Interpretation ID: nht71-2.42

DATE: 05/05/71

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Lawrence R. Schneider; NHTSA

TO: Michelin Tire Corporation

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your phone call to David Schmeltzer of this office on April 27, 1971 and to confirm that the Tire Identification and Record Keeping regulation, Part 574, as published in the Federal Register January 26, 1971 (36 F.R. 1196) applies only to tires manufactured on or after May 22, 1971. Therefore, vehicles manufactured after that date are only required to have tires with identification numbers if the tires were manufactured after May 22.