Interpretation ID: aiam1036

Mr. Sanford Davis, Corporate Flammability Coordinator, BASF Wyandotte Corporation, Wyandotte, MI, 48192; Mr. Sanford Davis
Corporate Flammability Coordinator
BASF Wyandotte Corporation
Wyandotte
MI
48192;

Dear Mr. Davis: This is in reply to your letter of February 20, 1973, asking for a interpretation of the self-extinguishing test in the burn- rate requirement of Paragraph S4.3 of Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 302, 'Flammability of Interior Materials'. You ask whether both the 60- second as well as the 2-inch criterion must be satisfied in order to meet this self-extinguishing test. The answer to your question is yes. Both criteria must be met before any material shall be considered to have satisfied the burn-rate requirement.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel