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49 CFR Part 571
[Docket No. NHTSA–2004–19939]
RIN 2127–AI54
Tire Safety Information; Technical
Amendment
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Final rule; technical
amendment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This document contains a
technical amendment to the Federal
motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS)
No. 119, New pneumatic tires for
vehicles other than passenger cars.
Specifically, the amendment changes
the metric value of tire speed restriction
threshold from 88 km/h (55 mph) to 90
km/h (55 mph). The amendment will
make FMVSS No. 119 more consistent
with established tire industry protocol
and labeling technology, without
making any substantive changes to the
standard.
DATES: This rule is effective February 3,
2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
legal issues: Mr. George Feygin, Office
of Chief Counsel (telephone: (202) 366–
2992) (Fax: (202) 366–3820); NHTSA,
400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590. For technical issues: Mr. Joseph
Scott, Office of Crash Avoidance
Standards, (telephone: (202) 366–2720)
(Fax: (202) 366–7002); NHTSA, 400 7th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.
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FMVSS
No. 119 specifies performance
requirements for tires used on motor
vehicles other than passenger cars, and
requires certain markings on tires to
facilitate proper selection and use.
S6.5(e) requires that a tire be marked
with a speed restriction information if
the maximum speed is below 88 km/h
(55 mph). Further, Table III contains a
reference to speed-restricted tires with
the maximum speed of 88 km/h (55
mph).
Within the tire industry, the metric
value of the tire speed restriction
threshold is 90 km/h instead of 88 km/
h. Also, the English value of the tire
speed restriction threshold is sometimes
listed at 56 mph, instead of 55 mph. The
industry uses speed rating symbols to
differentiate among the tires with
various maximum speed capabilities.
The speed symbol of ‘‘G’’ is associated
with tires with a maximum speed of 90
km/h. The discrepancy between 88 km/
h and 90 km/h, as well as 55 mph and
56 mph is the result of using different
methods of converting the English speed
measurements to the metric system and
vice versa.
The Tire and Rim Association Inc.,
has petitioned NHTSA to change the
speed restriction threshold from 88 km/
h to 90 km/h and from 55 mph to 56
mph. They argued that this change
would make FMVSS No. 119 more
consistent with established tire industry
protocol and labeling technology, and
would facilitate international
harmonization.
The agency decided to amend only
the metric value of tire speed restriction
threshold from 88 km/h to 90 km/h. The
English value will remain at 55 mph
because we found that majority of tire
industry literature lists the speed
restriction threshold at 55 mph (90 km/
h) instead of 56 mph (90 km/h).1 Thus,
55 mph appears to be generally accepted
within the industry.
We believe that the discrepancy
between the metric values of the speed
restriction threshold currently used by
the agency and the one used by the
majority of industry publications result
from different methods of converting 55
mph to km/h. We note that the change
from 88 km/h to 90 km/h will have no
substantive practical effect on FMVSS
No. 119 because the difference between
the two values is so insignificant.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1 See 2004 Year Book; The Tire and Rim
Association, Inc., at page 3–06. The Japan
Automobile Tyre Manufacturers Association, Inc.
(JATMA), the European Tyre and Rim Technical
Organization (ETRTO), and the Scandinavian Tire
& Rim Organization (STRO) also rely on 90 km/h
as the speed restriction threshold.
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In consideration of the foregoing, this
document amends the CFR by changing
the metric value of tire speed restriction
threshold in S6.5(e) and Table III from
88 km/h to 90 km/h.
This technical amendment will not
impose or relax any substantive
requirements or burdens on
manufacturers. Therefore, NHTSA finds
for good cause that any notice and
opportunity for comment on these
correcting amendments are not
necessary.
List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 571
Motor vehicle safety, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Tires.
I 49 CFR part 571 is amended by making
the following technical amendment:
PART 571—[CORRECTED]
1. The authority citation continues to
read as follows:
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 2011, 30115,
30166 and 30177; delegation of authority at
49 CFR 1.50.
2. Section 571.119 is amended by
revising paragraph S6.5(e) to read as
follows; and amending Table III, under
the column ‘‘Description’’, by revising
‘‘88 km/h’’ to read ‘‘90 km/h’’.
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§ 571.119 New pneumatic tires for vehicles
other than passenger cars.
