[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR202.23]

[Page 82]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 202--MOTOR CARRIERS ENGAGED IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B--Interstate Motor Carrier Operations Standards
 
Sec. 202.23  Visual tire inspection.

    No motor carrier subject to these regulations shall at any time 
operate any motor vehicle of a type to which this regulation is 
applicable on a tire or tires having a tread pattern which as originally 
manufactured, or as newly retreaded, is composed primarily or cavities 
in the tread (excluding sipes and local chunking) which are not vented 
by grooves to the tire shoulder or circumferentially to each other 
around the tire. This Sec. 202.23 shall not apply to any motor vehicle 
which is demonstrated by the motor carrier which operates it to be in 
compliance with the noise emission standard specified for operations on 
highways with speed limits of more than 35 MPH in Sec. 202.20 of this 
Subpart B, if the demonstration is conducted at the highway speed limit 
in effect at the inspection location, or, if speed is unlimited, the 
demonstration is conducted at a speed of 65 MPH.

[39 FR 38215, Oct. 29, 1974]