[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: 40CFR204.58-3]

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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 B--Portable Air Compressors
 
Sec. 204.58-3  Instructions for maintenance, use, and repair.

    (a)(1) The manufacturer shall provide to the ultimate purchaser of 
each portable air compressor covered by this part written instructions 
for the proper maintenance, use, and repair of the compressor in order 
to provide reasonable assurance of the elimination or minimization of 
noise emission degradation throughout the life of the compressor.
    (2) The purpose of the instructions is to inform purchasers and 
mechanics of those acts necessary to reasonably assure that degradation 
of noise emission levels is eliminated or minimized during the life of 
the compressor. Manufacturers should prepare the instructions with this 
purpose in mind. The instructions should be clear and, to the extent 
practicable, written in non-technical language.
    (3) The instructions must not be used to secure an unfair 
competitive advantage. They should not restrict replacement equipment to 
original equipment or service to dealer service. Manufacturers who so 
restrict replacement equipment must make public any performance 
specifications on such equipment.
    (b) For the purpose of encouraging proper maintenance, the 
manufacturer shall provide a record or log book which shall contain a 
performance schedule for all required noise emission control 
maintenance. Space shall be provided in this record book so that the 
purchaser can note what maintenance was done, by whom, where and when.

(Secs. 6, 13, Pub. L. 92-574 (42 U.S.C. 4912))

[41 FR 2172, Jan. 14, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 57713, Dec. 28, 1982]