New Tires, Old News, August 2003

The National Transport and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (15 USC 1381) requires all manufacturers of tires to provide tire registration forms to every distributor and dealer of its tires which offer new tires for sale.  The law also unequivocally and unambiguously requires each independent dealer selling new tires to provide tire purchasers at the time of sale with a tire registration form.  Further the law requires that before giving the registration form to the tire purchaser, the dealer “shall record in appropriate spaces” information as follows:

  • Tire I.D. number of the tire sold/leased.
  • Distributor/Dealers name and address or other means of identification known to the tire manufacturer.

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Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOC) Reclaim Program Discontinued, January 1996

VOC Reclaim Program Discontinued

In late 1995, dealerships in the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) with a bodyshop received a VOC RECLAIM package from the SCAQMD.  The package was sent to all facilities that had VOC discharges in excess of 4 tons/year in 1990 or any subsequent  year.

The VOC RECLAIM program required the dealership to reduce  the amount of VOC emitted to the atmosphere in a phased manner beginning in 1997.

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