Code of Maine Rules
09 - DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
137 - DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE - GENERAL
Chapter 9 - GENERAL SNOWMOBILE REGULATIONS
Section 137-9-04 - Noise Limitations on Snowmobiles Manufactured After February1, 1975

Pursuant to the provisions of Title 12 MRSA Section1978, subsection 6, no snowmobile manufactured after February 1, 1975 may be sold or offered for sale by any manufacturer, distributor or dealer in the State of Maine unless such snowmobile is constructed so as to limit total vehicle noise to not more than 78 decibels of sound pressure at 50 feet on the A scale as measured by the SAE Standards J-192a and proof of compliance with the foregoing requirement in the form of either (i) an "SSCC" label conspicuously attached showing certification by the Snowmobile Safety Certification Committee, Inc. that such snowmobile meets the State's minimum noise standards or (ii) by a letter with test results submitted to the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife showing an evaluation of the noise level by a competent independent testing laboratory and showing or certifying that such snowmobile meets the State's minimum noise standards.