Petitions for Rulemaking, Defect and Noncompliance Orders; Standards Enforcement and Defect Investigations; Defect and Noncompliance Reports; Record Retention; and Defect and Noncompliance Notification

In this notice, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) rescinds the May 5, 1995, effective date for compliance with the final rule published in the Federal Register on April 5, 1995 (60 FR 17254) and adopts a new effective date of July 7, 1995. The rescission of the effective date and adoption of a new effective date applies to all sections of 49 CFR part 552, 554, 573, 576, and 577 that were amended by the final rule. The agency is taking this action in response to petitions filed by several manufacturers for suspension of the effective date of the final rule. They have also filed petitions for reconsideration of various provisions of the final rule, which are not addressed by this notice. The agency also denies the petitions of Ford Motor Company to extend the 30-day time period for filing petitions for reconsideration of the final rule to June, and the petition of Chrysler Corporation to extend the time for filing of petitions for reconsideration until July 10, 1995.