[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: 40CFR205.58-3]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 205--TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT NOISE EMISSION CONTROLS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B--Medium and Heavy Trucks
 
Sec. 205.58-3  Instructions for maintenance, use and repair.

    (a)(1) The manufacturer shall provide to the ultimate purchaser of 
each vehicle covered by this subpart written instructions for the proper 
maintenance,

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use and repair of the vehicle in order to provide reasonable assurance 
of the elimination or minimization of noise emission degradation 
throughout the life of the vehicle.
    (2) The purpose of the instructions is to inform purchasers and 
mechanics of those acts necessary to reasonably assure that degradation 
of noise emission level is eliminated or minimized during the life of 
the vehicle. Manufacturers should prepare the instructions with this 
purpose in mind. The instructions should be clear and, to the extent 
practicable, written in nontechnical 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 should be prepared to 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 
schedule for the performance of 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.

[41 FR 15544, Apr. 13, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 57716, Dec. 28, 1982]