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[Docket No. NHTSA–2007–28927; Notice 2]
Sidump’r Trailer Company, Inc., Grant
of Petition for Decision of
Inconsequential Noncompliance
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Grant of petition.
AGENCY:
Sidump’r Trailer Company,
Inc. (Sidump’r) has determined that the
rear impact guards on certain trailers
that it manufactured between January
10, 2006 and April 13, 2007 do not
comply with paragraph S5.1 of 49 CFR
571.224, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard (FMVSS) No. 224, Rear Impact
Protection. Sidump’r has filed an
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appropriate report pursuant to 49 CFR
Part 573, Defect and Noncompliance
Responsibility and Reports, dated April
20, 2007.
Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118 (d) and
30120 (h) and the rule implementing
those provisions at 49 CFR Part 556,
Sidump’r has petitioned for an
exemption from the notification and
remedy requirements of 49 U.S.C.
Chapter 301 on the basis that this
noncompliance is inconsequential to
motor vehicle safety. Notice of receipt of
a petition was published, with a 30-day
public comment period, on August 16,
2007, in the Federal Register (72 FR
46127). The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA)
received no comments. To view the
petition and all supporting documents
log onto the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Web site
at: https://www.regulations.gov/. Then
follow the online search instructions to
locate docket number ‘‘NHTSA–2007–
28927.’’
For further information on this
decision, contact Mr. Luis Figueroa,
Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance,
NHTSA, telephone (202) 366–5298,
facsimile (202) 366–1002.
Trailers Involved: Affected are
approximately 416 model 223, 325 and
425 side dump bulk material hauling
trailers manufactured by Sidump’r
between January 10, 2006 and April 13,
2007.
Summary of Sidump’r’s Analysis and
Arguments: Sidump’r first became
aware of the noncompliance of these
trailers when Sidump’r received a
customer inquiry on or about February
27, 2007 regarding the rear impact
guards installed on the subject trailers.
As a result of this inquiry, Sidump’r
stated that it commenced a thorough
engineering evaluation of the rear end of
the subject trailers to determine whether
they meet the requirements of FMVSS
No. 224. Following this engineering
evaluation and after consultation with
its counsel, Sidump’r determined that
the trailers do not comply with FMVSS
No. 224.
Specifically, Sidump’r has
determined that the location of those
guards does not meet the requirements
of paragraph S5.1.3 of FMVSS No. 224
because there is a ‘‘push block’’ located
at the rear of the trailer chassis
extending 23.62 inches (600 mm) to the
rear of the rear impact guard. Sidump’r
stated that it considered the ‘‘push
blocks’’ to be the ‘‘rear extremities’’ of
the subject trailers. Therefore, it
concluded that the rearmost surface of
the horizontal members of the rear
impact guards are located 11.62 inches
(295 mm) too far forward of the ‘‘rear
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extremity’’ of the trailers to conform
with the requirements of paragraph
S5.1.3.
Sidump’r also examined the
possibility of the ‘‘push block’’ itself
serving as the rear impact guard. It
determined that the ‘‘push block’’ itself
does not constitute a compliant rear
impact guard as originally installed
because it exceeds the maximum ground
clearance of 22 inches (560 mm)
allowed by paragraph S5.1.2 of FMVSS
No. 224 by 1.5 inches (38 mm).
Sidump’r stated that it has corrected
the problem that caused the
noncompliance in the trailers they
produced after April 20, 2007 by
modifying the design of the trailers to
incorporate an additional horizontal
member mounted to the underside of
the ‘‘push block’’ assembly.
Sidump’r also stated that it believes
this noncompliance is inconsequential
to motor vehicle safety and that no
further corrective action is warranted
due to the geometric characteristics of
the trailers and the nature of their field
usage. Specifically, Sidump’r makes the
arguments that the overall level of safety
of the subject trailers is equivalent to a
compliant trailer because their ‘‘push
block’’ is equipped with a guard-like
structure that is comparable to a
compliant rear impact guard based on
dimensional considerations, and on a
simulation of the guard performance 1
when subjected to the loads required
under FMVSS No. 223. Sidump’r
additionally supported its position that
the overall level of safety of the
noncompliant trailers is equivalent to
comparable trailers by comparing them
to road construction controlled
horizontal discharge trailers and by
citing several previous decisions where
NHTSA granted temporary exemptions
from compliance with FMVSS No. 224
as the result of petitions filed under 49
CFR Part 555 Temporary Exemption
From Motor Vehicle Safety and Bumper
Standards for noncompliances that it
considers similar in consequence to
those covered in this petition.
