Interpretation ID: nht72-6.11

DATE: 01/28/72

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Lawrence R. Schneider; NHTSA

TO: Ernest Holmes Company

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letters of September 15, 1971, and January 10, 1972, requesting that information received by NHTSA pursuant to section 573.5(b) of the Defect Reports regulations (49 CFR Part 573), concerning manufacturers' quarterly production figures be kept confidential pursuant to section 112(e) of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 1401(e)).

Manufacturers' quarterly production figures submitted pursuant to section 573.5(b) will be kept confidential if the manufacturer so requests. This will be true except in those cases where the NHTSA determines that disclosure is necessary to carry out the purposes of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.

In the event it is decided to make public such information the NHTSA will, before release of the information, notify the manufacturer in question.

Please accept our apologies for the delay in responding to your letters.