[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 5]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR581.8]

[Page 953-954]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                            OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 581--BUMPER STANDARD--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 581.8  Exemptions.

    A manufacturer of a passenger motor vehicle to which a bumper 
standard issued under this part applies may apply to the Administrator:
    (a) For rulemaking as provided in part 552 of this chapter to exempt 
a class of passenger motor vehicles from all or any part of a bumper 
standard issued under this part on the basis that the class of vehicles 
has been manufactured for a special use and that compliance with the 
standard would unreasonably interfere with the special use of the class 
of vehicle; or
    (b) To exempt a make or model of passenger motor vehicle on the 
basis set forth in paragraph (a) of this section or part 555 of this 
chapter.

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    (c) An application filed for exemption on the basis of paragraph (a) 
of this section shall contain the information specified in Sec. 555.5 of 
this chapter, and set forth data, views, and arguments in support that 
the vehicle has been manufactured for a special use and that compliance 
with the bumper standard would interfere unreasonably with the special 
use of the vehicle.
    (d) An application filed for exemption under part 555 of this 
chapter shall be filed in accordance with the requirements of that part.
    (e) The NHTSA shall process exemption applications in accordance 
with Sec. 555.7 of this chapter. An exemption granted a manufacturer on 
the basis of paragraph (a) of this section is indefinite in length but 
expires when the manufacturer ceases production of the exempted vehicle, 
or when the exempted vehicle as produced has been so modified from its 
original design that the Administrator decides that it is no longer 
manufactured for the special use upon which the application for its 
exemption was based. The Administrator may terminate an exemption in the 
manner set forth in Secs. 555.8(c) and 555.8(f) of this chapter, and for 
the reasons set forth in Sec. 555.8(d) of this chapter. An exempted 
vehicle shall be labeled in accordance with Sec. 555.9 of this chapter. 
Information relating to an application shall be available to the public 
in the manner specified in Sec. 555.10 of this chapter.

[64 FR 2862, Jan. 19, 1999]