Interpretation ID: nht76-5.42

DATE: 06/02/76

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; S. P. Wood; NHTSA

TO: General Motors Corporation

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of March 8, 1976, asking for an amendment of S4.1.1.21 of Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108 to allow a plus tolerance of 7.5 percent on maximum wattage requirements for Type 1A and 2A headlamps.

I enclose a copy of an interpretation furnished the General Electric Company which states that such a tolerance is allowed. However, to clarify our intent we plan to amend Standard No. 108 in the near future in the manner that you suggest.