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Interpretation ID: nht71-3.12

DATE: 06/02/71

FROM: L. R. SCHNEIDER -- NHTSA; SIGNATURE BY DAVID SCHMELTZER

TO: Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association

TITLE: FMVSR INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in reply to your letter of May 28, 1972, requesting clarification of whether a vehicle manufacturer, under 574.10 of the Tire Identification and Record Keeping regulation, may designate someone to maintain the records for his.

This letter is to confirm that motor vehicle manufacturers may assign a designee for the record keeping requirements of Part 574.