[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: 40CFR211.210-1]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 211--PRODUCT NOISE LABELING--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B--Hearing Protective Devices
 
Sec. 211.210-1  General requirements.

    (a) Every hearing protector manufactured for distribution in 
commerce in the United States, and which is subject to this regulation:
    (1) Must be labeled at the point of ultimate purchase or 
distribution to the prospective user according to the requirements of 
Sec. 211.204 of this subpart; and
    (2) Must meet or exceed the mean attenuation values determined by 
the procedure in Sec. 211.206 and explained in Sec. 211.211(b).
    (b) Manufacturers who distribute protectors in commerce to another 
manufacturer for packaging for ultimate purchase or use must provide to 
that manufacturer the mean attenuation values and standard deviations at 
each of the one-third octave band center frequencies as determined by 
the test procedure in Sec. 211.206. He must also provide the Noise 
Reduction Rating calculated according to Sec. 211.207.

(Sec. 13, Pub. L. 92-574, 86 Stat. 1244 (42 U.S.C. 4912))

[44 FR 56139, Sept. 28, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 8275, Feb. 6, 1980; 47 
FR 57716, Dec. 28, 1982]