Thanks both, I couldn't see the wood for the trees!
For future reference, this is the process:
1. Email Imports@epa.gov and say you would like to request EPA exemption.
2. They will answer with instructions in an attachment.
3. You email back with the information request.
4. They send you the EPA exemption document.
Timings for us in November 2022:
The answer with instructions came back immediately, we received the final documents 15 days after our first request.
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FYI, here were the instructions we received:
To obtain a Nonresident Temporary Importation Approval Letter from EPA; please provide the following information in a letter that is signed by the requestor/importer:
1. Your full name, current foreign address, phone number, Fax number, and email address (if applicable)
2. Your U.S. address, phone number, Fax number, and email address (if applicable)
3. Vehicle year, make, model and Vehicle Identification Number
4. A statement explaining the reason for your visit to the United States. (Work/school/vacation).
5. The date of the importation
6. Location of the vehicle and the Nonresident at the time of request.
7. The duration of the importation.
8. Proof of ownership (Registration or title documents from country of origin).
As part of your request for this exemption, you are consenting to EPA to collect and store your Personally Identifiable Information. As part of your request please include the following sentence;
I consent to EPA collecting and storing my name, mailing address, email address, phone
number and Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
Other FYI, the conditions for EPA Exemption:
1. Vehicle may not be sold or otherwise transferred to another party in the U.S.;
2. Exemption is voided if the vehicle is either used for commercial purposes, or used principally by any person other than the owner (or spouse of the owner); and
3. Vehicle must be exported after one year, or upon the nonresident departing the U.S., whichever comes first. Taking a vehicle into Canada or Mexico does not constitute exportation unless the vehicle was from Mexico or Canada.
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