Interpretation ID: nht71-1.40

DATE: 05/21/71

FROM: Lawrence R. Schneider; NHTSA

TO: Jack Lewis; Legislative Assistant, U.S. Senate

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your telephone conversation of May 19, 1971 with a member of this office concerning Pert 574 - Tire Identification and Record Keeping.

In your conversation you asked what the position of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would be if a retreader could establish he was unable to obtain, by May 22, 1971, the effective date of the regulation, the necessary tin plate for placing the required tire identification number on his retreaded tires.

Of course, each case would be considered individually, but 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 identification number, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would not take enforcement section against the retreader.