Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles and New Motor
Vehicle Engines; Revisions to Regulations Requiring Availability of
Information for Use of On-Board Diagnostic Systems and Emission-Related
Repairs on 1994 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty
Trucks and 2005 and Later Model Year Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Engines
Weighing 14,000 Pounds Gross Vehicle Weight or Less; Notice of Document
Availability
[Federal Register: August 13, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 156)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 52696]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 86
[FRL-7258-2]
Control of Air Pollution From Motor Vehicles and New Motor
Vehicle Engines; Revisions to Regulations Requiring Availability of
Information for Use of On-Board Diagnostic Systems and Emission-Related
Repairs on 1994 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty
Trucks and 2005 and Later Model Year Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Engines
Weighing 14,000 Pounds Gross Vehicle Weight or Less; Notice of Document
Availability
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule, notice of document availability.
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SUMMARY: On June 8, 2001, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (66 FR 30830) proposing
revisions to regulations requiring availability of information for use
of on-board diagnostic systems (OBD) and emission-related repairs. One
of the proposed changes specified that manufacturers comply with SAE
Standardized Practice J2534 for ``pass-through reprogramming'' for MY
2003 and later OBD-equipped vehicles with reprogramming capabilities.
At the time the proposal was issued in June 2001, SAE J2534 had not yet
been finalized. In the proposal, EPA committed to issuing a notice of
document availability in the Federal Register to announce that SAE
J2534 had been finalized.
SAE J2534 was finalized in February of 2002 and is now available
for inspection only in EPA Air Docket A-2000-49 (see ADDRESSES). In
addition, interested parties can purchase this document directly from
the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) (see ADDRESSES).
ADDRESSES: Materials relevant to this rulemaking are contained in
Docket No. A-2000-49. The docket is located at The Air Docket, 401 M.
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, and may be viewed in room M1500
between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The telephone
number is (202) 260-7549 and the facsimile number is (202) 260-4400 and
the Internet e-mail is
a-and-r-docket@epamail.epa.gov. A reasonable fee may be charged by EPA
for copying docket material.
SAE J2534 can be purchased from the Society of Automotive Engineers
(SAE), 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001 or at
www.sae.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly Pugliese, Certification and
Compliance Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000
Traverwood, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, Telephone (734) 214-4288, or Internet
e-mail at pugliese.holly@epa.gov.
Dated: August 5, 2002.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 02-20451 Filed 8-12-02; 8:45 am]
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