection/maintenance 

 program should be a windshield sticker system; however, 

 whether the emission test will be included in the safety 

 inspection sticker or whether the emission test will require 

 a separate inspection sticker will be decided by the N.C. 

 Division of Motor Vehicles. 



6. The exhaust emission test in the inspection/maintenance 

 program should be performed on all registered gasoline- 

 powered motor vehicles operated by any resident, firm, 

 association, or corporation in the nonattainment area 

 except for those vehicles older than twelve (12) model years. 



7. All law enforcement agencies having the authority to enforce 

 General Statute 20-128.1, relating to visible emissions 

 (smoke) from motor vehicles, should be encouraged to enforce 

 this statute especially in areas where an inspection/main- 

 tenance program is being implemented. In addition, these 

 agencies should have adequate personnel who have completed 

 the Visible Emission Evaluation Training Course and Certi- 

 fication offered by the N.C. Division of Environmental 

 Management. 



