Interpretation ID: nht71-3.18

DATE: 06/09/71

FROM: L. R. SCHNEIDER -- ACTING CHIEF COUNSEL; SIGNATURE BY DAVID SCHMELTZER

TO: Lynd-Talin Tire Company

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of May 10, 1971, concerning the Tire Identification and Record Keeping Regulation. Please accept my apology for not responding earlier.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration considers each enforcement case on an individual basis. If a retreader could demonstrate that good faith attempts had been made to obtain the tin plate by May 22, 1971, and due to circumstances beyond his control he was unable to mark tires manufactured after May 22, 1971, with the required information, we would certainly take this into consideration before beginning any enforcement action.