Title 40
SECTION 92.215
92.215 Maintenance of records; submittal of information; right of entry.
§ 92.215 Maintenance of records; submittal of information; right of entry.(a) Any manufacturer or remanufacturer subject to any of the standards or procedures prescribed in this subpart shall establish, maintain and retain the following adequately organized and indexed records:
(1) General records. The records required to be maintained by this paragraph (a) shall consist of:
(i) Identification and description of all certification locomotives or certification locomotive engines for which testing is required under this subpart.
(ii) A description of all emission control systems which are installed on or incorporated in each certification locomotive or certification locomotive engine.
(iii) A description of all procedures used to test each such certification locomotive or certification locomotive engine.
(iv) A copy of all applications for certification, filed with the Administrator.
(2) Individual records. (i) A brief history of each locomotive or locomotive engine used for certification under this subpart including:
(A) In the case where a current production engine is modified for use as a certification engine or in a certification locomotive, a description of the process by which the engine was selected and of the modifications made. In the case where the certification locomotive or the engine for a certification locomotive is not derived from a current production engine, a general description of the buildup of the engine (e.g., whether experimental heads were cast and machined according to supplied drawings). In the cases in the previous two sentences, a description of the origin and selection process for fuel system components, ignition system components, intake-air pressurization and cooling-system components, cylinders, pistons and piston rings, exhaust smoke control system components, and exhaust aftertreatment devices as applicable, shall be included. The required descriptions shall specify the steps taken to assure that the certification locomotive or certification locomotive engine, with respect to its engine, drivetrain, fuel system, emission-control system components, exhaust aftertreatment devices, exhaust smoke control system components or any other devices or components as applicable, that can reasonably be expected to influence exhaust emissions will be representative of production locomotives or locomotive engines and that either: All components and/or locomotive or engine, construction processes, component inspection and selection techniques, and assembly techniques employed in constructing such locomotives or engines are reasonably likely to be implemented for production locomotives or engines; or that they are as close as practicable to planned construction and assembly process.
(B) A complete record of all emission tests performed (except tests performed by EPA directly), including test results, the date and purpose of each test, and the number of miles or megawatt-hours accumulated on the locomotive or the number of megawatt-hours accumulated on the engine.
(C) A record and description of all maintenance and other servicing performed, giving the date of the maintenance or service and the reason for it.
(D) A record and description of each test performed to diagnose engine or emission control system performance, giving the date and time of the test and the reason for it.
(E) A brief description of any significant events affecting the locomotive or engine during the period covered by the history and not described by an entry under one of the previous headings, including such extraordinary events as locomotive accidents or accidents involving the engine or dynamometer runaway.
(ii) Each such history shall be started on the date that the first of any of the selection or buildup activities in paragraph (a)(2)(i)(A) of this section occurred with respect to the certification locomotive or engine and shall be kept in a designated location.
(3) All records, other than routine emission test records, required to be maintained under this subpart shall be retained by the manufacturer or remanufacturer for a period of 8 years after issuance of all certificates of conformity to which they relate. Routine emission test records shall be retained by the manufacturer or remanufacturer for a period of one (1) year after issuance of all certificates of conformity to which they relate. Records may be retained as hard copy or reduced to computer disks, etc., depending on the record retention procedures of the manufacturer or remanufacturer: Provided, that in every case all the information contained in the hard copy shall be retained.
(4) Nothing in this section limits the Administrator's discretion in requiring the manufacturer or remanufacturer to retain additional records or submit information not specifically required by this section.
(5) Pursuant to a request made by the Administrator, the manufacturer or remanufacturer shall submit to him/her the information that is required to be retained.
(6) EPA may void a certificate of conformity ab initio for a locomotive or engine family for which the manufacturer or remanufacturer fails to retain the records required in this section or to provide such information to the Administrator upon request.
(b) The manufacturer or remanufacturer of any locomotive or locomotive engine subject to any of the standards prescribed in this part shall submit to the Administrator, at the time of issuance by the manufacturer or remanufacturer, copies of all instructions or explanations regarding the use, repair, adjustment, maintenance, or testing of such locomotive or engine, relevant to the control of crankcase, or exhaust emissions issued by the manufacturer or remanufacturer, for use by other manufacturers or remanufacturers, assembly plants, distributors, dealers, owners and operators. Any material not translated into the English language need not be submitted unless specifically requested by the Administrator.
(c) Any manufacturer or remanufacturer participating in averaging, banking and trading program of subpart D of this part must comply with the maintenance of records requirements of § 92.308.
(d)(1) Any manufacturer or remanufacturer who has applied for certification of a new locomotive or new locomotive engine subject to certification test under this subpart shall admit or cause to be admitted any EPA Enforcement Officer during operating hours on presentation of credentials to any of the following:
(i) Any facility where any such tests or any procedures or activities connected with such test are or were performed;
(ii) Any facility where any locomotive or locomotive engine which is being tested (or was tested, or is to be tested) is present;
(iii) Any facility where any construction process or assembly process used in the modification or buildup of such a locomotive or engine into a certification locomotive or certification engine is taking place or has taken place; or
(iv) Any facility where any record or other document relating to any of the above is located.
