Interpretation ID: aiam1851
Oshkosh Truck Corporation
2307 Oregon Street
Oshkosh
WI 54901;
Dear Mr. Lanzdorf: This responds to the questions you raised in a March 18, 1975 telephone conversation with Mark Schwimmer of this office, concerning the effective date of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 106-74, *Brake Hoses,* as applied to the brake hose assemblies in fire trucks which you manufacture.; Standard No. 106-74 became effective for brake hose assemblies on Marc 1, 1975. An assembly which is not completed until it is installed in a vehice (sic) is considered to have been manufactured on the date of installation. If that installation occurred on or after March 1, then the assembly must comply with the standard. While 49 CFR Part 571.8 provides in certain cases for delay of the effective date of a standard with respect to firefighting vehicles, such a delay is available only for a vehicle requirement. There is no change in the March 1, 1975, effective date for brake hose assemblies.; Sincerely, James C. Schultz, Chief Counsel