[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 15]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR85.1501]

[Page 544-545]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 85--CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION FROM MOBILE SOURCES--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart P--Importation of Motor Vehicles and Motor Vehicle Engines
 
Sec. 85.1501  Applicability.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7522, 7525, 7541, 7542(a) and 7601(a).

    Source: 52 FR 36156, Sept. 25, 1987, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Except where otherwise indicated, this subpart is applicable to 
motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines which are offered for 
importation or imported into the United States and for which the 
Administrator has promulgated regulations under part 86 prescribing 
emission standards but which are not covered by certificates of 
conformity issued under section 206(a) of the Clean Air Act (i.e., which 
are nonconforming vehicles as defined below), as amended, and part 86 at 
the time of conditional

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importation. Compliance with regulations under this subpart shall not 
relieve any person or entity from compliance with other applicable 
provisions of the Clean Air Act.
    (b) Regulations prescribing further procedures for importation of 
motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines into the Customs territory of 
the United States, as defined in 19 U.S.C. 1202, are set forth at 19 CFR 
12.73.
    (c) References in this subpart to engine families and emission 
control systems shall be deemed to apply to durability groups and test 
groups as applicable for manufacturers certifying new light-duty 
vehicles, light-duty trucks, and Otto-cycle complete heavy-duty vehicles 
under the provisions of 40 CFR part 86, subpart S.

[52 FR 36156, Sept. 25, 1987, as amended at 64 FR 23919, May 4, 1999; 65 
FR 59943, Oct. 6, 2000]