Programa de Inspección y Mantenimiento para Flotas de Diésel Pesadas

Explicación Simple

Esta ley obliga a los dueños de camiones grandes que usan diésel a asegurarse de que sus vehículos no emitan humo negro. Tienen que revisarlos regularmente para cumplir con las normas de contaminación.

Es como cuando tienes que limpiar el filtro de tu aspiradora para que funcione bien y no despida polvo. Si no lo haces, el aire de tu casa se ensucia.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan tiene una empresa de transporte con varios camiones de carga pesada. Cada año, Juan debe llevar sus camiones a una inspección para asegurarse de que no emitan más humo del permitido. Si sus camiones son más viejos, tendrá que usar un equipo especial para medir la cantidad de humo que sale.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

C.R.S. 42-4-414 – Heavy-duty diesel fleet inspection and maintenance program (1) The commission shall develop and implement, effective January 1, 1987, a fleet inspection and maintenance program for diesel-powered motor vehicles of more than fourteen thousand pounds gross vehicle weight rating. Regional transportation district buses, state, county, and municipal vehicles, and private diesel fleets shall participate in the program through self-certification inspection procedures as developed by the commission. (2) Intentionally left blank —Ed. (a) The commission shall promulgate rules that: (I) Require owners of diesel-powered motor vehicles, registered in the program area, routinely operated in the program area, or principally operated from a terminal, maintenance facility, branch, or division located within the program area, and subject to the provisions of this section, to bring the vehicles into compliance with existing opacity standards set forth in section 42-4-412 ; (II) Are strictly construed; (III) Except as provided in paragraph (b.5) of this subsection (2), do not require more than normal and reasonable maintenance practices; and (IV) Do not require additional fees or loaded mode testing equipment. (b) Fleet owners shall test opacity standards on a periodic basis. Fleet owners shall use an opacity meter to test vehicles that are greater than ten model years old, but may use an automated opacity metering protocol to test vehicles that are less than or equal to ten m