Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 149 / Friday, August 2, 2013 / Notices 47049 

1Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC is a 

manufacturer of replacement equipment and is 

registered under the laws of the state of Delaware. 

involving placement of fill off Runway 

end 25 and installation of an Engineered 

Material Arresting System (EMAS) bed 

on the newly constructed landmass. 

• Improvements to the Runway Safety 

Area for Runway 18/36: Alternative 7, 

involving a landmass extension to the 

south beyond Runway end 36, shifting 

the runway to the south, and placing an 

EMAS bed to the north beyond Runway 

end 18. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., 40 CFR 

Part 1500–1508 

Issued in Anchorage, Alaska, on July 23, 

2013. 

Byron K. Huffman, 

Manager, Airports Division, Alaskan Region. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18537 Filed 8–1–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Research, Engineering and 

Development Advisory Committee 

Pursuant to section 10(A) (2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92– 

463; 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice is hereby given 

of a meeting of the FAA Research, 

Engineering and Development (R,E&D) 

Advisory Committee. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

Name: Research, Engineering & 

Development Advisory Committee. 

Time and Date: September 18—8:30 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Place: Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW.—Round Room (10th 

Floor), Washington, DC 20591. 

Purpose: The meeting agenda will 

include receiving from the Committee 

guidance for FAA’s research and 

development investments in the areas of 

air traffic services, airports, aircraft 

safety, human factors and environment 

and energy. Attendance is open to the 

interested public but seating is limited. 

Persons wishing to attend the meeting 

or obtain information should contact 

Gloria Dunderman at (202) 267–8937 or 

gloria.dunderman@faa.gov. Members of 

the public may present a written 

statement to the Committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 25, 

2013. 

Gloria Dunderman, 

Management & Program Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2013–18704 Filed 8–1–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2012–0108; Notice 2] 

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, 

LLC, Grant of Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Grant of petition. 

SUMMARY: Bridgestone Americas Tire 

Operations, LLC (Bridgestone),1 has 

determined that certain Bridgestone 

brand replacement tires manufactured 

between June 19, 2011 and March 17, 

2012, do not fully comply with 

paragraph § 5.5(f) of Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 

139, New Pneumatic Radial Tires for 

Light Vehicles. Bridgestone has filed an 

appropriate report dated July 19, 2012, 

pursuant to 49 CFR Part 573, Defect and 

Noncompliance Responsibility and 

Reports. 

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h) and the rule implementing 

those provisions at 49 CFR Part 556, 

Bridgestone 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 

the petition was published, with a 30- 

day public comment period, on 

December 3, 2012 in the Federal 

Register (77 FR 71679). No comments 

were received. To view the petition and 

all supporting documents log onto the 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) Web site at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/. Then follow the 

online search instructions to locate 

docket number ‘‘NHTSA–2012–0108.’’ 

CONTACT INFORMATION: For further 

information on this decision contact Mr. 

Abraham Diaz, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance, the National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

telephone (202) 366–5310, facsimile 

(202) 366–7002. 

Equipment Involved: Affected are 

approximately 1,102 Firestone Firehawk 

Wide Oval AS size 

245/40R19 and 245/35R20 brand tires 

manufactured between June 19, 2011, 

and March 17, 2012. Only 97 of the 

affected tires are no longer under the 

control of the petitioner. Therefore, only 

those 97 tires are the subject of this 

petition. 

Rule Text: Section S5.5 of FMVSS No. 

139 specifically states: 

S5.5 Tire markings. Except as specified in 

paragraphs (a) through (i) of S5.5, each tire 

must be marked on each sidewall with the 

information specified in S5.5(a) through (d) 

and on one sidewall with the information 

specified in S5.5(e) through (i) according to 

the phase-in schedule specified in S7 of this 

standard. The markings must be placed 

between the maximum section width and the 

bead on at least one sidewall, unless the 

maximum section width of the tire is located 

in an area that is not more than one-fourth 

of the distance from the bead to the shoulder 

of the tire. If the maximum section width that 

falls within that area, those markings must 

appear between the bead and a point one-half 

the distance from the bead to the shoulder of 

the tire, on at least one sidewall. The 

markings must be in letters and numerals not 

less than 0.078 inches high and raised above 

or sunk below the tire surface not less than 

0.015 inches . . . 

(f) The actual number of plies in the 

sidewall, and the actual number of plies in 

the tread area, if different . . . 

Summary of Bridgestone’s Analyses: 

Bridgestone explains that the 

noncompliance is that due to a mold 

labeling error the sidewall marking on 

the reference side of the tires incorrectly 

describes the actual number of plies in 

the tread area of the tires and therefore 

does not comply with paragraph § 5.5(f) 

of FMVSS No. 139. Specifically, the 

tires in question were inadvertently 

manufactured with ‘‘TREAD 1 

POLYESTER 2 STEEL 1 NYLON.’’ The 

labeling should have been ‘‘TREAD 1 

POLYESTER 2 STEEL 2 NYLON.’’ 

Bridgestone stated its belief that the 

subject noncompliance is 

inconsequential to motor vehicle safety 

because the subject tires meet or exceed 

all performance requirements as 

required in part by FMVSS No. 139 and 

that the noncompliant labeling has no 

impact on the operational performance 

or safety of vehicles on which these tires 

are mounted. 

Bridgestone points out that NHTSA 

has previously granted similar petitions 

for non-compliances in sidewall 

markings. 

Bridgestone has also informed 

NHTSA that it has corrected future 

production and will re-label the 1,005 

contained tires to reflect correct 

construction. 

In summation, Bridgestone believes 

that the described noncompliance of the 

subject tires is inconsequential to motor 

vehicle safety, and that its petition, to 

exempt from providing recall 

notification of noncompliance as 

required by 49 U.S.C. 30118 and 

remedying the recall noncompliance as 

required by 49 U.S.C. 30120 should be 

granted. 


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