Interpretation ID: nht79-4.19

DATE: 03/30/79

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; Michael M. Finkelstein; NHTSA

TO: Rubber Manufacturers Association

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: In your letter of March 19, you pointed out that the tire industry has printed tire lables and consumer information materials based on Figure 2 of the Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTQG) Standards (49 CFR 575.104), as published in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Docket 25, Notice 24 (43 FR 30542; July 17, 1978). That notice contained a typographical error in the text of Figure 2, which was corrected in Notice 31 (44 FR 15721, March 15, 1979) by substitution of the word "are" in place of the word "of" in the first line of the third section of Figure 2.

The labels and other materials printed prior to the issuance of Notice 31 may be technically in noncompliance with the UTQG regulation. To avoid the waste which would result if use of these materials were prohibited, however, NHTSA will permit use of tread labels and information materials containing the Figure 2 text as stated in Notice 24, where orders for printing of these materials were submitted prior to March 15, 1979, the date of publication of Notice 31.