Interpretation ID: nht73-1.42

DATE: 05/18/73

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Richard B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: Signum Plastics

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of April 26, 1973, requesting that you be assigned a "DOT" code number for purposes of Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 205, "Glazing Materials". You state that you purchase acrylic plastic sheet from Thailand and Japan, and indicate that you are sole importers of this material.

Under paragraph S6 of Standard No. 205, the assignment of a code number is restricted to prime glazing material manufacturers, who are those manufacturers who either fabricate, laminate, or temper the glazing material. As you import only acrylic sheet, you are not a prime glazing material manufacturer, and the assignment of a code number to you is not appropriate.

I have enclosed a copy of marking requirements for glazing materials. Paragraph S6.2 requires a prime glazing material manufacturer to apply a code number, which is obtained upon written request to this agency, to that glazing designed as a component of any specific motor vehicle or camper. The code number requirement does not apply to glazing sheets not designed for a specific motor vehicle or camper. If you plan to import glazing material that is designed for a specific motor vehicle or camper, the prime manufacturer of that material, whether foreign or domestic, must apply for and receive a DOT code number.

Yours truly,

Enclosure

April 26, 1973

Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Gentlemen:

We are requesting assignment of a D O T number, relative to Standard No. 205.

We purchase acrylic sheet plastic from Thailand and Japan, and are the sole importers of this material, as evidenced by the enclosed labels.

We are in the process of getting a registered trademark for this label.

Very truly yours,

SIGNUM PLASTICS --

Jack Molesworth, Partner

Encl.