[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 10053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3630]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA 2001-8808, Notice 1]


Philips Lighting Company Receipt of Application for Decision of 
Inconsequential Noncompliance

    Philips Lighting Company, Somerset, New Jersey, has determined that 
certain H3-55W replaceable light sources it manufactured do not have 
the ``DOT'' marking required under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 
Standard (FMVSS) No. 108, ``Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated 
Equipment.'' The total number of light sources sold without this 
marking from January 1998 to December 1999 was 67,299.
    This notice of receipt of an application 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 application.
    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), Philips Lighting 
Company has petitioned for a determination that its failure to mark 
light sources with ``DOT'' is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety 
and has filed an appropriate report pursuant to 49 CFR Part 573, 
``Defect and Noncompliance Reports.''
    Philips Lighting Company has indicated that the subject replaceable 
light source, with the exception of the absence of the ``DOT'' marking, 
fully complies with all the performance and design requirements of 
FMVSS No. 108 and does not constitute any risk to motor vehicle safety 
and has submitted test results 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 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 8, 2001.
Noble N. Bowie,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-3630 Filed 2-12-01; 8:45 am]
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