Discussion
Requirement Background
Paragraph S5.1.3 Guard Rear Surface
of FMVSS No. 224 requires:
At any height 560 mm or more above the
ground, the rearmost surface of the horizontal
member of the guard shall be located as close
as practical to a transverse vertical plane
tangent to the rear extremity of the vehicle,
but no more than 305 mm forward of that
1 Fred P. Smith, P.E., CSP, Under Ride Report
(Alpine Engineering and Design, Inc., 2007).
Supplemental petition data as submitted on May
14, 2008 to docket number NHTSA–2007–28927.
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plane. Notwithstanding this requirement, the
horizontal member may extend rearward of
the plane, and guards with rounded corners
may curve forward within 255 mm of the
longitudinal vertical planes that are tangent
to side extremities of the vehicle.
Paragraph S5.1.2 Guard Height of
FMVSS No. 224 requires:
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The vertical distance between the bottom
edge of the horizontal member of the guard
and the ground shall not exceed 560 mm at
any point across the full width of the
member. Notwithstanding this requirement,
guards with rounded corners may curve
upward within 255 mm of the longitudinal
vertical planes that are tangent to the side
extremities of the vehicle.
Sidump’r states that NHTSA has
granted temporary exemptions based on:
Infrequent highway use (69 FR 30989,
68 FR 7406 and 64 FR 49049), as well
as small production quantities of
vehicles (66 FR 22069, 63 FR 16857, 66
FR 20028 and 68 FR 7406). Those
temporary exemptions were granted
based on petitions submitted by vehicle
manufacturers under 49 CFR Part 555,
Temporary Exemption from Motor
Vehicle Safety and Bumper Standards.
The statutory provision (49 U.S.C.
30113) that permits manufacturers to
file petitions for a determination of
exemption allows NHTSA to
temporarily exempt manufacturers from
specific FMVSS or bumper standard
requirements. This provision applies to
vehicles that have not yet been passed
from the manufacturer to an owner,
purchaser, or dealer, which is not the
case for the subject trailers. Exemptions
are available under this provision to
permit vehicles to be built without
complying with the standards based on
certain specific criteria, including the
petitioner’s economic hardship. Under
each of the criteria, the number of
vehicles produced is a specific
consideration. See, e.g., 49 CFR
555.6(a)(2)(v). The primary basis for
NHTSA granting the temporary
exemptions cited above was because the
petitioners had met the burden of
persuasion that compliance would have
caused substantial economic hardship.
Economic hardship is not a
consideration in the evaluation process
for inconsequentiality petitions. See 49
CFR Part 556. Accordingly, NHTSA
does not find those decisions under Part
555 relevant here.
NHTSA agrees with Sidump’r’s
assessment that the rear impact guards
on the subject trailers do not conform to
the requirements of S5.1.3 of 49 CFR
571.224 because they are mounted too
far forward of the rear extremities of the
trailers.
Also, NHTSA agrees with Sidump’r’s
assessment that if a guard-like structure
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under the push block complies with the
dimensional and performance
requirements of FMVSS No. 223 and
FMVSS No. 224 that the guard-like
structure can serve as a rear impact
guard.2 Sidump’r used a finite element
model analysis 3 to make a
determination that the guard like
structure would meet the performance
requirements. Finite element modeling
is a mature science and appropriately
accurate for modeling the rudimentary
force deflection characteristics of the
guard-like structure under the push
block. Based on that analysis, which
Sidump’r submitted to the docket, the
guard-like structure appears to meet the
loads and energy absorption
requirement under FMVSS No. 223.
In addition, based on the drawings
provided by Sidump’r, NHTSA agrees
that the guard-like structure meets all of
FMVSS No. 224 configuration
requirements except for guard height.
While the maximum height requirement
was exceeded by an inch and a half,
NHTSA does not consider the difference
significant in this particular instance.
