[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR210.29]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

       CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                             TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 210_RAILROAD NOISE EMIS SION COMPLIANCE REGULATIONS

--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart B_Inspection and Testing

 

Sec. 210.29  Operation standards (moving locomotives and rail cars).



    The operation standards for the noise emission levels of moving 

locomotives, rail cars, or consists of locomotives



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and rail cars are prescribed in the Standards and duplicated in appendix 

A of this part.

    (a) Measurements for compliance shall be made in compliance with the 

provisions of subpart C of the Standards and the following:

    (1) Consists of locomotives containing at least one locomotive unit 

manufactured prior to December 31, 1979, shall be evaluated for 

compliance in accordance with Sec. 201.12(a) of the Standards, unless a 

locomotive within the consist is separated by at least 10 rail car 

lengths or 500 feet from other locomotives in the consist, in which case 

such separated locomotives may be evaluated for compliance according to 

their respective built dates.

    (2) Consists of locomotives composed entirely of locomotive units 

manufactured after December 31, 1979, shall be evaluated for compliance 

in accordance with Sec. 201.12(b) of the Standards.

    (3) If the inspector cannot establish the built dates of all 

locomotives in a consist of locomotives measured under moving 

conditions, evaluation for compliance shall be made in accordance with 

Sec. 201.12(a) of the Standards.

    (b) Noise emission standards for rail cars operating under moving 

conditions are contained in Sec. 201.13 of the Standards and are stated 

in appendix A of this part. If speed measurement equipment used by the 

inspector at the time of the measurement is not operating within an 

accuracy of 5 miles per hour, evaluation for compliance shall be made in 

accordance with Sec. 201.13(2) of the Standards.

    (c) Locomotives and rail cars tested pursuant to the procedures 

prescribed in this part and in the Standards shall be considered in 

noncompliance whenever the test measurement, minus the appropriate 

tolerance (Sec. 210.25), exceeds the noise emission levels prescribed 

in appendix A of this part.