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shall have specifically requested such appropria- 

 tion as a part of the budgetary process and the Con- 

 gress shall have failed to make available such re- 

 quested appropriation. Any exemption shall be for a 

 period not In excess of one year, but additional ex- 

 emptions may be granted for periods of not to exceed 

 one year upon the President's making a new de- 

 termination. The President shall report each January 

 to the Congress all exemptions from the require- 

 ments of this section granted during the preceding 

 calendar year, together with his reason for granting 

 such exemption. 



(e) Coordination of programs of Federal agencies; 

 standards and regulations; status reports. 



(1) The Administrator shall coordinate the pro- 

 grams of all Federal agencies relating to noise re- 

 search and noise control. Each Federal agency shall, 

 upon request, furnish to the Administrator such 

 Information as he may reasonably require to de- 

 termine the nature, scope, and results of the noise- 

 research and noise-control programs of the agency. 



(2) Each Federal agency shall consult with the 

 Administrator In prescribing standards or regula- 

 tions respecting noise. If at any time the Adminis- 

 trator has reason to believe that a standard or 

 regulation, or any proposed standard or regulation, 

 of any Federal agency respecting noise does not 

 protect the public health and welfare to the extent 

 he believes to be required and feasible, he may re- 

 quest such agency to review and report to him on the 

 advisability of revising such standard or regulation 

 to provide such protection. Any such request may be 

 published in the Federal Register and shall be ac- 

 companied by a detailed statement of the informa- 

 tion on which it is based. Such agency shall complete 

 the requested review and report to the Administrator 

 within such time as the Administrator specifies in 

 the request, but such time specified may not be less 

 than ninety days from the date the request was 

 made. The report shall be published in the Federal 

 Register and shall be accompanied by a detailed 

 statement of the findings and conclusions of the 

 agency respecting the revision of its standard or 

 regulation. With respect to the Federal Aviation Ad- 

 ministration, section 1431 of Title 49 shall apply in 

 lieu of this paragraph. 



(31 On the basis of regular consultation with ap- 

 propriate Federal agencies, the Administrator shall 

 compile and publish, from time to time, a report on 

 the status and progress of Federal activities relating 

 to noise research and noise control. This report shall 

 describe the noise-control programs of each Federal 

 agency and assess the contributions of those pro- 

 grams to the Federal Government's overall efforts 

 to control noise. (Pub. L. 92-574. §4, Oct. 27, 1972, 

 86 Stat. 1235.) 



§ 4904. Identification of major noise sources, 

 (a) Development and publication of criteria. 



(1) The Administrator shall, after consultation 

 with appropriate Federal agencies and within nine 

 months of October 27. 1972. develop and publish 

 criteria with respect to noise. Such criteria shall 

 reflect the scientific knowledge most useful in indi- 



cating the kind and extent of all Identifiable effects 

 on the public health or welfare which may be ex- 

 pected from differing quantities and qualities of 

 noise. 



(2) The Administrator shall, after consultation 

 with appropriate Federal agencies and within twelve 

 months of October 27, 1872, publish Information on 

 the levels of environmental noise the attainment and 

 maintenance of which In defined areas under various 

 conditions are requisite to protect the public health 

 and welfare with an adequate margin. of safety. 



(b) Compilation and publication of reports on nolle 

 sources and control technology. 



The Administrator shall, after consultation with 

 appropriate Federal agencies, compile and publish a 

 report or series of reports (1) Identifying products 

 (or classes of products) which In his judgment are 

 major sources of noise, and (2) giving Information 

 on techniques for control of noise from such prod- 

 ucts, including available data on the technology, 

 costs, and alternative methods of noise control. The 

 first such report shall be published not later than 

 eighteen months after October 27, 1972. 



(c) Supplemental criteria and reports. 



The Administrator shall from time to time review 

 and, as appropriate, revise or supplement any criteria 

 or reports published under this section. 



(d) Publication in Federal Register. 



Any report (or revision thereof) under subsection 



(b) (1> of this section identifying major noise sources 

 shall be published in the Federal Register. The pub- 

 lication or revision under this section of any criteria 

 or information on control techniques shall be an- 

 nounced in the Federal Register, and copies shall be 

 made available to the general public. (Pub. L. 92-574, 

 § 5, Oct. 27. 1972, 86 Stat. 1236.) 



§ 4905. Noise emission standards for products dis- 

 tributed in commerce. 



(a) Proposed regulations. 



(1) The Administrator shall publish proposed 

 regulations, meeting the requirements of subsection 



(c) of this section, for each product — 



(A) which is identified (or is part of a class 

 identified) in any report published under section 

 4904(b) (1) of this title 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 cate- 

 gories : 



(1) 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 para- 

 graph ( 1 ) shall be published not later than eighteen 

 months after October 27, 1972, and shall apply to 

 any product described in paragraph (1) which Is 

 identified (or is a part of a class identified) as a 



