Look man I'm not going to sit here and argue with you about inspection procedures. Maybe you are getting your wording or theirs messed up. Yes the ECU monitors all the sensors throughout the engine to include all emissions equipment. Front O2 sensor which is used to determine fuel trim (rich or lean), rear O2 sensor which monitors the catalyst to make sure it is working properly, Evap pressure sensors which tell it if there are leaks in the Evap system, EGR valve operation, and so on. Now if any of these are operating out side of the parameters that they are allowed under NYS and federal regulations used to determine whether the car is "clean" or not then you set DTC's and that's how the ECU is used to monitor for inspections. *Edit* this is very simplified version of how the ECU is working so don't quote it word for word.

So why don't I ask you this. Do you have a check engine light presently? If not don't worry about it and go get inspected. What's the worst they can do? Fail you and give you an opportunity to fix it and come back. Hell you only have to pay for the inspection once. If you fail you can fix it and come back and they have to finish it at no charge.

The thing I'm getting at here is that you really need to learn some more about your car and how things work. I am telling you that repeating things that others tell you will not get anything accomplished. Technician A says this, Technician B says the exact same thing in different words, but you are now confused and start telling us how to put square pegs in round holes.

I Hope I have clarified myself some. If you are still confuzzled feel free to PM me and maybe I can explain it to you over the phone or something.

-Kevin