Interpretation ID: aiam0612

Mr. Sanford Davis, Urethane Industry Specialist, BASF Wyandotte Corporation, Wyandotte, MI, 48192; Mr. Sanford Davis
Urethane Industry Specialist
BASF Wyandotte Corporation
Wyandotte
MI
48192;

Dear Mr. Davis: This is in reply to your letter of February 10, 1972, requesting ou comments relative to the time span over which examination might be contemplated under Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 302, 'Flammability of Interior Materials.'; Any vehicle to which a motor vehicle safety standard is applicable i required to conform to the standard until the vehicle has been sold to a purchaser for a purpose other than resale (15 U.S.C. S1397). In the case of Standard No. 302, the standard becomes effective September 1, 1972, and any vehicle manufactured after that date must comply until after its sale to such a purchaser.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel