Interpretation ID: nht73-4.3

DATE: 04/05/73

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Richard B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: Michelin Tire Corporation

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is to confirm your conversation with Mr. Schmeltzer of this office in which he informed you that the Regrooved Tire regulation (49 CFR Part 569) does not prohibit the use of branding to meet its labeling requirements. The language in section 569.9 which requires the word "regroovable" to be "molded into or onto" tires designed for regrooving was intended to include any method, such as branding, that would leave the required information sunk into or raised upon the tire surface.