Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 162 / Wednesday, August 20, 2008 / Notices 49237 

1Tires manufactured after September 1, 2009 

must be labeled with the TIN on the intended 

outboard sidewall of a tire and either the TIN or 

partial TIN on the other sidewall. 49 CFR 571.139 

S5.5.1(b). If a tire manufactured after September 1, 

2009 does not have an intended outboard sidewall, 

one sidewall must be labeled with the TIN and the 

other sidewall must have either a TIN or partial 

TIN. Id. 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2008 0078] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

MISS LINDA. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket MARAD–2008–

0078 at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties may comment on the 

effect this action may have on U.S. 

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S. 

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD 

determines, in accordance with 46 

U.S.C. 12121 and MARAD’s regulations 

at 46 CFR part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 

30, 2003), that the issuance of the 

waiver will have an unduly adverse 

effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or a 

business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in 

that business, a waiver will not be 

granted. Comments should refer to the 

docket number of this notice and the 

vessel name in order for MARAD to 

properly consider the comments. 

Comments should also state the 

commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 19, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2008–0078. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W21–203, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–

366–5979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel MISS LINDA is: 

Intended Use: ‘‘charter fishing.’’

Geographic Region: ‘‘Virginia, 

Maryland and North Carolina.’’

Privacy Act 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Dated: August 13, 2008. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–19259 Filed 8–19–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0009; Notice 2] 

Bridgestone Firestone North American 

Tire, LLC, Denial of Petition for 

Decision of Inconsequential 

Noncompliance 

Bridgestone Firestone North 

American Tire, LLC (BFNT) determined 

that certain tires that it manufactured in 

September and October of 2007, failed 

to comply with the labeling 

requirements of paragraph S5.5.1(a) of 

49 CFR 571.139, Federal Motor Vehicle 

Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 139 New 

Pneumatic Radial Tires for Light 

Vehicles. FMVSS No. 139 requires that 

radial tires manufactured before 

September 1, 2009 for use on motor 

vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight 

(GVWR) rating of 10,000 pounds or less 

must be labeled with the Tire 

Identification Number (TIN) on one side 

of the tire and a full TIN or partial TIN 

on the opposite side. Pursuant to 49 

CFR part 573, BFNT filed a 

noncompliance report with the National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration 

(NHTSA) notifying NHTSA of the 

noncompliance. 

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

30120(h), and 49 CFR part 556, on 

November 30, 2007, BFNT submitted a 

petition for an exemption from the 

notification and remedy requirements of 

49 U.S.C. 30118 and 30120 on the basis 

that this noncompliance is 

inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. 

NHTSA published notice of receipt of 

the petition, with a 30-day public 

comment period, on January 29, 2008, 

in the Federal Register. 73 FR 5261. In 

response to the petition, NHTSA did not 

receive any comments. 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–2008–

0009.’’

For further information on this 

decision, contact Mr. George Gillespie, 

Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, 

NHTSA, telephone (202) 366–5299, 

facsimile (202) 366–7002. 

Summary of BFNT’s Petition 

On November 30, 2007, BFNT 

petitioned NHTSA for a determination 

that a noncompliance with 

approximately 3,963 Bridgestone brand 

P235/60R17, Dueler H/T 684 II tires, 

produced in the Aiken plant during the 

DOT weeks 38, 39, 40, 41, and 42 in 

2007 is inconsequential to motor vehicle 

safety. See 73 FR 5261. Paragraph 

S5.5.1(a) of FMVSS No. 139 requires 

that radial tires manufactured before 

September 1, 2009 for motor vehicles 

less than 10,000 GVWR be permanently 

labeled with (1) a full TIN required by 

49 CFR part 574 on one sidewall of the 

tire, and (2) except for retreaded tires, 

either the full or a partial TIN 

containing all characters in the TIN, 

except for the date code, and at the 

discretion of the manufacturer, any 

optional code, must be labeled on the 

other sidewall of the tire.1

In its petition, BFNT stated that the 

3,963 P235/60R17 size Bridgestone 

Dueler H/T 684 II tires, produced at its 

Aiken plant (DOT serial code is 

7XOUBD43807 through 7XOUBD44207) 

were mismarked. BFNT reported that 


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