Section 126.423. Assembly line testing

(a) Each manufacturer of new motor vehicles subject to the Pennsylvania Clean Vehicles Program requirements of this subchapter, certified by CARB and sold or leased in this Commonwealth, shall conduct inspection testing and quality audit testing in accordance with Title 13 CCR, Division 3, Chapter 2.

(b) For purposes of complying with subsection (a), inspection testing and quality audit testing determinations and findings made by CARB are applicable and shall be provided by motor vehicle manufacturers to the Department upon a written request.

(c) If a motor vehicle manufacturing facility which manufactures vehicles for sale in this Commonwealth certified by CARB is not subject to the inspection testing and quality audit testing requirements of CARB, the Department may, after consultation with CARB, require testing in accordance with Title 13 CCR, Division 3, Chapter 2. Upon a manufacturer’s written request and demonstration of need, functional testing under the procedures incorporated in Title 13 CCR, Division 3, Chapter 2, of a statistically significant sample, may substitute for the 100% testing rate required in Title 13 CCR, Division 3, Chapter 2, with the written consent of the Department.

The provisions of this § 126.423 amended December 8, 2006, effective December 9, 2006, 36 Pa.B. 7424. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (250848).