Interpretation ID: nht73-5.2

DATE: 08/30/73

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Richard B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: Multinational Industries

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of July 12, 1973, concerning gas tank caps. You state that you are considering marketing imported gas tank caps for trucks, and you want to know whether there is a Federal standard to which such caps must conform. The answer is that there is not.

Multinational Industries

July 12, 1973

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Attention: Chief Counsel, Lawrence Schneider

We are considering the marketing of Gas Tank caps manufactured in Japan for use on trucks in the United States.

As there may be some problems importing these items, I would like your opinion on the following questions:

Is there any current Federal Standard to which gas tank caps must conform?

If so, how is such compliance established?

Must the gas tank cap bear any symbols mentioning this compliance?

If so, please be specific.

Thank you for your valuable time.

Richard Kuskin, President