[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62522]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25407]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA 2002-13356; Notice 1]


Cooper Tire & Rubber Company; Receipt of Application for Decision 
of Inconsequential Noncompliance

    Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (Cooper) has determined that 
approximately 956 Cooper Lifeliner Touring SLE tires in the 185/70R14 
size do not meet the labeling requirements mandated by Federal Motor 
Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 109, ``New Pneumatic Tires.'' 
Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h), Cooper has petitioned for 
a determination that this noncompliance is inconsequential to motor 
vehicle safety and has filed an appropriate report pursuant to 49 CFR 
Part 573, ``Defect and Noncompliance Reports.''
    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.
    The Texarkana, Arkansas, tire manufacturing facility had one mold 
involved in production during the twelfth and thirteenth production 
weeks of 2002, in which the plant identification code was incorrectly 
stated. The subject tires were molded ``DOT VT''. The correct molding 
for the Texarkana, Arkansas plant identification code should have been 
DOT UT''. The incorrect plant identification code was removed from the 
mold and the correct plant identification code inserted.
    Cooper states that the incorrect plant identification code on each 
tire does not present ``a safety-related defect'' (sic). Their tire 
registration system will be programmed to register these tires with the 
incorrect plant identification code. In the event of a recall, this 
same system will identify the tire registrations with the incorrect 
plant identification code. The involved tires produced from these molds 
comply with all other requirements of 49 CFR 571.109.
    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: November 6, 2002.

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

    Issued on: October 1, 2002.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 02-25407 Filed 10-4-02; 8:45 am]
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