Section 276.704  Private Official Inspection Station Auditing and Surveillance

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, to review vehicle inspection reports and maintenance records, and to check inspector proficiency.  During the course of the audit inspection, the Agency representative may take one or more of the following actions:

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

b)         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 22 Ill. Reg. 18867, effective September 28, 1998)