OBDII IN NEW YORK STATE

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OBDIIINNEW YORK STATE
Presented By
DONALD SAVAGE
Deputy Commissioner Safety,
Consumer Protection Clean Air

• New York State
• Department of Motor Vehicles

AAMVA NASHVILLE TENNESSEE AUGUST 2001
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NYMA Nine Counties Five Boroughs of NYC
and Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester Rockland
ROCKLAND
WESTCHESTER
SUFFOLK
BRONX
NEW YORK
NASSAU
QUEENS
KINGS
RICHMOND
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New York I/M Program Areas
Upstate 53 COUNTIES 4m Tests
NYMA 9 COUNTIES 4M Tests

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I/M IN NEW YORK
NYMA - 1981

• Decentralized, Test Repair in Local Garages
• Idle Test Using BAR 80 Computerized Data
  Collection
• Single Contractor Provided Equipment
  Maintenance

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I/M IN NEW YORK

• Upstate 1984
• Emission Component
• Tampering Inspection Begins

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I/M IN NEW YORK

• NYMA 1991
• Bar 90 Test Analyzers
• Data Pick-Up via PC Modem
• Increased Security
• Bar-coded Registration Stickers,
• Certified Inspector Cards and
• Sticker Inventory System
• Multiple Equipment Vendors

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I/M IN NEW YORK

• NYMA 1998
• NY Transient Emissions Short Test (NYTEST)
• Dynamometers Real Time Data Collection
• Contracted Data Manager (TESTCOM)
• Multiple Equipment Vendors
• NYTEST Specification Includes OBDII

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I/M IN NEW YORK

• Upstate 1998
• Emission Device Tampering
• Visual Gas Cap Test
• Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL) Check
  (Informational Only)

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NYTEST SYSTEM

• 4,300,000 Inspections Annually, 15,000 per
  business day
• 3400 Public Decentralized Inspection Stations
• Registration Based Enforcement Using Real Time
  Connection to DMV Main Frame
• 8,000,000 Phone Transactions Through Data Manager

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I/M IN NEW YORK

• Jointly Administered by
• Department of Motor Vehicles
• Department of Environmental Conservation

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I/M
REPORT
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FUTURE I/M IN NEW YORK

• NYMA
• NYTEST Continues for 1995 and Older Vehicles
• OBDII Testing of 1996 and Newer
• Begins in Early 2002

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FUTURE I/M IN NEW YORK

• Upstate
• Continue Current Low Enhanced Inspection
• Inspection of OBDII in 1996 and Newer Vehicles
  Promised in the State Implementation Plan (SIP)

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BENEFITS OF OBD TESTING

• Faster, Less Costly Test
• Easier to Understand for the Consumer
• Test Result has a Direct Relation to the Repair

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ISSUES WITH OBD TESTING

• One Test or Two
• Re-setting Readiness Indicators
• Model Years to be Tested

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NYMA Nine Counties Five Boroughs of NYC
and Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester Rockland
ROCKLAND
WESTCHESTER
SUFFOLK
BRONX
NEW YORK
NASSAU
QUEENS
KINGS
RICHMOND
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FUTURE CHALLENGES

• Nature of the Upstate Program
• Ensuring Vendor Performance
• Cost/Fee Issues
• Achieving Air Quality Standards

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More than any time in history, mankind faces a
crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter
hopelessness. The other, to total extinction.
Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose
correctly. Woody
Allen
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