Interpretation ID: aiam2508
Manager
Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs
Union Carbide Corporation
270 Park Avenue
new York
N.Y. 10017;
Dear Mr. Whitehead: This responds to your January 31, 1977, question whether Safet Standard No. 116, *Motor Vehicle Brake Fluids*, currently requires a border around the safety warnings that are required to be placed on brake fluid containers.; Standard No. 116 was recently amended (41 FR 54942, December 16, 1976 to specify color coding requirements for hydraulic brake system fluids and to make a minor change in the required warning label. The proposal preceding this amendment did specify that the safety warnings on brake fluid containers be surrounded by a color coded border (40 FR 56928, December 5, 1975). However, after reviewing the comments submitted regarding the cost of the proposed borders and after reevaluating the expected safety benefits, the agency has decided to withdraw the proposed requirements. The final rule, therefore, did not include a requirement for color borders.; Although Standard No. 116 does not require a border around the safet warnings on brake fluid containers, manufacturers are permitted to use a border if they choose.; Sincerely, Frank Berndt, Acting Chief Counsel