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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	TIA Contact: Roy Littlefield
July 18, 2006	301-430-7280

TIA to Support H.R. 5632

BOWIE, Maryland – July 18, 2006, The Tire Industry Association (TIA) announced today its support of H.R. 5632. After much deliberation, TIA has decided to support H. R. 5632. The TIA Government Affairs Committee was able to come to consensus after weighing the pros and cons of the legislation. “We were very pleased to receive feedback and questions from our membership regarding H.R. 5632,” said TIA President, Bob Malerba. “It was extremely helpful to our Government Affairs Committee in making a decision on whether to support the bill.”

According to Roy Littlefield, TIA Executive Vice President, there have been numerous bills introduced in many states and at the federal level that would mandate rolling resistance standards equal to or better than original equipment. The fact that these bills have any standing at all can be directly attributed to a lack of national standards. TIA believes H.R. 5632 is a consumer information only program. Manufacturers would not have to design a single new tire and dealers would not have to alter inventory in any significant way. It simply requires manufacturers to develop testing and rating standards and make that information available to consumers. Section 2 (D) requires a “national tire maintenance consumer education program” - something that could play into TIA’s own plans for outreach to the buying public.

While there may be some initial confusion as consumers are first exposed to ratings that affect fuel efficiency, the committee believed that the prospect of individual states developing mandates and how that would play out for many of our members running multi-state businesses in wholesale and retail weighs more heavily.

For more information on this bill members should contact TIA’s Director of Government and Business Relations, Paul Fiore at TIA’s national office.

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TIA is an international association representing all segments of the tire industry, including those that manufacture, repair, recycle, sell, service or use new or retreaded tires, and also those suppliers or individuals who furnish equipment, material or services to the industry. The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has a history that spans more than 80 years and includes several name changes. Originally known as the National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association (NTDRA), the organization gave birth over the years to the American Retreaders Association (ARA) and the Tire Association of North America (TANA). ARA changed its name to the International Tire & Rubber Association (ITRA) and merged with TANA in 2002 to form the current Tire Industry Association (TIA), which now represents every interest in the tire industry.

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