[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 40953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20093]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Part 571
[Docket No. 92-33; Notice 4]
RIN 2127-AE36
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Lamps, Reflective
Devices, and Associated Equipment
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: This document amends S5.8.10 to substitute S5.8.1 for its
erroneous internal reference to S5.7.1.
DATES: The amendment is effective July 31, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor Vinson, Office of Chief
Counsel, NHTSA (202) 366-5263.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Standard No. 108 was amended on December 10,
1992 to add Paragraph S5.7 Conspicuity systems, and to redesignate as
S5.8 Replacement Equipment, S5.8.1, and S5.8.2, the existing paragraphs
S5.7 Replacement Equipment, S5.7.1, and S5.7.2. (57 FR 58406).
At the time of its redesignation, paragraph S5.7.2 specified that,
unless otherwise specified in Standard No. 108, ``each lamp, reflective
device, or item of associated equipment to which [the replacement
equipment provisions of] section S5.7.1 applies may be labeled with the
symbol DOT, which shall constitute a certification that it conforms to
applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards.'' The internal
reference to S5.7.1 should have been changed to S5.8.1 with the
redesignations, but it was not.
A subsequent amendment to Standard No. 108 on March 3, 1993,
redesignated S5.8.2 as S5.8.10, also without revising the now-erroneous
internal reference to S5.7.1 (58 FR 12183).
Accordingly, it is necessary for NHTSA to correct its oversight in
the two previous redesignations by revising paragraph S5.8.10 to change
its internal reference to S5.7.1 to S5.8.1. Because this is a technical
amendment, prior notice and comment upon it are not required, and the
amendment will become effective upon publication.
List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 571
Imports, Motor vehicle safety, Motor vehicles.
In consideration of the foregoing, 49 CFR part 571 is amended as
follows:
PART 571--FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS
1. The authority citation for part 571 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115, 30117, and 30166;
delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.
Sec. 571.108 [Amended]
2. In Sec. 571.108, paragraph S5.8.10 is revised to read as set
forth below:
Sec. 571.108 Standard No. 108; Lamps, reflective devices, and
associated equipment.
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S5.8.10 Unless otherwise specified in this standard, each lamp,
reflective device, or item of associated equipment to which paragraph
S5.8.1 applies may be labeled with the symbol DOT, which shall
constitute a certification that it conforms to applicable Federal motor
vehicle safety standards.
Issued on July 24, 1997.
L. Robert Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 97-20093 Filed 7-30-97; 8:45 am]
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