Vehicle Service Information

Regulatory and Technical Resources

This section provides valuable regulatory and technical information for the automotive industry, including archives of past documents.

Regulations
Technical Documents

Regulations: Service Information Rule

Primary Contact:
Holly Pugliese
Phone: 734 214-4288
E-mail: pugliese.holly@epa.gov

NOTE: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download, to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more about PDF, and for a link to the free Acrobat Reader.

2003 Final Rule

June 27, 2003 Final Rulemaking (FRM) as published in the Federal Register (PDF) (35 pp, 234K)
Regulatory Announcement: Final Rule for Service Information Availability (PDF) (3 pp, 16K, EPA420-F-03-003, February, 2003)
Summary and Analysis of Comments: Service Information Availability Document (PDF) (160 pp, 371K, EPA420-R-03-007, April 2003)

Proposed Amendments to 1995 Final Rule

June 8, 2001 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) as published in the Federal Register (PDF) (24 pp, 131K)
Regulatory Announcement Fact Sheet: Proposed Amendments to the Service Information Rule (EPA420-F-01-018, May 2001) (also available as a PDF file, 3 pp, 10K)

1995 Final Rule

Original final rule (PDF) (25 pp, 174K, August 9, 1995)

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Technical Documents

On-Board Diagnostic Hand-Held Scan Tool Technology: Adherence to the Society of Automotive Engineers Requirements for Scan Tools and an Evaluation of Overall Scan Tool Capability (PDF) (27 pp, 69K, EPA420-R-00-017, October 2000)

Contact:
Arvon Mitcham
Phone: 734 214-4522
E-mail: mitcham.arvon@epa.gov