Interpretation ID: aiam1491
Executive Director
The Japan Automobile Tire Manufacturers' Association
Inc.
9th Floor
Toranomon Building
No. 15
Shiba Toranomon
Minato-Ku
Tokyo
Japan;
Dear Mr. Ohgiya: This responds to your April 22, 1974, petition to permit the use of th DOT symbol on tires to which no standard applies.; The provisions appearing in the April 3, 1974, *Federal Register* (3 FR 12104) are amendments to the standard, and your submission is in effect a petition for reconsideration of these changes.; Our reasons for prohibiting the use of the DOT symbol on ties to whic no motor vehicle safety standard is applicable are listed in notice 7. We have found the expense of covering the label to be justified, to avoid confusio in the symbols's meaning and the concept of compliance. We have determined that means are available to securely cover the DOT symbol, or in the alternative, to remove it after the molding process.; For these reasons, your petition is denied. Sincerely, James B. Gregory, Administrator