[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: 40CFR201.13]



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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.  201.13  Standard for rail car operations.



    Effective December 31, 1976, no carrier subject to this regulation 

shall operate any rail car or combination of rail cars which while in 

motion produce sound levels in excess of (1) 88 dB(A) at rail car speeds 

up to and including 75 km/hr (45 mph); or (2) 93 dB(A) at rail car 

speeds greater than 72 km/hr (45 mph); when measured in accordance with 

the criteria specified in Subpart C of this part with fast meter 

response at 30 meters (100) feet from the centerline of any section of 

track which is free of special track work or bridges or trestles and 

which exhibits less than a two (2) degree curve (or a radius of 

curvature greater than 873 meters (2,865 feet)).



[45 FR 1263, Jan. 4, 1980; 47 FR 14709, Apr. 6, 1982]