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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 08.18.35.05" title_num="08" subtitle_num="18" chapter_num="35" heading="Noise Level Limits.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A person may not operate, or give permission to operate, a vessel that emits a maximum noise level exceeding 90dB(A).</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Noise level limits shall be measured using the procedures contained in the marine environment noise level measurement procedure SAE J 2005, as incorporated by reference in COMAR 08.18.03.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Mufflers.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The exhaust of an inboard internal combustion engine of a vessel operated on the Lake shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Equipped with a muffler or system which muffles or suppresses engine noise emitted from the vessel to the established limits in §A of this regulation; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Vented at or below the water line of the vessel.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The exhaust system may not be equipped with a muffling device cutout.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>