---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 211.102"
title: "40"
number: "211.102"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/211.102"
---

# §211.102. Definitions.

- (a) All terms that are not defined in this subpart will have the meaning given them in the Act.
- (b) Act means the Noise Control Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-574, 86 Stat. 1234).
- (c) Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or his authorized representative.
- (d) Agency means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
- (e) Acoustic descriptor means the numeric, symbolic, or narrative information describing a product's acoustic properties as they are determined according to the test methodology that the Agency prescribes.
- (f) Export exemption means an exemption from the prohibitions of [section 10(a)](/cfr/40/10.md?p=a) (3) and (4) of the Act; this type of exemption is granted by statute under section 10(b)(2) of the Act for the purpose of exporting regulated products.
- (g) National security exemption means an exemption from the prohibitions of [section 10(a)](/cfr/40/10.md?p=a) (3) and (5) of the Act, which may be granted under section 10(b)(1) of the Act in cases involving national security.
- (h) Product means any noise-producing or noise-reducing product for which regulations have been promulgated under [part 211](/cfr/40/part211.md); the term includes “test product”.
- (i) Regulations published under this part means all subparts to [part 211](/cfr/40/part211.md).
- (j) Testing exemption means an exemption from the prohibitions of [section 10(a)](/cfr/40/10.md?p=a) (1), (2), (3), and (5) of the Act, which may be granted under section 10(b)(1) of the Act for research, investigations, studies, demonstrations, or training, but not for national security.
- (k) Test product means any product that must be tested according to regulations published under [part 211](/cfr/40/part211.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 8, Noise Control Act of 1972, (42 U.S.C. 4907), and other authority as specified.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 56127, Sept. 28, 1979, unless otherwise noted.