(2) Upon admission to any facility referred to in paragraph (d)(1) of this section, any EPA Enforcement Officer shall be allowed:
(i) To inspect and monitor any part or aspect of such procedures, activities and testing facilities including, but not limited to, monitoring locomotive or engine preconditioning, emissions tests, mileage (or service) accumulation, maintenance, and locomotive or engine storage procedures, and to verify correlation or calibration of test equipment;
(ii) To inspect and make copies of any such records, designs, or other documents, including those records specified in Subpart D of this part; and
(iii) To inspect and/or photograph any part or aspect of any such certification locomotive, or certification locomotive engine and any components to be used in the construction thereof.
(3) In order to allow the Administrator to determine whether or not production locomotives, or production locomotive engines, conform to the conditions upon which a certificate of conformity has been issued, or conform in all material respects to the design specifications applicable to those locomotives, or engines, as described in the application for certification for which a certificate of conformity has been issued, any manufacturer or remanufacturer shall admit any EPA Enforcement Officer on presentation of credentials to:
(i) Any facility where any document, design or procedure relating to the translation of the design and construction of engines and emission related components described in the application for certification or used for certification testing into production locomotives or production engines is located or carried on;
(ii) Any facility where any locomotives or locomotive engines, to be introduced into commerce are manufactured or remanufactured; and
(iii) Any facility where records specified this section are located.
(4) On admission to any such facility referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of this section, any EPA Enforcement Officer shall be allowed:
(i) To inspect and monitor any aspects of such manufacture or remanufacture and other procedures;
(ii) To inspect and make copies of any such records, documents or designs;
(iii) To inspect and photograph any part or aspect of any such locomotive(s) or locomotive engine(s) and any component used in the assembly thereof that are reasonably related to the purpose of his/her entry; and
(iv) To inspect and make copies of any records and documents specified this section.
(5) Any EPA Enforcement Officer shall be furnished by those in charge of a facility being inspected with such reasonable assistance as he/she may request to help him/her discharge any function listed in this part. Each applicant for or recipient of certification is required to cause those in charge of a facility operated for its benefit to furnish such reasonable assistance without charge to EPA whether or not the applicant controls the facility.
(6) The duty to admit or cause to be admitted any EPA Enforcement Officer applies to any facility involved in the manufacturing or assembling of locomotives, remanufacturing systems, or locomotive engines, or the installation of locomotive engines or remanufacturing systems, whether or not the manufacturer or remanufactuer owns or controls the facility in question and applies both to domestic and to foreign manufacturers or remanufacturers and facilities. EPA will not attempt to make any inspections which it has been informed that local law forbids. However, if local law makes it impossible to do what is necessary to insure the accuracy of data generated at a facility, no informed judgment that a locomotive or locomotive engine is certifiable or is covered by a certificate can properly be based on those data. It is the responsibility of the manufacturer or remanufacturer to locate its testing and manufacturing and/or remanufacturing facilities in jurisdictions where this situation will not arise.
(7) For purposes of this section:
(i) “Presentation of credentials” shall mean display of the document designating a person as an EPA Enforcement Officer.
(ii) Where locomotive, component or engine storage areas or facilities are concerned, “operating hours” shall mean all times during which personnel other than custodial personnel are at work in the vicinity of the area or facility and have access to it.
(iii) Where facilities or areas other than those covered by paragraph (d)(7)(ii) of this section are concerned, “operating hours” shall mean all times during which an assembly line is in operation or all times during which testing, maintenance, mileage (or service) accumulation, production or compilation of records, or any other procedure or activity related to certification testing, to translation of designs from the test stage to the production stage, or to locomotive (or engine) manufacture, remanufacture, or assembly is being carried out in a facility.
(iv) “Reasonable assistance” includes, but is not limited to, clerical, copying, interpretation and translation services, the making available on request of personnel of the facility being inspected during their working hours to inform the EPA Enforcement Officer of how the facility operates and to answer his questions, and the performance on request of emissions tests on any locomotive (or engine) which is being, has been, or will be used for certification testing. Such tests shall be nondestructive, but may require appropriate mileage (or service) accumulation. A manufacturer or remanufacturer may be compelled to cause the personal appearance of any employee at such a facility before an EPA Enforcement Officer by written request for his appearance, signed by the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation or the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, served on the manufacturer or remanufacturer. Any such employee who has been instructed by the manufacturer or remanufacturer to appear will be entitled to be accompanied, represented and advised by counsel.
(v) Any entry without 24 hour prior written or oral notification to the affected manufacturer or remanufacturer shall be authorized in writing by the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation or the Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
(8) EPA may void a certificate of conformity ab initio for locomotives or locomotive engines introduced into commerce if the manufacturer or remanufacturer (or contractor for the manufacturer or remanufacturer, if applicable) fails to comply with any provision of this section.
[63 FR 18998, Apr. 16, 1998, as amended at 70 FR 40456, July 13, 2005]