4. Standards and procedures. The Commissioner Board of Environmental Protection shall adopt rules, which are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II- A, that establish standards and procedures to implement continue the program. The standards and procedures These rules must include the following:

A. Emission opacity standards for diesel-powered motor vehicles that are consistent with emission opacity standards for diesel-powered motor vehicles recommended by an interstate association of air quality control divisions in the northeast states;

B. Standards and procedures, including testing methods and standards for test equipment, for safe and effective roadside testing of diesel-powered motor vehicles that operate on public ways of the State for the purpose of enforcing compliance with emission opacity standards;

C. Standards and procedures for the administration and enforcement of the program. The rules may establish reciprocity agreements with other states that recognize enforcement actions related to diesel-powered motor vehicle testing programs in other states; and

D. Repair requirements and standards and procedures for certification of repairs.

5. Educational program. A person who causes operation of a diesel-powered motor vehicle that does not comply with the program's emission opacity standards must be given educational materials by the Department of Environmental Protection regarding the environmental and other benefits of a vehicle that is in compliance with the standards set forth in subsection 4.

6. Implementation. The Department of Environmental Protection shall implement the program no later than 7 days following the effective date of this section. An operator of a diesel-powered motor vehicle that does not comply with the program's emission opacity standards is not subject to penalties.

7.__Definition.__As used in this section, "opacity" means the degree of light-obscuring capability of emissions of visible air contaminants expressed as a percentage.__Complete obscuration must be expressed as 100% opacity.