Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Rear Impact Guard Labels

This document amends the Federal motor vehicle safety standard on rear impact guards (underride guards). Under the current requirement, rear impact guards must be permanently labeled with the guard manufacturer's name and address, the month and year in which the guard was manufactured, and the letters "DOT." In response to petitions for rulemaking, the agency issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to allow manufacturers to place the label on the rear impact guard where it may be less exposed to damage, provided that the label does not interfere with the required retroreflective sheeting and is readily accessible for visual inspection. No comments were received. Thus, in this document, the agency is adopting the proposal as set forth in the notice of proposed rulemaking.