[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: 40CFR205.157-1]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 205_TRANSPORTATION EQUIP MENT NOISE EMISSION CONTROLS--Table of 

Contents

 

                          Subpart D_Motorcycles

 

Sec.  205.157-1  General requirements.



    (a) Each manufacturer of vehicles manufactured for distribution in 

commerce in the United States which are subject to the standards 

prescribed in this subpart and not exempted in accordance with Subpart 

A, Sec.  205.5:

    (1) Shall be labeled in accordance with the requirements of Sec.  

205.158 of this subpart.

    (2) Must ensure that each vehicle conforms to the applicable noise 

emission standard establishd in Sec.  205.152 of this subpart.

    (b) The requirements of paragraph (a) of this section apply to new 

products which conform to the definition of vehicles in these 

regulations and at the time such new products are assembled to that 

state of completeness in which the manufacturer sends them to a 

subsequent manufacturer or otherwise distributes them in commerce.

    (c) Subsequent manufacturers of a new product which conforms to the 

definition of vehicle in these regulations when received by them from a 

prior manufacturer, need not fulfill the requirements of paragraph 

(a)(1) of this section where such requirements have already been 

complied with by a prior manufacturer.

    (d) The manufacturer who is required to conduct product verification 

testing to demonstrate compliance with a particular standard, must 

satisfy all other provisions of this subpart applicable to



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that standard, including but not limited to, record keeping, reporting 

and in-use requirements.



[45 FR 86708, Dec. 31, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 57720, Dec. 28, 1982]