[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10052-10053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3558]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA 2000-7705, Notice 1]


Receipt of Applications for Decision of Inconsequential 
Noncompliance

    The following companies, Osram Sylvania Products, Inc., (Osram); 
Subaru of America, Inc., (Subaru); Koito Manufacturing Co., LTD. 
(Koito); North American Lighting, Inc. (NAL); Stanley Electric Co., 
LTD, (Stanley); and General Electric Company (GE) have determined that 
certain H1 replaceable light sources they manufactured or used in lamp 
assemblies did not have the ``DOT'' marking required under Federal 
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 108, ``Lamps, Reflective 
Devices, and Associated Equipment.''
    This notice of receipt of these applications is published under 49 
U.S.C. 30118 and 30120 and does not represent any agency decision or 
other exercise of judgment concerning the merits of the applications.
    Under the requirements of S7.7(a) of FMVSS No. 108, each 
replaceable light source shall be marked with the symbol ``DOT.''
    Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h), the above companies 
have petitioned for a determination that their failure to mark light 
sources with ``DOT'' is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety and 
have filed appropriate reports pursuant to 49 CFR part 573, ``Defect 
and Noncompliance Reports.''
    Osram produced 841,283 H1 replaceable light sources without the 
required ``DOT `` marking. In its part 573 report, Osram stated that it 
was not possible to determine exactly how many light sources were used 
in headlamp assemblies as opposed to those which were used in fog lamp 
assemblies.
    Between February 1999 and January 2000, NAL used 118,756 of these 
Osram replaceable light sources in headlamp assemblies. Subaru 
installed 110,784 of these NAL headlamp assemblies in model year 2000 
Legacy vehicles from February 1999 through February 2000.
    Stanley used 30,426 of the Osram replaceable light sources in 
headlamp assemblies intended for Honda Preludes produced between 
October 22, 1998 and January 27, 2000. Koito used 12,340 of the Osram 
replaceable light sources in headlamp assemblies it manufactured 
between June 1999 and January 2000.
    A separate group of replaceable light sources with the same 
noncompliance was manufactured by GE. GE produced 2,490 of these 
between April 1, 1999 and March 23, 2000. The GE replaceable light 
sources are included in this notice for simplicity because the issue is 
identical.
    All of the petitioners have indicated that the subject replaceable 
light sources, with the exception of the absence of the ``DOT'' 
marking, fully comply with all the performance and design requirements 
of FMVSS No. 108 and do not constitute any risk to motor vehicle 
safety. Osram has submitted confidential test data to show this.
    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and 
arguments on the application described above. Comments should refer to 
the docket number and be submitted to: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Management, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW, 
Washington, DC, 20590. It is requested that two copies be submitted.
    All comments received before the close of business on the closing 
date indicated below will be considered. The application and supporting 
materials, and all comments received after the closing date, will also 
be filed and will be considered to the extent possible. When the 
application is granted or denied, the notice will be published in the 
Federal Register pursuant to the

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authority indicated below. Comment closing date: March 15, 2001.


(49 U.S.C. 301118, 301120; delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 
and 501.8)

    Issued on: February 2, 2001.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-3558 Filed 2-12-01; 8:45 am]
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