17. a. No later than 180 days after the date on which the owner of regulated vehicles or regulated equipment submits a notice to comply pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 9 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C. 26:2C-8.34), the date on which the fleet retrofit plan, the combined fleet retrofit plan, or the fleet averaging plan is in effect pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2005 , c.219 (C. 26:2C-8.32), the date on which the fleet retrofit plan, the combined fleet retrofit plan, or the fleet averaging plan is in effect pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C. 26:2C-8.35), or the date on which any supplement to the fleet retrofit plan or the combined fleet retrofit plan, or modification to the fleet averaging plan is in effect pursuant to section 11 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C. 26:2C-8.36), the department shall issue to the owner of a regulated vehicle or piece of regulated equipment a one-page compliance form for each regulated vehicle or piece of regulated equipment required to use best available retrofit technologies pursuant to the approved fleet retrofit plan or combined fleet retrofit plan, or the approved supplement thereto. In the case of an approved fleet averaging plan, the department shall also issue a one-page compliance form for each regulated vehicle, piece of regulated equipment, and other on-road diesel vehicle or piece of off-road diesel equipment that is required to use best available retrofit technologies pursuant to the approved fleet averaging plan, or the approved modification thereto.

b. The compliance form issued by the Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be no longer than one page and shall have printed on the form: (1) the name and business address of the owner of the regulated vehicle or piece of regulated equipment; (2) the vehicle identification number for the regulated vehicle or the serial number for the piece of regulated equipment that is required to use best available retrofit technologies pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2005, c.219 (C. 26:2C-8.28), or the approved fleet retrofit plan, combined fleet retrofit plan, or the fleet averaging plan; (3) a description of the best available retrofit technologies that may be used by the specific regulated vehicle or piece of regulated equipment and the requirement under the approved fleet retrofit plan, combined fleet retrofit plan, or fleet averaging plan; (4) a description of the best available retrofit technology required for the vehicle or piece of equipment pursuant to the rules and regulations, the fleet retrofit plan, combined fleet retrofit plan, or fleet averaging plan, as the case may be; (5) an identified space for the label number for a required retrofit device to be entered into the form; (6) an identified space for the owner responsible for the submittal of the notice to comply by rules and regulations or the submittal and update of the fleet retrofit plan, combined fleet retrofit plan, or fleet averaging plan to certify that any required retrofit devices have been installed, and the date of that compliance; (7) an identified space for the examiner of the regulated vehicle to certify that the vehicle identification number that appears on the form corresponds to the vehicle on which the required retrofit device has been installed, and that the label identification number on the required retrofit device corresponds to the label identification number entered on the form of the regulated on-road diesel vehicle or other on-road diesel vehicle on which the required retrofit device has been installed; and (8) an identified space for the owner to record the cost of the retrofit device and its installation.

c. The Department of Environmental Protection shall issue with the forms sent to the owner of the fleet a notice of instructions describing the purpose of, and the procedures for completion of the compliance form, and the requirement to keep the compliance form with the regulated vehicle, or another vehicle included in a fleet averaging plan or modification thereto, for the life of the vehicle.

L.2005,c.219,s.17.