Interpretation ID: aiam0060
President
Weslock Company
13344 South Main Street
P.O. Box 54369
Los Angeles
CA 90054;
Dear Mr. Cipriano: Your letter of April 22, 1968, to Mr. Bridwell has been referred to m for reply.; You state that it is your understanding that the proposed rule makin in Docket 2-16 will require door locks on trailers and mobile homes to be so constructed 'as to be recessed flush on exterior doors.' Federal motor vehicle safety standard No. 206, Door Latches, Hinges, and Locks - Passenger Cars, was originally issued on January 31, 1967 and became effective on January 1, 1968. An amendment to this standard was issued on April 24, 1968 with an effective date of January 1, 1969.; Neither the standard as presently written or the proposed amendment i Docket 2-16 is applicable to trailers and mobile homes. Moreover, there is no provision either in the standard or in the proposed amendment which requires that door locks must be so constructed 'as to be recessed flush on exterior doors,' even as to those motor vehicles to which the standard applies presently or to which it is proposed to apply in Docket 2-16. For your information, we are enclosing a copy of the recent amendment to Standard No. 206 as attachment No. 1, and a copy of the proposed amendment for Docket 2-16 as attachment No. 2.; In view of the foregoing, you may wish to reconsider your request tha we forward to you the comments contained in Docket 2-16. The cost to you for forwarding those comments would be fifty cents a page and the number of pages contained in Docket 2- 16 is considerable. Since your understanding of the thrust of Docket 2-16 is not correct, your request for an extension of time to May 25, 1968 is denied.; Sincerely, Robert M. O'Mahoney, Assistant Chief Counsel