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. (a) The regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 44101 shall include a plan to guide the execution of the
first two years of the program, to assess the results, and to
formulate recommendations. The plan shall also verify whether the
light-duty vehicle scrapping program included in the state
implementation plan adopted on November 15, 1994, can reasonably be
expected to yield the required emissions reductions at reasonable
cost-effectiveness. Scrapping of any vehicles under this program for
program development or testing or for generating emission reductions
to be credited against the M-1 strategy of the 1994 SIP may proceed
before the state board adopts the regulations pursuant to subdivision
(a) of Section 44101 or the plan required by this subdivision. The
emission credits assigned to these vehicles shall be adjusted as
necessary to ensure that those credits are consistent with the
credits allowed under the regulations adopted pursuant to Section
44101. The plan shall include a baseline study, for the geographical
area or areas representative of those to be targeted by this program
and by measure M-1 in the SIP, of the current population of vehicles
by model year and market value and the current turnover rate of
vehicles, and other factors that may be essential to assessing
program effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and market impacts of the
program.
(b) At the end of each of the two calendar years after the
adoption of the program plan, if the program receives adequate
funding, the state board, in consultation with the department, shall
adopt and publish a progress report evaluating each year of the
program. These reports shall address the following topics for those
vehicles scrapped to achieve both the M-1 SIP objectives and those
vehicles scrapped or repaired to generate mobile-source emission
reduction credits used for other purposes:
(1) The number of vehicles scrapped or repaired by model year.
(2) The measured emissions of the scrapped or repaired vehicles
tested during the report period, using suitable inspection and
maintenance test procedures.
(3) Costs of the vehicles in terms of amounts paid to sellers, the
costs of repair, and the cost-effectiveness of scrappage and repair
expressed in dollars per ton of emissions reduced.
(4) Administrative and testing costs for the program.
(5) Assessments of the replacement vehicles or replacement travel
by model year or emission levels, as determined from interviews,
questionnaires, diaries, analyses of vehicle registrations in the
study region, or other methods as appropriate.
(6) Assessments of the net emission benefits of scrapping in the
year reported, considering the scrapped vehicles, the replacement
vehicles, the effectiveness of repair, and other effects of the
program on the mix of vehicles and use of vehicles in the geographic
area of the program, including in-migration of other vehicles into
the area and any tendencies to increased market value of used
vehicles and prolonged useful life of existing vehicles, if any.
(7) Assessments of whether the M-1 strategy of the 1994 SIP can
reasonably be expected to yield the required emission reductions.