[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 250 (Friday, December 29, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 67348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31511]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Part 571
[Docket 95-79, Notice 2]
RIN 2127-AG01
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; Steering Control Rearward
Displacement
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Proposed Rule, extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On November 16, 1995, (60 FR 57565) the agency published a
proposal to exclude certain vehicles from the application of Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 204, Steering Control Rearward
Displacement. The excluded vehicles would be passenger cars and other
light vehicles that are certified to comply with the frontal barrier
crash test requirements of the agency's occupant crash protection
standard by means of an airbag. A 60-day comment period was announced
for that proposal. Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety requested an
extension of the period to submit written comments. Advocates urged the
agency to extend the time to comment, due to significant demands on
their staff, responding to other NHTSA dockets and participation in
NHTSA Negotiated Rulemaking meetings in January. The agency agrees that
the unusual coincidence of numerous agency activities of interest to
Advocates may result in inadequate time to respond to this notice.
Additionally the agency recognizes the limited resources available to
commenters during this holiday season. Therefore, by this notice, the
agency extends the comment period for another 30 days.
DATES: Written comments must be received by February 15, 1996.
ADDRESSES: All written comments should be mailed to the Docket Section,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Room 5109, 400 7th
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590. Please refer to the docket number of
the original docket, that is Docket 95-79; Notice 1, when submitting
written comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Clarke B. Harper, Office of
Vehicle Safety Standards, NPS-12, NHTSA, 400 7th Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202-366-2264, fax 202-366-4329). By
electronic mail: charper@nhtsa.dot.gov.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115, 30117, and 30166;
delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.
Barry Felrice,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 95-31511 Filed 12-28-95; 8:45 am]
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