[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: 40CFR85.1504]

[Page 546]
 
                   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. 85.1504  Conditional admission.

    (a) A motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine offered for importation 
under Sec. 85.1505, Sec. 85.1509 or Sec. 85.1512 may be conditionally 
admitted into the United States, but shall be refused final admission 
unless:
    (1) At the time of conditional admission, the importer has submitted 
to the Administrator a written report that the subject vehicle or engine 
has been permitted conditional admission pending EPA approval of its 
application for final admission under Sec. 85.1505, Sec. 85.1509, or 
Sec. 85.1512. This written report shall contain the following:
    (i) Identification of the importer of the vehicle or engine and the 
importer's address and telephone number;
    (ii) Identification of the vehicle or engine owner and the vehicle 
or engine owner's address, telephone number and taxpayer identification 
number;
    (iii) Identification of the vehicle or engine;
    (iv) Information indicating under what provision of these 
regulations the vehicle or engine is to be imported;
    (v) Identification of the place where the subject vehicle or engine 
will be stored until EPA approval of the importer's application to the 
Administrator for final admission;
    (vi) Authorization for EPA Enforcement Officers to conduct 
inspections or testing otherwise permitted by the Act or regulations 
thereunder;
    (vii) Identification, where applicable, of the certificate by means 
of which the vehicle is being imported;
    (viii) The original production year of the vehicle; and
    (ix) Such other information as is deemed necessary by the 
Administrator.
    (b) Such conditional admission shall not be under bond for a vehicle 
or engine which is imported under Sec. 85.1505 or Sec. 85.1509. A bond 
will be required for a vehicle or engine imported under applicable 
provisions of Sec. 85.1512. The period of conditional admission shall 
not exceed 120 days. During this period, the importer shall store the 
vehicle or engine at a location where the Administrator will have 
reasonable access to the vehicle or engine for his/her inspection.