[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: 40CFR205.57-7]



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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 B_Medium and Heavy Trucks

 

Sec.  205.57-7  Acceptance and rejection of batch sequence.



    (a) The manufacturer will continue to inspect consecutive batches 

until the batch sequence is accepted or rejected based upon the number 

of rejected batches. A sufficient number of consecutive batches will be 

inspected until the cumulative number of rejected batches is less than 

or equal to the sequence acceptance number of greater than or equal to 

the sequence rejection number appropriate for the cumulative number of 

batches inspected. The acceptance and rejection numbers listed in 

Appendix I, Table III at the appropriate code letter obtained according 

to Sec.  205.57-2 will be used in determining whether the acceptance or 

rejection of a batch sequence has occurred.

    (b) Acceptance or rejection of a batch sequence takes place when the 

decision that a vehicle is a failiing vehicle is made on the last 

vehicle required to make a decision under paragraph (a) of this section.

    (c) If the batch sequence is accepted, the manufactureer will not be 

required to perform any additional testing on vehicles from subsequent 

batches pursuant to the initiating test request.



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    (d) The Administrator may terminate testing earlier than required in 

paragraph (b) of this section based on a request by the manufacturer 

accompanied by voluntary cessation of distribution in commerce, of 

vehicles from the category, configuration or subgroup in question 

manufactured at the plant which produced the vehicles under test: 

Provided, That before reinitiating distribution in commerce of vehicles 

from such plant of such vehicle category, configuration or subgroup, the 

manufacturer must take the action described in Sec.  205.57-9(a)(1) and 

(a)(2).



[41 FR 15544, Apr. 13, 1976, as amended at 42 FR 61460, Dec. 5, 1977]