Interpretation ID: nht73-5.9

DATE: 10/10/73

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Richard B. Dyson; NHTSA

TO: Lear Siegler Inc.

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is to acknowledge receipt of your petition for reconsideration of September 16, 1973, concerning Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 218, "Motorcycle Helmets."

One of your requests was to extend the 30-day "comment period". This 30-day period for petitions for reconsideration is not a comment period, but is specified under NHTSA regulations at 49 CFR Part 553.35. Because of the relationship of these petitions to judicial review of a standard, the NHTSA generally does not extend this petition period.

The NHTSA is considering your petition on this subject, and a substantive response will be published in the Federal Register.