Interpretation ID: nht72-1.29

DATE: 06/23/72

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; L. R. Schneider; NHTSA

TO: Torino

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of May 15, 1972, inquiring whether the State of Maryland may require tires to be labeled with a "VI" marking. @ection 103(d) of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. 15 U.S.C 1992(d), provides in pertinent part:

"Whenever a Federal motor vehicle safety standard established under this title is in effect, no State or political subdivision of a State shall have any authority either to establish, or to continue in effect, with respect to any motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment any safety standard applicable to the same aspect of performance of such vehicle or item of equipment which is not identical to the Federal standard."

This provision, considered with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 109, prohibits the State of Maryland or any State from imposing any safety labeling requirements, for passenger car tires other than these contained in that Federal standard. Any differing safety labeling requirements, including the "VI" you mentioned, are thus (Illegible Word) and void.