Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110
§4907 Labeling
Title 42 › CHAPTER 65 — NOISE CONTROL › § 4907
Summary
The Administrator must make rules that require labels for products that either make noise that can hurt people’s health or are sold as ways to reduce noise. Labels must tell a buyer how loud the product is or how well it reduces noise. The rules will say where the label goes, what it looks like, and how to measure and report noise (methods and units). Section 4905(c)(2) applies. States can set their own product-label rules too, as long as they do not conflict with the Administrator’s rules.
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Title 42, §4907
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(a)Regulations
The Administrator shall by regulation designate any product (or class thereof)— (1)
(2)which is sold wholly or in part on the basis of its effectiveness in reducing noise.
(b)Manner of notice; form; methods and units of measurement
For each product (or class thereof) designated under subsection (a) the Administrator shall by regulation require that notice be given to the prospective user of the level of the noise the product emits, or of its effectiveness in reducing noise, as the case may be. Such regulations shall specify (1) whether such notice shall be affixed to the product or to the outside of its container, or to both, at the time of its sale to the ultimate purchaser or whether such notice shall be given to the prospective user in some other manner, (2) the form of the notice, and (3) the methods and units of measurement to be used. section 4905(c)(2) of this title shall apply to the prescribing of any regulation under this section.
(c)State regulation of product labeling
This section does not prevent any State or political subdivision thereof from regulating product labeling or information respecting products in any way not in conflict with regulations prescribed by the Administrator under this section.
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42 U.S.C. § 4907
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110