Interpretation ID: aiam2216
Chemical Engineer
Midland-Ross Corporation
490 South Chestnut Street
Owosso
Michigan 48867;
Dear Mr. Huneke: #This is in response to your January 30, 1976, lette requesting clarification of my March 7, 1975, letter concerning the relationship between Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 106-74, *Brake Hoses, and Military Specification MIL-H-3992C. #My previous letter indicated that brake hose and brake hose assemblies sold to the military in conformity with MIL-H-3992C are, because of the provisions of 49 CFR 571.7(c), subject to neither the labeling not the performance requirements of Standard No. 106-74 only that equipment which is sold directly to the Armed Forces, the NHTSA interprets this section as also excluding that equipment which is sold to military contractors, under contracts requiring it to conform to military specifications such as MIL-H-3992C, for installation in vehicles which are in turn sold directly to the military. We are considering the issuance of an interpretive amendment of Part 571.7(c) to this effect. #Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel;