US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

42 U.S.C. § 7572

Enforcement of standards

(a)

Regulations to insure compliance with standards

section 7571 of this title1

1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.
The Secretary of Transportation, after consultation with the Administrator, shall prescribe regulations to insure compliance with all standards prescribed under by the Administrator. The regulations of the Secretary of Transportation shall include provisions making such standards applicable in the issuance, amendment, modification, suspension, or revocation of any certificate authorized by part A of subtitle VII of title 49 or the Department of Transportation Act. Such Secretary shall insure that all necessary inspections are accomplished, and, may execute any power or duty vested in him by any other provision of law in the execution of all powers and duties vested in him under this section.

(b)

Notice and appeal rights

section 7571 of this titleIn any action to amend, modify, suspend, or revoke a certificate in which violation of an emission standard prescribed under or of a regulation prescribed under subsection (a) is at issue, the certificate holder shall have the same notice and appeal rights as are prescribed for such holders in part A of subtitle VII of title 49 or the Department of Transportation Act, except that in any appeal to the National Transportation Safety Board, the Board may amend, modify, or revoke the order of the Secretary of Transportation only if it finds no violation of such standard or regulation and that such amendment, modification, or revocation is consistent with safety in air transportation.

July 14, 1955, ch. 360Pub. L. 91–604, § 11(a)(1)84 Stat. 1704(, title II, § 232, as added , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 89–67080 Stat. 931Pub. L. 97–44996 Stat. 2413Pub. L. 103–272108 Stat. 745Pub. L. 104–287, § 7(5)110 Stat. 3400The Department of Transportation Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), is , , , which was classified principally to sections 1651 to 1660 of former Title 49, Transportation. The Act was repealed and the provisions thereof reenacted in Title 49, Transportation, by , , , and , , . The Act was also repealed by , , . For disposition of sections of former Title 49, see Table at the beginning of Title 49.

Codification

Pub. L. 103–272, § 6(b)108 Stat. 1378In subsecs. (a) and (b), “part A of subtitle VII of title 49” substituted for “the Federal Aviation Act [49 App. U.S.C. 1301 et seq.]” and “the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 [49 App. U.S.C. 1301 et seq.]” on authority of , , , the first section of which enacted subtitles II, III, and V to X of Title 49, Transportation.

section 1857f–10 of this titleSection was formerly classified to .