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PUBLIC LAW 92-574-OCT. 27, 1972

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(c) The Administrator shall from time to time review and, as Review. Appropriate, revise or supplement any criteria or reports published under this section. (d) Any report (or revision thereof) under subsection (b)(1) iden- iiJ^^fo°n*fn Ped" tifying major noise sources shall be published in the Federal Register, eral R" g"ster. The publication or revision under this section of any criteria, or information on control techniques shall be announced in the Federal Register, and copies shall be made available to the general public. NOISE EMISSION STANDARDS FOR PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED I N COMMERCE

SEC. 6. (a)(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 5(b)(1) 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 Proposed regupublished not later than eighteen months after the date of enactment ^3*4°"^' ^^^^"* of this Act, 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 5(b)(1) on or before the date of publication of such initial proposed regulations. (B) I n 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 5(b)(1) 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, l^rescribe regulations, meeting the requirements of subsection (c), for such product— (A) not earlier than six months after publication of such proloosed regulations, and (B) not later than— (i) twenty-four months after the date of enactment of this Act, 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 5(b)(1) identifying it (or a class of products of which it is a part) as a major source of noise. (b) The Administrator may publish proposed regulations, meeting the requirements of subsection (c), for any product for which he is not required by subsection (a) to prescribe regulations but for which, in his judgment, noise emission standards are feasible and are requisite to protect the public health and welfare. Not earlier than six months after the date of publication of such proposed regulations respecting such product, he may prescribe regulations, meeting the requirements of subsection (c), for such product.

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