[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64040-64041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31743]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Announcing the Fifth Meeting of the Crashworthiness Subcommittee
of the Motor Vehicle Safety Research Advisory Committee
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Meeting announcement.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the fifth meeting of the Crashworthiness
Subcommittee of the Motor Vehicle Safety Research Advisory Committee
(MVSRAC). MVSRAC established this Subcommittee at the April 1992
meeting to examine research questions regarding crashworthiness of
vehicles under 10,000 pounds GVW.
DATES AND TIME: The meeting is scheduled for December 15, 1997, from
10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in room 9230 of the U.S. Department
of Transportation building, which is located at 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In May 1987, the Motor Vehicle Safety
Research Advisory Committee was established. The purpose of the
Committee is to provide an independent source of ideas for safety
research. MVSRAC will provide information, advice, and recommendations
to NHTSA on matters relating to motor vehicle safety research, and
provide a forum for the development, consideration, and communication
of motor vehicle safety research, as set forth in the MVSRAC Charter.
The topic of discussion for this meeting of the MVSRAC
Crashworthiness Subcommittee is the agency's Advanced Air Bag
Technology
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Research Program. The agenda will include status reports on both the
agency's research activities and on the activities of the Advanced Air
Bag Technology Working Group. The Advanced Air Bag Technology Working
Group was established by the MVSRAC Crashworthiness Subcommittee with
the goal of presenting technical information and data to the
Crashworthiness Subcommittee.
The meeting is open to the public, and participation by the public
will be moderated by the Subcommittee Chairperson.
A public reference file (Number 88-01--Crashworthiness
Subcommittee) has been established to contain the products of the
Subcommittee and will be open to the public during the hours of 9:30
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration's Technical Information Services in Room 5108 at 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, telephone: (202) 366-2768.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Gibbons, Office of Research and
Development, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 6206, Washington, DC 20590,
telephone: (202) 366-4862, telefax: (202) 366-5930.
Issued: November 28, 1997.
Joseph N. Kanianthra,
Acting Chairperson, Crashworthiness Subcommittee, Motor Vehicle Safety
Research Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-31743 Filed 12-2-97; 8:45 am]
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