[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: 40CFR211.102]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 211_PRODUCT NOISE LABELING--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  211.102  Definitions.



    (a) All terms that are not defined in this subpart will have the 

meaning given them in the Act.

    (b) Act means the Noise Control Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-574, 86 

Stat. 1234).

    (c) Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection



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Agency or his authorized representative.

    (d) Agency means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

    (e) Acoustic descriptor means the numeric, symbolic, or narrative 

information describing a product's acoustic properties as they are 

determined according to the test methodology that the Agency prescribes.

    (f) Export exemption means an exemption from the prohibitions of 

section 10(a) (3) and (4) of the Act; this type of exemption is granted 

by statute under section 10(b)(2) of the Act for the purpose of 

exporting regulated products.

    (g) National security exemption means an exemption from the 

prohibitions of section 10(a) (3) and (5) of the Act, which may be 

granted under section 10(b)(1) of the Act in cases involving national 

security.

    (h) Product means any noise-producing or noise-reducing product for 

which regulations have been promulgated under part 211; the term 

includes ``test product''.

    (i) Regulations published under this part means all subparts to part 

211.

    (j) Testing exemption means an exemption from the prohibitions of 

section 10(a) (1), (2), (3), and (5) of the Act, which may be granted 

under section 10(b)(1) of the Act for research, investigations, studies, 

demonstrations, or training, but not for national security.

    (k) Test product means any product that must be tested according to 

regulations published under part 211.