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Consumer Information; Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards (5 pages, in English).
The United States issued an addendum on 14 September 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/USA/869. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 15 November 2013. The comment period closed on 6 January 2014.
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standard
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. This document describes a collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval for reinstatement, with modification, of the Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards (UTQGS) requirements under 49 CFR 575.104. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on 8 April 2026 (91 FR 17828) (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/869/Add.1). No comments were received. Comments must be submitted on or before 13 October 2026. 91 Federal Register (FR) 57683, 10 September 2026: This action is identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2026-1354. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. Previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/869 are identified by Docket Numbers NHTSA-2013-0120 and NHTSA-2026-0694. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point by or before 4pm Eastern Time on 13 October 2026. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with NHTSA…
The Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards (UTQGS) contain detailed testing procedures for generating consumer information about the treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance of passenger car tires. To ensure the uniformity of treadwear grades, the grading procedures specify a 400-mile test course located near San Angelo, Texas. Two or four-vehicle convoys equipped with candidate tires travel along this course to evaluate the tire treadwear performance. Because flooding is currently affecting several water crossings along a portion of the test course, NHTSA is issuing this interim final rule to add an alternate treadwear test course route to avoid the inaccessible portions of the course. This change will not compromise the reliability of the treadwear grades, and will not impose or relax any substantive requirements or burdens on manufacturers. Although the addition of the alternative course route is effective immediately, in order to benefit from comments which interested parties and the public may have, the agency is requesting that comments be submitted to the docket for this rule. Following the close of the comment period, the agency will publish a document responding to the comments and, if appropriate, the agency will amend the provisions of this rule.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/869/Add.2
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standard
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. This document describes a collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval for reinstatement, with modification, of the Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards (UTQGS) requirements under 49 CFR 575.104. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on 8 April 2026 (91 FR 17828) (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/869/Add.1). No comments were received. Comments must be submitted on or before 13 October 2026. 91 Federal Register (FR) 57683, 10 September 2026: This action is identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2026-1354. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. Previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/869 are identified by Docket Numbers NHTSA-2013-0120 and NHTSA-2026-0694. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point by or before 4pm Eastern Time on 13 October 2026. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with NHTSA…
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/869/Add.1
Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standard
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT), invites public comments about its intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate with modification a previously-approved information collection. Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from OMB. Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collections of information, including reinstatements of previously approved collections. This document describes an information collection for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval for a reinstatement, with modification, of the Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards (UTQGS) requirements under 49 CFR 575.104. The modification clarifies that approximately 45 manufacturers serve as respondents, submitting materials on behalf of approximately 160 brand names. It also accounts for the burden associated with compiling and submitting materials to NHTSA under 49 CFR 575.6(d)(2). These modifications result in a decrease in the total estimated burden hours. 91 Federal Register (FR) 17828, 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 575.104: This action is identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2026-0694. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents. The interim final rule notified in November 2013 is…
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/USA/869
Comment deadline: Closed on 6 January 2014
Consumer Information; Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards (5 pages, in English).
The Uniform Tire Quality Grading Standards (UTQGS) contain detailed testing procedures for generating consumer information about the treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance of passenger car tires. To ensure the uniformity of treadwear grades, the grading procedures specify a 400-mile test course located near San Angelo, Texas. Two or four-vehicle convoys equipped with candidate tires travel along this course to evaluate the tire treadwear performance. Because flooding is currently affecting several water crossings along a portion of the test course, NHTSA is issuing this interim final rule to add an alternate treadwear test course route to avoid the inaccessible portions of the course. This change will not compromise the reliability of the treadwear grades, and will not impose or relax any substantive requirements or burdens on manufacturers. Although the addition of the alternative course route is effective immediately, in order to benefit from comments which interested parties and the public may have, the agency is requesting that comments be submitted to the docket for this rule. Following the close of the comment period, the agency will publish a document responding to the comments and, if appropriate, the agency will amend the provisions of this rule.
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