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(e) The speed restriction of the tire, if
90 km/h (55 mph) or less, shown as
follows:
Max speed l km/h (lmph).
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Issued: December 20, 2004.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
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Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish
Fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Virgin Islands; Seasonal Closure of
Grammanik Bank
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
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Temporary final rule.
SUMMARY: NMFS issues this temporary
final rule to implement interim
measures recommended by the
Caribbean Fishery Management Council
(Council). This rule prohibits fishing for
or possessing any species of fish, except
highly migratory species, within the
Grammanik Bank closed area on a
temporary basis (see DATES). The
intended effect of this rule is to protect
a yellowfin grouper spawning
aggregation and to reduce overfishing.
DATES: This temporary final rule is
effective February 1, 2005, through
April 30, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Copies of documents
supporting this action may be obtained
from NMFS, Southeast Regional Office,
9721 Executive Center Drive N., St.
Petersburg, FL 33702.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe
Kimmel, 727–570–5752.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The reef
fish fishery of Puerto Rico and of the
U.S. Virgin Islands is managed under
the Fishery Management Plan for the
Reef Fish Fishery of Puerto Rico and of
the U.S. Virgin Islands (FMP). The FMP
was prepared by the Council and is
implemented under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) by regulations
at 50 CFR part 622.
On November 16, 2004, NMFS
published a proposed rule (69 FR
67104) to implement the interim
measures specified in this temporary
final rule as requested by the Caribbean
Fishery Management Council for
Grammanik Bank and to request
comments on the proposed actions. The
rationale for the interim measures is
provided in the preamble to the
proposed rule and is not repeated here.
No public comments were received
during the comment period on the
proposed rule. Therefore, the proposed
rule is adopted as final.
Classification
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Administrator, Southeast Region,
NMFS, determined that the interim
measures that this temporary final rule
implements are necessary for the
conservation and management of the
yellowfin grouper fishery in the
Caribbean and that they are consistent
with the Magnuson-Stevens Act and
other applicable laws.
This temporary final rule has been
determined to be not significant for
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
NMFS prepared a final regulatory
flexibility analysis (FRFA). The FRFA
incorporates the initial regulatory
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flexibility analysis (IRFA) and a
summary of the analyses completed to
support the action. No public comments
were received on the economic impacts
of this rule. A summary of the analysis
follows.
The rule is intended to protect an
important spawning aggregation of
yellowfin grouper, to help arrest the
decline in the resource, and to support
its recovery. The Magnuson-Stevens
Act, as amended, provides the statutory
basis for the rule.
The rule is intended to implement, on
an interim basis, an action currently
included in the draft Sustainable
Fisheries Act (SFA) Amendment. The
SFA Amendment is expected to be
implemented prior to the 2006 fishing
year. This rule will be an interim action
providing protection to an important
yellowfin grouper spawning aggregation
during the 2005 spawning season and
will expire prior to the implementation
of the SFA Amendment. No duplicate,
overlapping, or conflicting rules have
been identified.
No issues were raised by public
comments in response to the IRFA.
Therefore, no changes were made in the
FRFA.
There are two general classes of small
business entities that will be directly
affected by the rule: commercial fishing
vessels and for-hire fishing vessels. The
Small Business Administration defines
a small business that engages in
commercial fishing as a firm that is
independently owned and operated,
that is not dominant in its field of
operation, and that has annual receipts
up to $3.5 million per year. The revenue
benchmark for a small business that
engages in charter fishing is a firm with
receipts up to $6.0 million.
There are an estimated 342 registered
commercial fishing vessels in the U.S.
Virgin Islands. The majority of
participants are part-time fishermen.
Total annual average dockside revenues
from commercial fishing activity are
estimated at $1.72 million, or an average
of $5,000 per registered vessel. Given
the average revenue estimates of the
fleet, all commercial entities are
determined to be small business
entities. It cannot be precisely
determined how many of the
commercial vessels that operate in the
U.S. Virgin Islands would be affected by
the rule, though the rule will apply to
all commercial fishing vessels. NMFS
assumes that indirect impacts would be
incurred industry-wide, and that all the
commercial fishing entities that will be
affected by the rule are small entities.
An estimated 27 year-round charter
fishing operations operate in the U.S.
