40 CFR § 211.110-1 - Testing exemption.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s211.110-1"
source: "ecfr"
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title: "40 CFR § 211.110-1 - Testing exemption."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "211.110-1"
section_name: "Testing exemption."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "NOISE ABATEMENT PROGRAMS"
part_number: "211"
part_name: "PRODUCT NOISE LABELING"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
regulatory_source: "44 FR 56127, Sept. 28, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "211"
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# 211.110-1 Testing exemption.
(a) A new product intended to be used solely for research, investigations, studies, demonstrations or training, and so labeled or marked on the outside of the container and on the produce itself, shall be exempt from the prohibitions of sections 10(a), (1), (2), (3), and (5) of the Act.
(b) No request for a testing exemption is required.
(c) For purposes of section 11(d) of the Act, any testing exemption shall be void ab initio with respect to each new product, originally intended for research, investigations, studies, demonstrations, or training, but distributed in commerce for other uses.
[47 FR 57716, Dec. 28, 1982]