Using NCAP (2003–2009) test data
OVSC selected compact and
subcompact vehicles to determine the
part of the frame structure that would
most likely engage the bumper of a
trailer and the height of that structure in
the car. We determined that the area
most likely to be engaged by the rear
impact guard would be the area of the
unibody where the front shock
absorbers (struts) are attached. We also
looked at the height of the engine block
in those cars. The shock absorber height
and the top of the engine block height
are data points measured as part of the
NCAP frontal impact evaluation of
vehicles. The average shock absorber
height was 838 mm (33 in) with a
minimum of 566 mm (22 in) and a
maximum of 972 mm (38 in). The
average engine block height was 836
mm (33 in) with a minimum of 748 mm
(29 in) and a maximum of 935 mm (37
in). In addition, we asked laboratory
personnel to measure the depth of the
engine block cover of several vehicles to
be crash tested. The average depth was
between 2 and 4 in. This depth was
used to assess shearing of the engine
block cover during a crash and possible
impact. Based on this NCAP data we
believe the car’s frontal structure will
effectively engage the rear impact guard
during a crash incident and that
Sidump’r’s guard placement of 1 in (38
2 NHTSA’s Chief Counsel interpretation letter to
Jason Backs (CPS Trailers, May 28, 1998).
3 Finite element analysis can be used as a basis
for establishing certification to performance
requirements of a standard.
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mm) over the required FMVSS No. 224
guard height is inconsequential to
vehicle safety based on the particular
facts in this case.
NHTSA Decision: In consideration of
the foregoing, NHTSA has decided that
Sidump’r has met its burden of
persuasion that the dimensional
noncompliance described in Sidump’r’s
Noncompliance Information Report is
inconsequential to motor vehicle safety.
Accordingly, Sidump’r’s petition is
granted, and the Sidump’r is exempted
from the obligation of providing
notification of, and a remedy for, the
noncompliances under 49 U.S.C. 30118
and 30120.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120;
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.50
and 501.8.
NHTSA notes that the statutory
provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and
30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to
file petitions for a determination of
inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to
exempt manufacturers only from the
duties found in sections 30118 and
3120, respectively, to notify owners,
purchasers, and dealers of a defect or
noncompliance and to remedy the
defect or noncompliance. Therefore, this
decision only applies to the trailers that
Sidump’r no longer controlled at the
time that it determined that a
noncompliance existed in the subject
vehicles.
Issued On: April 11, 2013.
Claude H. Harris,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
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[Docket No. NHTSA–2009–0092; Notice 2]
Pilkington North America, Inc., Grant
of Petition for Decision of
Inconsequential Noncompliance
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Grant of Petition for
Inconsequential Noncompliance.
AGENCY:
Pilkington North America,
Inc. (Pilkington) has determined that
certain replacement rear windows
manufactured for model year 2006
through 2009 Honda Civic two-door
coupe passenger cars manufactured on
April 16, 2008, do not fully comply with
paragraphs S6.2 and S6.3 of Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
No. 205 Glazing Materials. Pilkington
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2007-28927; Notice 2]
Sidump'r Trailer Company, Inc., Grant of Petition for Decision of
Inconsequential Noncompliance
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Grant of petition.
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SUMMARY: Sidump'r Trailer Company, Inc. (Sidump'r) has determined that
the rear impact guards on certain trailers that it manufactured between
January 10, 2006 and April 13, 2007 do not comply with paragraph S5.1
of 49 CFR 571.224, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No.
224, Rear Impact Protection. Sidump'r has filed an appropriate report
pursuant to 49 CFR Part 573, Defect and Noncompliance Responsibility
and Reports, dated April 20, 2007.
Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118 (d) and 30120 (h) and the rule
implementing those provisions at 49 CFR Part 556, Sidump'r has
petitioned for an exemption from the notification and remedy
requirements of 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 on the basis that this
noncompliance is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. Notice of
receipt of a petition was published, with a 30-day public comment
period, on August 16, 2007, in the Federal Register (72 FR 46127). The
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received no
comments. To view the petition and all supporting documents log onto
the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) Web site at: https://www.regulations.gov/. Then follow the online search instructions to
locate docket number ``NHTSA-2007-28927.''
For further information on this decision, contact Mr. Luis
Figueroa, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, NHTSA, telephone (202)
366-5298, facsimile (202) 366-1002.
Trailers Involved: Affected are approximately 416 model 223, 325
and 425 side dump bulk material hauling trailers manufactured by
Sidump'r between January 10, 2006 and April 13, 2007.
