Interpretation ID: aiam2722

Mr. Philip H. Taft, Director, Tire Retreading Institute, National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association, Inc., 1343 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005; Mr. Philip H. Taft
Director
Tire Retreading Institute
National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association
Inc.
1343 L Street
N.W.
Washington
D.C. 20005;

Dear Mr. Taft: This responds to your October 27, 1977, letter asking whether a tir retreader is permitted to change the designation of a tire from 'tubeless' to 'tubetype'.; Standard No. 117, *Retreaded Pneumatic Tires*, requires that th information appearing on the tire sidewall be the same as that which appeared on the tire as originally manufactured. This is indicated by the language in paragraph S6.3. If a retreader changed the tire designation from 'tubeless' to 'tubetype', he would be altering the information that was associated with the original tire. Thus, a retreader is not permitted to change the tire designation in the manner you describe.; Sincerely, Joseph J. Levin Jr., Chief Counsel