[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: 49CFR210.3]



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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 A_General Provisions

 

Sec. 210.3  Applicability.



    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the 

provisions of this part apply to the total sound emitted by moving rail 

cars and locomotives (including the sound produced by refrigeration and 

air conditioning units that are an integral element of such equipment), 

active retarders, switcher locomotives, car coupling operations, and 

load cell test stands, operated by a railroad as defined in 45 U.S.C. 

22, under the conditions described in this part and in 40 CFR part 201.

    (b) The provisions of this part do not apply to--

    (1) Steam locomotives;

    (2) Street, suburban, or interurban electric railways unless 

operated as a part of the general railroad system of transportation;

    (3) Sound emitted by warning devices, such as horns, whistles, or 

bells when operated for the purpose of safety;

    (4) Special purpose equipment that may be located on or operated 

from rail cars;

    (5) As prescribed in 40 CFR 201.10, the provisions of 40 CFR 201.11 

(a) and (b) and (c) do not apply to gas turbinepowered locomotives or 

any locomotive type that cannot be connected by any standard method to a 

load cell; or

    (6) Inert retarders.



[48 FR 56758, Dec. 23, 1983, as amended at 54 FR 33228, Aug. 14, 1989]