Interpretation ID: nht89-2.39

TYPE: INTERPRETATION-NHTSA

DATE: 07/21/89

FROM: RICHARD L. VAN IDERSTINE -- SAFETY STANDARDS ENGINEER, NHTSA

TO: DOCKET SECTION; THRU: RALPH HITCHCOCK, DIRECTOR -- OFFICE OF VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS; VIA: OFFICE OF CHIEF COUNSEL

TITLE: ACTION: SUBMISSION TO DOCKET 85-13, NOTICE 7 AND NOTICE 8, OF A CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY AND NHTSA'S RESPONSE CONCERNING ULTRAVIOLET EMISSIONS FROM HEADLAMPS

ATTACHMT: ATTACHED TO LETTER DATED 3-15-90 TO T. CHIKADA, STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FROM STEPHEN P. WOOD, NHTSA; [A35; STD. 108]; ALSO ATTACHED LETTER DATED 8-9-89 TO ERIKA Z. JONES, NHTSA, FROM T. CHIKADA, STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; [OCC 3832]

TEXT: Please place the attached letters in Docket 85-15; Notice 7 and Notice 8, for Standard No. 108. The attachments concern the potential for ultraviolet light emissions from future headlighting systems such as those using a high intensity discharge, gaseou s discharge, or short arc metal-halide light sources.

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