Virgin Islands, with an unknown
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Part 571
[Docket No. NHTSA-2004-19939]
RIN 2127-AI54
Tire Safety Information; Technical Amendment
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.
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SUMMARY: This document contains a technical amendment to the Federal
motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) No. 119, New pneumatic tires for
vehicles other than passenger cars. Specifically, the amendment changes
the metric value of tire speed restriction threshold from 88 km/h (55
mph) to 90 km/h (55 mph). The amendment will make FMVSS No. 119 more
consistent with established tire industry protocol and labeling
technology, without making any substantive changes to the standard.
DATES: This rule is effective February 3, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For legal issues: Mr. George Feygin,
Office of Chief Counsel (telephone: (202) 366-2992) (Fax: (202) 366-
3820); NHTSA, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. For technical
issues: Mr. Joseph Scott, Office of Crash Avoidance Standards,
(telephone: (202) 366-2720) (Fax: (202) 366-7002); NHTSA, 400 7th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FMVSS No. 119 specifies performance
requirements for tires used on motor vehicles other than passenger
cars, and requires certain markings on tires to facilitate proper
selection and use. S6.5(e) requires that a tire be marked with a speed
restriction information if the maximum speed is below 88 km/h (55 mph).
Further, Table III contains a reference to speed-restricted tires with
the maximum speed of 88 km/h (55 mph).
Within the tire industry, the metric value of the tire speed
restriction threshold is 90 km/h instead of 88 km/h. Also, the English
value of the tire speed restriction threshold is sometimes listed at 56
mph, instead of 55 mph. The industry uses speed rating symbols to
differentiate among the tires with various maximum speed capabilities.
The speed symbol of ``G'' is associated with tires with a maximum speed
of 90 km/h. The discrepancy between 88 km/h and 90 km/h, as well as 55
mph and 56 mph is the result of using different methods of converting
the English speed measurements to the metric system and vice versa.
The Tire and Rim Association Inc., has petitioned NHTSA to change
the speed restriction threshold from 88 km/h to 90 km/h and from 55 mph
to 56 mph. They argued that this change would make FMVSS No. 119 more
consistent with established tire industry protocol and labeling
technology, and would facilitate international harmonization.
The agency decided to amend only the metric value of tire speed
restriction threshold from 88 km/h to 90 km/h. The English value will
remain at 55 mph because we found that majority of tire industry
literature lists the speed restriction threshold at 55 mph (90 km/h)
instead of 56 mph (90 km/h).\1\ Thus, 55 mph appears to be generally
accepted within the industry.
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\1\ See 2004 Year Book; The Tire and Rim Association, Inc., at
page 3-06. The Japan Automobile Tyre Manufacturers Association, Inc.
(JATMA), the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organization (ETRTO),
and the Scandinavian Tire & Rim Organization (STRO) also rely on 90
km/h as the speed restriction threshold.
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We believe that the discrepancy between the metric values of the
speed restriction threshold currently used by the agency and the one
used by the majority of industry publications result from different
methods of converting 55 mph to km/h. We note that the change from 88
km/h to 90 km/h will have no substantive practical effect on FMVSS No.
119 because the difference between the two values is so insignificant.
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In consideration of the foregoing, this document amends the CFR by
changing the metric value of tire speed restriction threshold in
S6.5(e) and Table III from 88 km/h to 90 km/h.
This technical amendment will not impose or relax any substantive
requirements or burdens on manufacturers. Therefore, NHTSA finds for
good cause that any notice and opportunity for comment on these
correcting amendments are not necessary.
List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 571
Motor vehicle safety, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Tires.
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49 CFR part 571 is amended by making the following technical amendment:
PART 571--[CORRECTED]
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1. The authority citation continues to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 2011, 30115, 30166 and 30177;
delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.
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2. Section 571.119 is amended by revising paragraph S6.5(e) to read as
follows; and amending Table III, under the column ``Description'', by
revising ``88 km/h'' to read ``90 km/h''.
Sec. 571.119 New pneumatic tires for vehicles other than passenger
cars.
* * * * *
(e) The speed restriction of the tire, if 90 km/h (55 mph) or less,
shown as follows:
Max speed -- km/h (-- mph).
* * * * *
Issued: December 20, 2004.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 05-41 Filed 1-3-05; 8:45 am]
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