Georgia  

Governing Agency: 

Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Agency Website: 

www.cleanairforce.com

Primary Contact:

Tim Smith
I/M Program Manager
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
4244 International Parkway, Suite 134
Atlanta, GA 30354
PH: 404-363-7028
Fax: 404-362-2534
 tim.smith@dnr.state.ga.us

Secondary Contact:

Stephen Leydon
Vehicle Emission Testing Coordinator
Georgia Environmental Protection Division
4244 International Parkway, Suite 134
Atlanta, GA 30354
PH: 404-675-6156
Fax: 404-362-2534
steve.leydon@dnr.state.ga.us

CURRENT PROGRAM

 

Date Started: 

October 1996

EPA Designation: 

Enhanced

Program Type: 

Hybrid- Decentralized, Test-Only and Test and Repair Stations

Program Areas: 

13 counties in the Atlanta metropolitan area (Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Paulding and Rockdale)

Enforcement Method: 

Registration denial

Model Years: 

Up to 24 years old (1986)

Vehicle Types: 

LDGV, LDGT

Exempt Vehicles: 

First 3 model years, 25 model years and older, motorcycles, diesel, over 8500 GVWR, exclusively run on alternative fuel (CNG, LPG, etc.), senior citizen 65+ years old with 10+ year old cars driven less than 5,000 miles annually

Test Type: 

ASM2 Dual-mode for vehicles pre-1996, ODB 1996+, TSI for non-ASM testable

Non-OBD Testable: 

Evaluated on a case by case basis

Cut Points: 

2525, 5015 using phase-in Cutpoints

OBD: 

Pass/Fail as of May 2002

Max Not Ready Flags: 

1996-2000: 2; 2001+: 1

Visual Checks 

Catalyst

Evaporative System Test: 

Gas cap: up to two fuel caps

Safety Test: 

No

Test Frequency: 

Annual

Annual Test Volume 

2.5 M

Decentralized Bays: 

ASM/OBD: 541, OBD Only: 356

Test Fee: 

Market driven. Legislated cap of $25, minimum $10. First re-test is free

Re-test Procedures: 

Only failing parts of the test are required to be retested.  Retest is free if done within 30 days at issuing location. However, any station may honor a retest. High emitter vehicles tested at the Department’s request.

Contracted Services: 

Verizon Business Data processing, overt and covert audits, waiver issuing, referee testing, public relations. Expires December 31, 2013.

Georgia Tech Air Quality Lab-owned and operated.

Comments: 

High Emitter program- detection via remote sensing devices.

Random TSI test after OBD II used for program evaluation.