[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 24]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 40CFR201.10]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 201_NOISE EMISSION STANDARDS FOR TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT; INTERSTATE 

RAIL CARRIERS--Table of Contents

 

         Subpart B_Interstate Rail Carrier Operations Standards

 

Sec.  201.10  Applicability.





    The provisions of this subpart apply to all rail cars and all 

locomotives, except steam locomotives, operated or controlled by 

carriers as defined in subpart A of this part, except that Sec.  201.11 

(a), (b), and (c) do not apply to gas turbine-powered locomotives and to 

any locomotive type which cannot be connected by any standard method to 

a load cell. They apply to the total sound level emitted by rail cars 

and locomotives operated under the conditions specified, including the 

sound produced by refrigeration and air conditioning



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units which are an integral element of such equipment. The provisions of 

this subpart apply to all active retarders, all car coupling operations, 

all switcher locomotives, and all load cell test stands. These 

provisions do not apply to the sound emitted by a warning device, such 

as a horn, whistle or bell when operated for the purpose of safety. They 

do not apply to special purpose equipment which may be located on or 

operated from railcars; they do not apply to street, suburban or 

interurban electric railways unless operated as a part of a general 

railroad system of transportation. When land use changes after the 

publication date of this regulation from some other use to residential 

or commercial land use around a specific railyard facility, this 

regulation will become effective four (4) years from the date of that 

land use change.