wide span of applications. "Prior wording in the Handbook 130 did not allow for suitable use claims. The changes to wording have helped define the test data oil marketers are required to provide in support of such claims," Kipp said. | The Handbook Amendments The NCWM adopted the changes to the labeling and documentation requirements in NIST Handbook 130 for transmission fluids at its meeting in July. The changes fall under two sections: Uniform Regulation for the Method of Sale Commodities; and Uniform Engine Fuels and Automotive Lubricants Regulation. They specify labeling requirements for packages and containers and for transmission fluid sold in bulk. "If they aren't doing it yet they have to identify the performance claim for product sold in bulk. That is an important message to get out," Ferrick said. API proposed the amendments to the handbook about two years ago at the request of NCWM's Fuels and Lubricants Subcommittee, which includes ILMA CEO Holly Alfano and General Counsel Jeffrey Leiter. API proposed changing the language to be consistent with the way engine oil is identified both on the package and bulk dispensers. API, ILMA and the Automotive Oil Change Association worked together to develop the amendments. Leiter said one of ILMA's priorities was including language allowing marketers to rely on information from their additive suppliers because original equipment manufacturers' (OEMs) current transmission performance specifications for factory and service fill generally are not publicly available. Some of ILMA's Manufacturing Members make and market OEMlicensed transmission fluids for service fill. Other ILMA members will rely on their additive suppliers, who typically have conducted or sponsored extensive field trials on multivehicle ATF technologies, to validate their performance against service fill specifications and to demonstrate no harm for "suitable for use" transmission fluids. "ILMA supports the language that allows the oil marketer to rely upon the 17