[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: 40CFR204.2]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 204--NOISE EMISSION STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 204.2  Definitions.

    (a) As used in this subpart, all terms not defined herein shall have 
the meaning given them in the Act.
    (1) Act means the Noise Control Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-574, 86 
Stat. 1234).
    (2) Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency or his authorized representative.
    (3) Agency means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
    (4) Export exemption means an exemption from the prohibitions of 
section 10 (a) (1), (2), (3), and (4) of the Act, granted by statute 
under section 10(b)(2) of the Act for the purpose of exporting regulated 
products.
    (5) National security exemption means an exemption from the 
prohibitions of section 10(a) (1), (2), (3), and (5) of the

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Act, which may be granted under section 10(b)(1) of the Act for the 
purpose of national security.
    (6) [Reserved]
    (7) Testing exemption means an exemption from the prohibitions of 
section 10(a) (1), (2), (3), and (5) of the Act, which may be granted 
under section 10(b)(1) of the Act for the purpose of research, 
investigations, studies, demonstrations, or training, but not including 
national security where lease or sale of the exempted product is 
involved.
    (8) Warranty means the warranty required by section 6(c)(1) of the 
Act.
    (9) Tampering means those acts prohibited by section 10(a)(2) of the 
Act.
    (10) Maintenance instructions means those instructions for 
maintenance, use, and repair, which the Administrator is authorized to 
require pursuant to section 6(c)(1) of the Act.
    (11) Type I Sound Level Meter means a sound level meter which meets 
the Type I requirements of American National Standard Specification 
S1.4-1971 for sound level meters. This publication is available from the 
American National Standards Institute, Inc., 1430 Broadway, New York, 
New York 10018.
    (12) dBA is the standard abbreviation for A-weighted sound level in 
decibels.
    (13) Reasonable assistance means providing timely and unobstructed 
access to test products or products and records required by this part 
and opportunity for copying such records or testing such test products.
    (14) Slow meter response means the meter ballistics of meter dynamic 
characteristics as specified by American National Standard S1.4-1971 or 
subsequent approved revisions.
    (15) Sound level means the weighted sound pressure level measured by 
the use of a metering characteristic and weighing A, B, or C as 
specified in American National Standard Specification for Sound Level 
Meters S1.4-1971 or subsequent approved revision. The weighting employed 
must be specified, otherwise A-weighting is understood.
    (16) Sound pressure level means, in decibels, 20 times the logarithm 
to the base ten of the ratio of a sound pressure to the reference sound 
pressure of 20 micropascals (20 micronewtons per square meter). In the 
absence of any modifier, the level is understood to be that of a root-
mean-square pressure.
    (17) Product means any construction equipment for which regulations 
have been promulgated under this part and includes ``test product.''
    (18) Test product means any product that is required to be tested 
pursuant to this part.

[41 FR 2172, Jan. 14, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 57711, Dec. 28, 1982]