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42 U.S. Code § 4905. Noise emission standards for products distributed in commerce
(a) Proposed regulations
(1) The Administrator shall publish proposed regulations, meeting the requirements of subsection (c), for each product—
(A)
which is identified (or is part of a class identified) in any report published under section 4904(b)(1) of this title as a major source of noise,
(B)
for which, in his judgment, noise emission standards are feasible, and
(C) which falls in one of the following categories:
(i)
Construction equipment.
(ii)
Transportation equipment (including recreational vehicles and related equipment).
(iii)
Any motor or engine (including any equipment of which an engine or motor is an integral part).
(iv)
Electrical or electronic equipment.
(2)
(A)
Initial proposed regulations under paragraph (1) shall be published not later than eighteen months after October 27, 1972, and shall apply to any product described in paragraph (1) which is identified (or is a part of a class identified) as a major source of noise in any report published under section 4904(b)(1) of this title on or before the date of publication of such initial proposed regulations.
(B)
In the case of any product described in paragraph (1) which is identified (or is part of a class identified) as a major source of noise in a report published under section 4904(b)(1) of this title after publication of the initial proposed regulations under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, regulations under paragraph (1) for such product shall be proposed and published by the Administrator not later than eighteen months after such report is published.
(3) After proposed regulations respecting a product have been published under paragraph (2), the Administrator shall, unless in his judgment noise emission standards are not feasible for such product, prescribe regulations, meeting the requirements of subsection (c), for such product—
(A)
not earlier than six months after publication of such proposed regulations, and
(B) not later than—
(i)
twenty-four months after October 27, 1972, in the case of a product subject to proposed regulations published under paragraph (2)(A), or
(ii)
in the case of any other product, twenty-four months after the publication of the report under section 4904(b)(1) of this title identifying it (or a class of products of which it is a part) as a major source of noise.