1. A. A person may not sell, offer for sale, distribute, or lease a new motor vehicle that produces a sound level that exceeds the sound level limit specified in Table 5 for the category of vehicle when measured under the moving vehicle test site procedures established by Regulation .14 of this chapter. Compliance with the sound level limits established in this chapter may not be construed as limiting or precluding the enforcement of other regulations establishing maximum sound levels under approved test procedures.

2. B. Table 5.

   Moving Vehicle Test Site Sound Level Limits.
   Type of Vehicle	Sound Level Limits
   (1) Any vehicle with a GVWR or GCWR of over 10,000 pounds manufactured after:
   July 1, 1975	83 dB(A)
   January 1, 1982	83 dB(A)
   January 1, 1988	80 dB(A)
   (2) Any street motorcycle manufactured after:
   July 1, 1975	83 dB(A)
   January 1, 1982	83 dB(A)
   January 1, 1988	80 dB(A)
   (3) Any other vehicle with a GVWR or GCWR of 10,000 pounds or less manufactured after:
   July 1, 1975	80 dB(A)
   January 1, 1982	80 dB(A)
   January 1, 1988	80 dB(A)

Authority: Transportation Article, §§12-104(b), 22-601, 22-603, 22-605, 22-607, 22-608, 22-610, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01A, .02B, C, E, .03, and .04 adopted effective October 1, 1975 (2:22 Md. R. 1370)

Regulations .01B, .05—.08 adopted effective December 24, 1975 (2:29 Md. R. 1741)

Regulations .01C, .02, .09—.11 adopted effective October 1, 1975 (2:22 Md. R. 1371)

Regulations .07, .09, and .11 amended effective November 11, 1977 (4:24 Md. R. 1806)

Chapter revised effective April 9, 1984 (11:7 Md. R. 626)

Annotation: COMAR 11.14.05 cited in Attorney General Opinion No. 83-025 (June 15, 1983)

COMAR 11.14.05 Noise Abatement Program recodified to COMAR 11.14.07

Chapter revised effective April 17, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 706)