[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: 40CFR203.1]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 203_LOW-NOISE-EMISSION PRODUCTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  203.1  Definitions.









Sec.

203.1 Definitions.

203.2 Application for certification.

203.3 Test procedures.

203.4 Low-noise-emission product determination.

203.5 Suitable substitute decision.



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203.6 Contracts for low-noise-emission products.

203.7 Post-certification testing.

203.8 Recertification.



    Authority: Sec. 15, Noise Control Act, 1972, Pub. L. 92-574, 86 

Stat. 1234.



    Source: 39 FR 6670, Feb. 21, 1974, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) As used in this part, any term not defined herein shall have the 

meaning given it in the Noise Control Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-574).

    (1) Act means the Noise Control Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-574).

    (2) Federal Government includes the legislative, executive, and 

judicial branches of the Government of the United States, and the 

government of the District of Columbia.

    (3) Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency.

    (4) Product means any manufactured article or goods or component 

thereof; except that such term does not include--

    (i) Any aircraft, aircraft engine, propellor or appliance, as such 

terms are defined in section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958; or

    (ii)(a) Any military weapons or equipment which are designed for 

combat use; (b) any rockets or equipment which are designed for 

research, experimental or developmental work to be performed by the 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration; or (c) to the extent 

provided by regulations of the Administrator, any other machinery or 

equipment designed for use in experimental work done by or for the 

Federal Government.

    (5) Low-Noise-Emission Product Determination means the 

Administrator's determination whether or not a product, for which a 

properly filed application has been received, meets the low-noise-

emission product criterion.

    (6) Suitable Substitute Decision means the Administrator's decision 

whether a product which the Administrator has determined to be a low-

noise-emission product is a suitable substitute for a product or 

products presently being purchased by the Federal Government.