Interpretation ID: aiam2229
Inertia Switch
Ltd.
Hardings Lane
Hartley Wintney
Hampshire
England RG278QA;
Dear Mrs. Anderson: I am writing in response to your March 9, 1976, telephone conversatio with Mark Schwimmer of this office concerning the meaning of 'GVWR' as it appears in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 301-75, *Fuel System Integrity*.; 'GVWR' or 'Gross vehicle weight rating' is defined in 49 CFR 571.3 as: >>>the value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of single vehicle.<<<; One constraint on this specification is found in S567.4(g)(3) of 49 CF Part 567, *Certification*, which requires that the GVWR shall not; >>>be less than the sum of the unloaded vehicle weight, rated carg load, and 150 pounds times the vehicle's designated seating capacity... .<<<; An information sheet entitled 'Where to Obtain Federal Motor Vehicl Safety Standards and Regulations' is enclosed for your convenience. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to write.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel