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John Wallauch has been appointed Chief of the Bureau of Automotive Repair.
Wallauch has served as program manager for the California Air Resources Board, Smog Check Program since 2007. Wallauch was the executive officer of the Inspection and Maintenance Review Committee for the Bureau of Automotive Repair from 1999 to 2002. He served as an air pollution control engineer for the California Air Resources Board from 1997 to 1999 and vice president of program operations for Envirotest Corporation from 1985 to 1995. Wallauch is a Republican.
“Write it Right”
“Write it Right” booklet has been rewritten and is now in draft form. Industry is being encouraged by BAR to communicate any changes or suggestions in the next 2 weeks. Call Andrew Collada in the Sacramento BAR if you have anything you want considered.
BAR Head of Enforcement, Kristin Triepke, in a recent meeting said BAR is still prioritizing unlicensed activity in their recent sweeps. During the public comment period, one gentleman complained that he had called in a rather large number of known unlicensed shops and never heard back from BAR. Kristin explained that an anonymous tip differs from a formal complaint, in that unless you were a party and suffered damages as a result of the complaint BAR cannot update you on what their investigations found.
The Smog relicensing program is moving forward with education, and testing requirements for the 3 license program. There will be a “test only”, “repair only”, and “test and repair” shops starting probably midyear of 2013. This should present some interesting challenges. Greg Garrett is an air quality engineer with BAR that is working on this program. His contact is greg.garrett@dca.ca.gov or 916-255-4769.
Technicians & Shop Owners Report it!
Any time your efforts to service a customer’s vehicle are thwarted because you lack access to the vehicle manufacturer’s data, we want you to report it.
Please detail the occurrence in an email and send the information to righttorepair@aftermarket.org . The more they hear from the aftermarket, the better.
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