[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1803-1804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-767]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket Nos. 96-102; Notice 2, 96-105; Notice 2, 96-107; Notice 2, 96-
111; Notice 2, 96-112; Notice 2]
Decision that Certain Nonconforming Motor Vehicles are Eligible
for Importation
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of decision by NHTSA that certain nonconforming motor
vehicles are eligible for importation.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the decision by NHTSA that certain motor
vehicles not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable
Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for importation
into the United States because they are substantially similar to
vehicles originally manufactured for importation into and/or sale in
the United States and certified by their manufacturers as complying
with the safety standards, and they are capable of being readily
altered to conform to the standards.
DATES: This decision is effective January 13, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Entwistle, Office of Vehicle
Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202-366-5306).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), a motor vehicle that was not
originally manufactured to conform to all applicable Federal motor
vehicle safety standards shall be refused admission into the United
States unless NHTSA has decided that the motor vehicle is substantially
similar to a motor vehicle originally manufactured for importation into
and sale in the United States, certified under 49 U.S.C. 30115, and of
the same model year as the model of the motor vehicle to be compared,
and is capable of being readily altered to conform to all applicable
Federal motor vehicle safety standards.
Petitions for eligibility decisions may be submitted by either
manufacturers or importers who have registered with NHTSA pursuant to
49 CFR Part 592. As specified in 49 CFR 593.7, NHTSA publishes notice
in the Federal Register of each petition that it receives, and affords
interested persons an opportunity to comment on the petition. At the
close of the comment period, NHTSA decides, on the basis of the
petition and any comments that it has received, whether the vehicle is
eligible for importation. The agency then publishes this decision in
the Federal Register.
NHTSA received petitions from registered importers to decide
whether the vehicles listed in Annex A to this notice are eligible for
importation into the United States. To afford an opportunity for public
comment, NHTSA published notice of these petitions as specified in
Annex A. The reader is referred to those notices for a thorough
description of the petitions. No comments were received in response to
these notices. Based on its review of the information submitted by the
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petitioners, NHTSA has decided to grant the petitions.
Vehicle Eligibility Number for Subject Vehicles
The importer of a vehicle admissible under any final decision must
indicate on the form HS-7 accompanying entry the appropriate vehicle
eligibility number indicating that the vehicle is eligible for entry.
Vehicle eligibility numbers assigned to vehicles admissible under this
decision are specified in Annex A.
Final Decision
Accordingly, on the basis of the foregoing, NHTSA hereby decides
that each motor vehicle listed in Annex A to this notice, which was not
originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor
vehicle safety standards, is substantially similar to a motor vehicle
manufactured for importation into and/or sale in the United States, and
certified under 49 U.S.C. 30115, as specified in Annex A, and is
capable of being readily altered to conform to all applicable Federal
motor vehicle safety standards.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A) and (b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8;
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.
Issued on: January 8, 1997.
Marilynne Jacobs,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
Annex A--Nonconforming Motor Vehicles Decided To Be Eligible For
Importation
1. Docket No. 96-102
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1990-1993 Mercedes-Benz 300E 4Matic
Passenger Cars
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1990-1993
Mercedes-Benz 300E 4Matic Passenger Cars
Notice of Petition published at: 61 FR 52992 (October 9, 1996)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-192
2. Docket No. 96-105
Nonconforming Vehicle: 1989 Honda Prelude
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicle: 1989 Honda Prelude
Notice of Petition published at: 61 FR 52993 (October 9, 1996)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-191
3. Docket No. 96-107
Nonconforming Vehicle: 1992 Mercedes-Benz 300TE Passenger Car
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicle: 1992 Mercedes-Benz
300TE
Notice of Petition published at: 61 FR 54252 (October 17, 1996)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-193
4. Docket No. 96-111
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1994, 1995, and 1996 Jaguar XJS
Passenger Cars
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1994, 1995, and
1996 Jaguar XJS
Notice of Petition published at: 61 FR 56998 (November 5, 1996)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-195
5. Docket No. 96-112
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1990-1995 BMW 5 Series Passenger Cars
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1990-1995 BMW 5
Series
Notice of Petition published at: 61 FR 56997 (November 5, 1996)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-194
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