Summary of Sidump'r's Analysis and Arguments: Sidump'r first became
aware of the noncompliance of these trailers when Sidump'r received a
customer inquiry on or about February 27, 2007 regarding the rear
impact guards installed on the subject trailers. As a result of this
inquiry, Sidump'r stated that it commenced a thorough engineering
evaluation of the rear end of the subject trailers to determine whether
they meet the requirements of FMVSS No. 224. Following this engineering
evaluation and after consultation with its counsel, Sidump'r determined
that the trailers do not comply with FMVSS No. 224.
Specifically, Sidump'r has determined that the location of those
guards does not meet the requirements of paragraph S5.1.3 of FMVSS No.
224 because there is a ``push block'' located at the rear of the
trailer chassis extending 23.62 inches (600 mm) to the rear of the rear
impact guard. Sidump'r stated that it considered the ``push blocks'' to
be the ``rear extremities'' of the subject trailers. Therefore, it
concluded that the rearmost surface of the horizontal members of the
rear impact guards are located 11.62 inches (295 mm) too far forward of
the ``rear extremity'' of the trailers to conform with the requirements
of paragraph S5.1.3.
Sidump'r also examined the possibility of the ``push block'' itself
serving as the rear impact guard. It determined that the ``push block''
itself does not constitute a compliant rear impact guard as originally
installed because it exceeds the maximum ground clearance of 22 inches
(560 mm) allowed by paragraph S5.1.2 of FMVSS No. 224 by 1.5 inches (38
mm).
Sidump'r stated that it has corrected the problem that caused the
noncompliance in the trailers they produced after April 20, 2007 by
modifying the design of the trailers to incorporate an additional
horizontal member mounted to the underside of the ``push block''
assembly.
Sidump'r also stated that it believes this noncompliance is
inconsequential to motor vehicle safety and that no further corrective
action is warranted due to the geometric characteristics of the
trailers and the nature of their field usage. Specifically, Sidump'r
makes the arguments that the overall level of safety of the subject
trailers is equivalent to a compliant trailer because their ``push
block'' is equipped with a guard-like structure that is comparable to a
compliant rear impact guard based on dimensional considerations, and on
a simulation of the guard performance \1\ when subjected to the loads
required under FMVSS No. 223. Sidump'r additionally supported its
position that the overall level of safety of the noncompliant trailers
is equivalent to comparable trailers by comparing them to road
construction controlled horizontal discharge trailers and by citing
several previous decisions where NHTSA granted temporary exemptions
from compliance with FMVSS No. 224 as the result of petitions filed
under 49 CFR Part 555 Temporary Exemption From Motor Vehicle Safety and
Bumper Standards for noncompliances that it considers similar in
consequence to those covered in this petition.
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\1\ Fred P. Smith, P.E., CSP, Under Ride Report (Alpine
Engineering and Design, Inc., 2007). Supplemental petition data as
submitted on May 14, 2008 to docket number NHTSA-2007-28927.
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Discussion
Requirement Background
Paragraph S5.1.3 Guard Rear Surface of FMVSS No. 224 requires:
At any height 560 mm or more above the ground, the rearmost surface
of the horizontal member of the guard shall be located as close as
practical to a transverse vertical plane tangent to the rear
extremity of the vehicle, but no more than 305 mm forward of that
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plane. Notwithstanding this requirement, the horizontal member may
extend rearward of the plane, and guards with rounded corners may
curve forward within 255 mm of the longitudinal vertical planes that
are tangent to side extremities of the vehicle.
Paragraph S5.1.2 Guard Height of FMVSS No. 224 requires:
The vertical distance between the bottom edge of the horizontal
member of the guard and the ground shall not exceed 560 mm at any
point across the full width of the member. Notwithstanding this
requirement, guards with rounded corners may curve upward within 255
mm of the longitudinal vertical planes that are tangent to the side
extremities of the vehicle.
Sidump'r states that NHTSA has granted temporary exemptions based
on: Infrequent highway use (69 FR 30989, 68 FR 7406 and 64 FR 49049),
as well as small production quantities of vehicles (66 FR 22069, 63 FR
16857, 66 FR 20028 and 68 FR 7406). Those temporary exemptions were
granted based on petitions submitted by vehicle manufacturers under 49
CFR Part 555, Temporary Exemption from Motor Vehicle Safety and Bumper
Standards. The statutory provision (49 U.S.C. 30113) that permits
manufacturers to file petitions for a determination of exemption allows
NHTSA to temporarily exempt manufacturers from specific FMVSS or bumper
standard requirements. This provision applies to vehicles that have not
yet been passed from the manufacturer to an owner, purchaser, or
dealer, which is not the case for the subject trailers. Exemptions are
available under this provision to permit vehicles to be built without
complying with the standards based on certain specific criteria,
including the petitioner's economic hardship. Under each of the
criteria, the number of vehicles produced is a specific consideration.
