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40 CFR § 203.1 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s203.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 203.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "203.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "NOISE ABATEMENT PROGRAMS"
part_number: "203"
part_name: "LOW-NOISE-EMISSION PRODUCTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 15, Noise Control Act, 1972, Pub. L. 92-574, 86 Stat. 1234."
regulatory_source: "39 FR 6670, Feb. 21, 1974, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "203"
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# 203.1 Definitions.

(a) As used in this part, any term not defined herein shall have the meaning given it in the Noise Control Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-574).

(1) *Act* means the Noise Control Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-574).

(2) *Federal Government* includes the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Government of the United States, and the government of the District of Columbia.

(3) *Administrator* means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

(4) *Product* means any manufactured article or goods or component thereof; except that such term does not include—

(i) Any aircraft, aircraft engine, propellor or appliance, as such terms are defined in section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958; or

(ii)(*a*) Any military weapons or equipment which are designed for combat use; (*b*) any rockets or equipment which are designed for research, experimental or developmental work to be performed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; or (*c*) to the extent provided by regulations of the Administrator, any other machinery or equipment designed for use in experimental work done by or for the Federal Government.

(5) *Low-Noise-Emission Product Determination* means the Administrator's determination whether or not a product, for which a properly filed application has been received, meets the low-noise-emission product criterion.

(6) *Suitable Substitute Decision* means the Administrator's decision whether a product which the Administrator has determined to be a low-noise-emission product is a suitable substitute for a product or products presently being purchased by the Federal Government.