[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: 40CFR211.210-1]



[Page 182]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 211_PRODUCT NOISE LABELING--Table of Contents

 

                  Subpart B_Hearing Protective Devices

 

Sec.  211.210-1  General requirements.



    (a) Every hearing protector manufactured for distribution in 

commerce in the United States, and which is subject to this regulation:

    (1) Must be labeled at the point of ultimate purchase or 

distribution to the prospective user according to the requirements of 

Sec.  211.204 of this subpart; and

    (2) Must meet or exceed the mean attenuation values determined by 

the procedure in Sec.  211.206 and explained in Sec.  211.211(b).

    (b) Manufacturers who distribute protectors in commerce to another 

manufacturer for packaging for ultimate purchase or use must provide to 

that manufacturer the mean attenuation values and standard deviations at 

each of the one-third octave band center frequencies as determined by 

the test procedure in Sec.  211.206. He must also provide the Noise 

Reduction Rating calculated according to Sec.  211.207.



(Sec. 13, Pub. L. 92-574, 86 Stat. 1244 (42 U.S.C. 4912))



[44 FR 56139, Sept. 28, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 8275, Feb. 6, 1980; 47 

FR 57716, Dec. 28, 1982]