[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: 40CFR201.13]

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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. 201.13  Standard for rail car operations.

    Effective December 31, 1976, no carrier subject to this regulation 
shall operate any rail car or combination of rail cars which while in 
motion produce sound levels in excess of (1) 88 dB(A) at rail car speeds 
up to and including 75 km/hr (45 mph); or (2) 93 dB(A) at rail car 
speeds greater than 72 km/hr (45 mph); when measured in accordance with 
the criteria specified in Subpart C of this part with fast meter 
response at 30 meters (100) feet from the centerline of any section of 
track which is free of special track work or bridges or trestles and 
which exhibits less than a two (2) degree curve (or a radius of 
curvature greater than 873 meters (2,865 feet)).

[45 FR 1263, Jan. 4, 1980; 47 FR 14709, Apr. 6, 1982]