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PUBLIC LAW 92-574-OCT. 27, 1972

[86 STAT.

Travel expenses, member is engaged upon work of the Committee. Each member of the Committee shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, 80 Stat. 499; United States Code, for persons in the Government service employed 83 Stat. 190. intermittently. . . . (4) Certification under this section shall be effective for a period of one year from the date of issuance. (5)(A) Any person seeking to have a class or model of product certified under this section shall file a certification application in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Administrator. ^^"^"f Regis(-^) '^^® Administrator shall publish in the Federal Eegister a Federal p"°f ^" notice of each application received. ter (C) The Administrator shall make determinations for the purpose of this section in accordance with procedures prescribed by him by regulation. (D) The Administrator shall conduct whatever investigation is necessary, including actual inspection of the product at a place designated in regulations prescribed under subparagraph (A). (E) The Administrator shall receive and evaluate written comments and documents from interested persons in support of, or in oppc^ition to, certification of the class or model of product under consideration. (F) Within ninety days after the receipt of a properly filed certification application the Administrator shall determine whether such product is a low-noise-emission product for purposes of this section. If the Administrator determines that such product is a low-noise-emission product, then within one hundred and eighty days of such determination the Administrator shall reach a decision as to whether such product is a suitable substitute for any class or classes of products presently being purchased by the Federal Government for use by its agencies. Pjibiication in (G) Immediately upon making any determination or decision under Federal Regisubparagraph (F), the Administrator shall publish in the Federal ter Register notice of such determination or decision, including reasons therefor. (c)(1) Certified low-noise-emission products shall be acquired by purchase or lease by the Federal Government for use by the Federal Government in lieu of other products if the Administrator of General Services determines that such certified products have procurement costs which are no more than 125 per centum of the retail price of the least expensive type of product for which they are certified substitutes. (2) Data relied upon by the Administrator in determining that a product is a certified low-noise-emission product shall be incorporated in any contract for the procurement of such product. (d) The procuring agency shall be required to purchase available certified low-noise-emission products which are eligible for purchase to the extent they are available before purchasing any other products for which any low-noise-emission product is a certified substitute. I n making purchasing selections between competing eligible certified low-noise-emission products, the procuring agency shall give priority to any class or model which does not require extensive periodic maintenance to retain its low-noise-emission qualities or which does not involve operating costs significantly in excess of those products for which it is a certified substitute. Statutory price (e) For the purpose of procuring certified low-noise-emission w™ive"°"^' products any statutory price limitations shall be waived. Tests. (f) The Administrator shall, from time to time as he deems appropriate, test the emissions of noise from certified low-noise-emission products purchased by the Federal Government. If at any time he finds that the noise-emission levels exceed the levels on which certifi-

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