Interpretation ID: aiam0031
McKinsey's Tire Service
245 North Street
Meadville
PA 16335;
Dear Mr. McKinsey: This is in response to your recent letter to me which asked whether th National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 makes it 'unlawful to regroove, sell or offer for sale any tire that has been regrooved, in all states of the union.'; Section 204 of the Act reads as follows: >>>Sec. 204. (a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or introduce fo sale or deliver for introduction in interstate commerce, any tire or motor vehicle equipped with any tire which has been regrooved, except that the Secretary may by order permit the sale of regrooved tires and motor vehicles equipped with regrooved tires which he finds are designed and constructed in a manner consistent with the purposes of this Act.; (b) Violations of this Section shall be subject to civil penalties an injunction in accordance with sections 109 and 110 of this Act.; (c) For the purposes of this section the term 'regrooved tire' means tire on which a new tread has been produced by cutting into the tread of a worn tire.<<<; Therefore, while regrooving is not itself unlawful, the Act doe prohibit sale, offering for sale, or introducing or delivering for introduction in interstate commerce any tire or motor vehicle equipped with any tire which has been regrooved.; For your information I enclose a copy of a notice published in th Federal Register (32 F. R. 11579, August 10, 1967, 32 F. R. 12501, August 29, 1967) under which the Secretary of Transportation will receive information and data which could form the basis for a request to permit the sale of regrooved tires.; Sincerely, Robert M. O'Mahoney, Assistant Chief Counsel