April 2023 — Question 43
With which Federal agencies must documentary evidence of conformity with other agency regulations be filed when importing a motor vehicle for sale in the United States?
- AEnvironmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration✓ CBP's answer
- BEnvironmental Protection Agency and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- CFederal Highway Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- DFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- EFederal Highway Administration and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Why this answer
Two sets of provisions govern motor vehicle importations. Sections 12.73 and 12.74 require emissions conformity to be demonstrated under Clean Air Act rules administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, and 12.80 requires declarations of conformity with the federal motor vehicle safety standards administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. A vehicle imported for sale therefore needs documentary evidence of conformity filed with both EPA and NHTSA, the pairing in option A. The distractors substitute the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the Federal Highway Administration, agencies that regulate commercial carriers and highways rather than the conformity of imported vehicles themselves. Watch for: Confusing FMCSA or FHWA highway agencies with NHTSA, the vehicle-safety-standards agency.
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CBP's cited authority
Answer and citations as published in CBP's official answer key for the April 2023 examination.
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