[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: 40CFR205.58-3]



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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.  205.58-3  Instructions for maintenance, use and repair.



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

each vehicle covered by this subpart written instructions for the proper 

maintenance,



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use and repair of the vehicle in order to provide reasonable assurance 

of the elimination or minimization of noise emission degradation 

throughout the life of the vehicle.

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

mechanics of those acts necessary to reasonably assure that degradation 

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

the vehicle. Manufacturers should prepare the instructions with this 

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

practicable, written in nontechnical 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 should be prepared to 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 

schedule for the performance of 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.



[41 FR 15544, Apr. 13, 1976, as amended at 47 FR 57716, Dec. 28, 1982]