Interpretation ID: aiam2610
Director of Engineering
Collins Industries
Inc.
P. O. Box 58
Hutchinson
KS 67501;
Dear Mr. Beach: This responds to your May 6, 1977, question whether Safety Standard No 301-75, *Fuel System Integrity*, is applicable to all school buses or only to school buses with a GVWR greater than 10,000 pounds.; You are correct in your statement that school buses are included in th broader classification, 'buses', for purposes of the Federal motor vehicle safety standards, unless otherwise specified in a particular standard. Safety Standard No. 301-75 is applicable to passenger cars, and to multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks and buses that have a GVWR of 10,000 pounds of less, including school buses under 10,000 pounds. The standard is also applicable to larger school buses, and the distinction is made in the standard since the large school buses are the only vehicles having a GVWR greater than 10,000 pounds that are covered by the standard.; Safety Standard No. 301-75 was made applicable to all school buse pursuant to a mandate under the Motor Vehicle and Schoolbus Safety Amendments of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 1392(i)(1)(A)).; Sincerely, Joseph J. Levin, Jr., Chief Counsel