[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: 40CFR204.58-3]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 204_NOISE EMISSION STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT--Table of 

Contents

 

                   Subpart B_Portable Air Compressors

 

Sec.  204.58-3  Instructions for maintenance, use, and repair.



    (a)(1) The manufacturer shall provide to the ultimate purchaser of 

each portable air compressor covered by this part written instructions 

for the proper maintenance, use, and repair of the compressor in order 

to provide reasonable assurance of the elimination or minimization of 

noise emission degradation throughout the life of the compressor.

    (2) The purpose of the instructions is to inform purchasers and 

mechanics of those acts necessary to reasonably assure that degradation 

of noise emission levels is eliminated or minimized during the life of 

the compressor. Manufacturers should prepare the instructions with this 

purpose in mind. The instructions should be clear and, to the extent 

practicable, written in non-technical language.

    (3) The instructions must not be used to secure an unfair 

competitive advantage. They should not restrict replacement equipment to 

original equipment or service to dealer service. Manufacturers who so 

restrict replacement equipment must make public any performance 

specifications on such equipment.

    (b) For the purpose of encouraging proper maintenance, the 

manufacturer shall provide a record or log book which shall contain a 

performance schedule for all required noise emission control 

maintenance. Space shall be provided in this record book so that the 

purchaser can note what maintenance was done, by whom, where and when.



(Secs. 6, 13, Pub. L. 92-574 (42 U.S.C. 4912))



[41 FR 2172, Jan. 14, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 57713, Dec. 28, 1982]