Interpretation ID: aiam0952
III
Marketing Specialist-Lighting
Plastics Department
E. I. Dupont De Nemours & Company
Wilmington
DE
19898;
Dear Mr. Hardesty: This is in reply to your letter of October 11, 1972, concerning th application of Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 302, 'Flammability of Interior Materials'. You ask whether the following components are subject to the requirements of the standard: horn buttons, decorative medallions, control knobs and handles, instrument dials and faces, break resistant mirrors, and lighting fixture lenses or diffusers.; The components that must meet the requirements of the standard ar listed in Paragraph S4.1. None of the components you have asked about are specifically listed in Paragraph S4.1, and normally will not be subject to the requirements. However, components may nevertheless be covered to the extent that they contain materials 'that are designed to absorb energy on contact by occupants in the event of a crash,' or to the extent that they form part of a component listed under Paragraph S4.1. For example, we might consider a decorative medallion that forms part of the surface of a front or side panel to be incorporated into the panel and therefore subject to the standard.; In answer to your request for 'the text of the proposed amendment...i preparation which will establish numerical size...and some information on when it will be incorporated into MVSS- 302.' I have no public information on this subject at this time.; Yours truly, Richard B. Dyson, Assistant Chief Counsel