See, e.g., 49 CFR 555.6(a)(2)(v). The primary basis for NHTSA granting
the temporary exemptions cited above was because the petitioners had
met the burden of persuasion that compliance would have caused
substantial economic hardship. Economic hardship is not a consideration
in the evaluation process for inconsequentiality petitions. See 49 CFR
Part 556. Accordingly, NHTSA does not find those decisions under Part
555 relevant here.
NHTSA agrees with Sidump'r's assessment that the rear impact guards
on the subject trailers do not conform to the requirements of S5.1.3 of
49 CFR 571.224 because they are mounted too far forward of the rear
extremities of the trailers.
Also, NHTSA agrees with Sidump'r's assessment that if a guard-like
structure under the push block complies with the dimensional and
performance requirements of FMVSS No. 223 and FMVSS No. 224 that the
guard-like structure can serve as a rear impact guard.\2\ Sidump'r used
a finite element model analysis \3\ to make a determination that the
guard like structure would meet the performance requirements. Finite
element modeling is a mature science and appropriately accurate for
modeling the rudimentary force deflection characteristics of the guard-
like structure under the push block. Based on that analysis, which
Sidump'r submitted to the docket, the guard-like structure appears to
meet the loads and energy absorption requirement under FMVSS No. 223.
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\2\ NHTSA's Chief Counsel interpretation letter to Jason Backs
(CPS Trailers, May 28, 1998).
\3\ Finite element analysis can be used as a basis for
establishing certification to performance requirements of a
standard.
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In addition, based on the drawings provided by Sidump'r, NHTSA
agrees that the guard-like structure meets all of FMVSS No. 224
configuration requirements except for guard height. While the maximum
height requirement was exceeded by an inch and a half, NHTSA does not
consider the difference significant in this particular instance. Using
NCAP (2003-2009) test data OVSC selected compact and subcompact
vehicles to determine the part of the frame structure that would most
likely engage the bumper of a trailer and the height of that structure
in the car. We determined that the area most likely to be engaged by
the rear impact guard would be the area of the unibody where the front
shock absorbers (struts) are attached. We also looked at the height of
the engine block in those cars. The shock absorber height and the top
of the engine block height are data points measured as part of the NCAP
frontal impact evaluation of vehicles. The average shock absorber
height was 838 mm (33 in) with a minimum of 566 mm (22 in) and a
maximum of 972 mm (38 in). The average engine block height was 836 mm
(33 in) with a minimum of 748 mm (29 in) and a maximum of 935 mm (37
in). In addition, we asked laboratory personnel to measure the depth of
the engine block cover of several vehicles to be crash tested. The
average depth was between 2 and 4 in. This depth was used to assess
shearing of the engine block cover during a crash and possible impact.
Based on this NCAP data we believe the car's frontal structure will
effectively engage the rear impact guard during a crash incident and
that Sidump'r's guard placement of 1 in (38 mm) over the required FMVSS
No. 224 guard height is inconsequential to vehicle safety based on the
particular facts in this case.
NHTSA Decision: In consideration of the foregoing, NHTSA has
decided that Sidump'r has met its burden of persuasion that the
dimensional noncompliance described in Sidump'r's Noncompliance
Information Report is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety.
Accordingly, Sidump'r's petition is granted, and the Sidump'r is
exempted from the obligation of providing notification of, and a remedy
for, the noncompliances under 49 U.S.C. 30118 and 30120.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120; delegations of authority at 49
CFR 1.50 and 501.8.
NHTSA notes that the statutory provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and
30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to file petitions for a
determination of inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to exempt manufacturers
only from the duties found in sections 30118 and 3120, respectively, to
notify owners, purchasers, and dealers of a defect or noncompliance and
to remedy the defect or noncompliance. Therefore, this decision only
applies to the trailers that Sidump'r no longer controlled at the time
that it determined that a noncompliance existed in the subject
vehicles.
Issued On: April 11, 2013.
Claude H. Harris,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013-08958 Filed 4-16-13; 8:45 am]
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