Interpretation ID: aiam3678
Mohawk Rubber Company
Roanoke
VA 24017;
Dear Mr. Brown: This is in response to your March 28, 1983, letter to Roger Fairchil of this office, requesting confirmation of your understanding of the effective dates for the recent suspension of treadwear grading under this agency's Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards.; Your understanding of the effective dates is correct. Tires produced i molds manufactured on or after August 8, 1983, must have the new grading format which excludes treadwear information. Tires produced in molds manufactured before that date may either use the new format as soon as feasible, to minimize the dissemination of misleading information with regard to tire treadwear.; With regard to labels, the requirement that such labels must contai information regarding treadwear grades was suspended effective February 7, 1983. The preamble to the final rule states that manufacturers will be permitted to exhaust inventories of labels which were in existence as of the date of the suspension. Thereafter, manufacturers should begin using labels without treadwear information.; If you have further questions on this matter, please feel free t contact us.; Sincerely, Frank Berndt, Chief Counsel