Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; New Jersey; Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program

Resumen

EPA is proposing to find that the State of New Jersey will have implemented the enhanced inspection and maintenance (I/M) program when mandatory testing begins on December 13, 1999 and to reinstate the interim approval granted under section 348 of the National Highway Systems Designation Act (NHSDA). Due to New Jersey's delays in starting the enhanced I/M program, EPA notified New Jersey by a December 12, 1997 letter that the sanctions clock was started for failure to implement the enhanced I/M program. The offset sanction began in New Jersey on June 14, 1999. The highway sanction would begin six months thereafter if New Jersey did not implement the program. This action is proposing to reinstate the interim approval and to stop the sanctions clock and lift any sanctions applied in New Jersey.