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title: "40 CFR §201.14"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/section-201.14"

title_number: "40"

volume_number: "27"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "F"

subchapter_subject: "RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS"

part_code: "201"

part_subject: "NOISE EMISSION STANDARDS FOR TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT; INTERSTATE RAIL CARRIERS"

subpart_code: "B"

subpart_subject: "Interstate Rail Carrier Operations Standards"

section_number: "201.14"

section_subject: "Standard for retarders."

cfr_reference: "40 CFR 201.14"

title_name: "Title 40"

title_subject: "Protection of Environment"

parts_covered: "Parts 190 to 259"

revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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Effective January 15, 1984, no carrier subject to this regulation shall operate retarders that exceed an adjusted average maximum A-weighted sound level of 83 dB at any receiving property measurement location, when measured with fast meter response in accordance with Subpart C of this part.

§201.14 - Standard for retarders.