Interpretation ID: nht71-3.35

DATE: 07/14/71

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Lawrence R. Schneider; NHTSA

TO: Bandag Incorporated

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of July 6, 1971 to Mr. E. H. Wallace concerning the methods one of your dealers is using to place the identification number on tires he retreads. The manner in which your retreader in placing the identification number on the tires he retreads is not in conformity with(Illegible Word) 574 because the regulation requires, in Figure 2, that the "H" and the retreader's identification code be parallel with the rest of the tire identification(Illegible Word). The only thing that can be above, below, or to the left or right of the tire identification number is the "DOT" certification which is not applicable to retread tires until such time as the retread tire standard becomes(Illegible Word).