[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 212 (Thursday, November 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 55752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27187]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Safety Performance Standards, Research and Safety Assurance
Programs Meetings
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
ACTION: Notice of NHTSA Industry Meetings.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting at which NHTSA will
answer questions from the public and the automobile industry regarding
the agency's vehicle regulatory, safety assurance and other programs.
In addition, NHTSA will hold a separate public meeting to describe and
discuss specific research and development projects.
DATES: The Agency's regular, quarterly public meeting relating to its
vehicle regulatory, safety assurance and other programs will be held on
December 20, 1995, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and ending at approximately
12:30 p.m. Questions relating to the above programs must be submitted
in writing by December 11, 1995, to the address shown below. If
sufficient time is available, questions received after the December 11
date may be answered at the meeting. The individual, group or company
submitting a question(s) does not have to be present for the
question(s) to be answered. A consolidated list of the questions
submitted by December 11, 1995, and the issues to be discussed will be
transmitted to interested persons by December 14, 1995, and will be
available at the meeting. Also, the agency will hold a second public
meeting on December 19, devoted exclusively to a presentation of
research and development programs. This meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m.
and end at approximately 5:00 p.m. That meeting is described more fully
in a separate announcement.
After the December meetings, the next research and development and
vehicle regulatory and other programs will be held on March 12 and 13,
1996.
ADDRESSES: Questions for the December 20, NHTSA Technical Industry
Meeting, relating to the agency's vehicle regulatory and safety
assurance programs, should be submitted to Barry Felrice, Associate
Administrator for Safety Performance Standards, NPS-01, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Room 5401, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590. The meeting will be held at the Hilton
Suites--Detroit Metro Airport, Michigan A & B Room, 8600 Wickham Road,
Romulus, Michigan 48174.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA will hold this regular, quarterly
meeting to answer questions from the public and the regulated
industries regarding the agency's vehicle regulatory, safety assurance
and other programs. Questions on aspects of the agency's research and
development activities that relate to ongoing regulatory actions should
be submitted, as in the past, to the agency's Safety Performance
Standards Office. The purpose of this meeting is to focus on those
phases of NHTSA activities which are technical, interpretative or
procedural in nature. Transcripts of these meetings will be available
for public inspection in the NHTSA Technical Reference Section in
Washington, DC, within four weeks after the meeting. Copies of the
transcript will then be available at ten cents a page, (length has
varied from 100 to 150 pages) upon request to NHTSA Technical Reference
Section, Room 5108, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. The
Technical Reference Section is open to the public from 9:30 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.
We would appreciate the questions you send us to be organized by
categories to help us to process the questions into agenda form more
efficiently.
Sample format as follows:
I. Rulemaking
A. Crashavoidance
B. Crashworthiness
C. Other Rulemakings
II. Consumer Information
III. Miscellaneous
NHTSA will provide auxiliary aids to participants as necessary. Any
person desiring assistance of ``auxiliary aids'' (e.g., sign-language
interpreter, telecommunications devices for deaf persons (TDDs),
readers, taped texts, Brailled materials, or large print materials and/
or a magnifying device), please contact Barbara Carnes on (202) 366-
1810, by COB December 11, 1995.
Barry Felrice,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 95-27187 Filed 11-1-95; 8:45 am]
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