WASHINGTON (April 29, 2004) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should issue a new final rule on tire pressure monitoring devices shortly, though no date is scheduled, according to NHTSA Administrator Jeffrey W. Runge.
“I hope it will be soon,” he said during a luncheon speech before the Washington Automotive Press Association, adding that the need to update the rule's regulatory analysis slowed down the process.
A New York federal appeals court overturned the agency's original tire pressure monitoring rule because, at the order of the Office of Management and Budget, it stressed the use of devices that measured tire pressure indirectly over the more accurate direct systems.
Mr. Runge declined comment on whether the new final rule would honor the Rubber Manufacturers Association's request for a tire reserve load requirement, saying he never discusses the content of pending rulemakings.