G/TBT/N/USA/1498/Add.1  
 
14 February 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  14 February 2022 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Compressed Natural Gas Fuel Container Integrity  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[X] Notified measure adopted - date: 14 March 2022  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 11 February 2022  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 14 March 2023  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-02-11/html/2022 -02588.ht m 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-02-11/pdf/2022 -02588.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/final_measure/22_1574_00_
e.pdf 
Petitions for reconsideration of this final rule must be received not later than 28 March 
2022.  
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Compressed Natural Gas Fuel Container 
Integrity  
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation 
(DOT)  
ACTION: Final rule  
SUMMARY: This final rule amends the visual inspec tion labeling requirement in Federal Motor Vehicle 
Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 304, "Compressed natural gas fuel container integrity," by modifying 
the periodic inspection interval for compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel containers installed on 
 
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  vehicles with  a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds). 
The inspection interval for these vehicles is modified from the currently -specified interval, "at least 
every 36 months or 36,000 miles, which ever comes first," to "at lea st every 12 months." For 
commercial operators of CNG heavy vehicles that often travel 100,000 miles per year or more, this 
change will eliminate the need to perform unnecessary multiple visual inspections of their vehicles' 
CNG fuel containers per year. NH TSA believes this final rule is equally protective of safety as the 
cadence of inspection required by the current rule. This rulemaking commenced in response to 
petitions for rulemaking from the American Trucking Associations and Natural Gas Vehicles for 
America.  
 
DATES:   Effective date: This final rule is effective 14 March 2022.  
Compliance date: The compliance date for the amendments in this final rule is 14 March 2023. 
Optional early compliance is permitted.  
Petitions for reconsideration: Petitions for r econsideration of this final rule must be received not later 
than 28 March 2022.  
This final rule is identified by Docket Number NHTSA -2021-0004. The Docket Folder is available from 
Regulations.gov at  https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2021-0004/document  and provides 
access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible 
from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders are 
asked to submit comments and petitions for reconsideration of this final rule to the  USA TBT Enquiry 
Point by or before  4pm Eastern Time  on 28 March 2022.  Comments and petitions for reconsideration 
received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared 
with the regulator and will also be submitted to the  Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the 
comment period.   
The notice of proposed rulemaking notified as  G/TBT/N/USA/1498  is identi fied by Docket Number 
NHTSA -2019-0055. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov 
at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NHTSA -2019-0055/document  and provides acc ess to 
primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible 
from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
  
  
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