§276.704. Private Official Inspection Station Auditing and Surveillance

a)         All private official inspection stations shall be equipped with surveillance equipment as specified in the fleet inspection agreement referenced in Section 276.702(c)(2).

 

b)         The Agency may, on an unscheduled and unannounced basis, during normal business hours, conduct an audit inspection of any private official inspection stations to determine if inspection equipment is properly operating and calibrated and to check inspector proficiency.  During the course of the audit inspection, the Agency representative may take one or more of the following actions:

 

1)         Require that, if any vehicle emissions test equipment, calibration equipment, or related materials fails to perform as required, the item shall be removed from service until corrective action is taken;

 

2)         The fleet inspector may be required to perform an emissions inspection on a fleet vehicle.  If no fleet vehicles are available, the fleet inspector may be required to perform an emissions inspection on an Agency vehicle.

 

(Source:  Amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 11268, effective June 28, 2011)