[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR201.10]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 201--NOISE EMISSION STANDARDS FOR TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT; INTERSTATE 
RAIL CARRIERS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart B--Interstate Rail Carrier Operations Standards
 
Sec. 201.10  Applicability.


    The provisions of this subpart apply to all rail cars and all 
locomotives, except steam locomotives, operated or controlled by 
carriers as defined in subpart A of this part, except that Sec. 201.11 
(a), (b), and (c) do not apply to gas turbine-powered locomotives and to 
any locomotive type which cannot be connected by any standard method to 
a load cell. They apply to the total sound

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level emitted by rail cars and locomotives operated under the conditions 
specified, including the sound produced by refrigeration and air 
conditioning units which are an integral element of such equipment. The 
provisions of this subpart apply to all active retarders, all car 
coupling operations, all switcher locomotives, and all load cell test 
stands. These provisions do not apply to the sound emitted by a warning 
device, such as a horn, whistle or bell when operated for the purpose of 
safety. They do not apply to special purpose equipment which may be 
located on or operated from railcars; they do not apply to street, 
suburban or interurban electric railways unless operated as a part of a 
general railroad system of transportation. When land use changes after 
the publication date of this regulation from some other use to 
residential or commercial land use around a specific railyard facility, 
this regulation will become effective four (4) years from the date of 
that land use change.