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RATIONALE OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 



Note: The following rationales are in the same order as the 

 "FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS." 



Although each of the alternative approaches for implementing 

 and operating an inspection/maintenance program is associated 

 with specific advantages and disadvantages, the decentralized 

 approach (private garage system) seems to be particularly 

 appropriate for North Carolina since the safety inspection 

 program already exists in the private garages. Such an 

 approach should be more convenient to the motorist by 

 allowing "one-stop shopping" for both the safety and the 

 emission tests. The safety inspection program also provides 

 an existing administrative framework within which the 

 inspection/maintenance program can be implemented and 

 enforced without possibly creating a new governmental 

 organization solely for the new program. In addition, 

 implementation through the private garage system should allow 

 the inspection stations (service stations, garages, etc.) 

 to recover their costs for exhaust gas analyzers which 

 they would need under any alternative in order to perform 

 proper emission repairs. 



The disadvantages of the decentralized approach relating 

 to enforcement and supervision and data processing should be 

 able to be overcome if sufficient resources are allocated 

 for this purpose. The efforts to supervise and monitor the 

 accuracy and fairness of the emission inspections must be 



