99-31647. Research and Development Programs Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68410-68411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31647]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Research and Development Programs Meeting

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces and provides the agenda for a public 
meeting at which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
(NHTSA) will describe and discuss specific research and development 
projects.

DATES AND TIMES: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
will hold a public meeting devoted primarily to presentations of 
specific research and development projects on December 16, 1999, 
beginning at 1:30 p.m. and ending at approximately 4:30 p.m. Questions 
may be submitted in advance regarding the agency's research and 
development projects. They must be submitted in writing by December 9, 
1999, to the mailing address, E-mail address, or fax number given 
below. If sufficient time is available, questions received after the 
December 9 date will be answered at the meeting during the discussion 
period. The individual, group, or company asking a question does not 
have to be present for the question to be answered. A consolidated list 
of answers to questions submitted by December 9 will be available at 
the meeting and will be mailed to requesters after the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Tysons Westpark Hotel, 8401 
Westpark Drive, McLean, Virginia. Questions for the December 16, 1999, 
meeting relating to the agency's research and development programs 
should be submitted to the Office of the Associate Administrator for 
Research and Development, NRD-01, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, Room 6206, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590. 
The fax number is [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In recent years, since April 1993, NHTSA has 
provided detailed information about its research and development 
programs in presentations at a series of public meetings. The purpose 
is to make available more complete and timely information regarding the 
agency's research and development programs. This is the twenty-fourth 
meeting in that series, and it will be held on December 16, 1999, at 
the Tysons Westpark Hotel, 8401 Westpark Drive, McLean, Virginia.
    Beginning at 1:30 p.m. and concluding by 4:30 p.m., NHTSA's Office 
of Research and Development will discuss the following topics:
    (1) Fiscal Year 2000 Office of Research and Development Research 
Priorities;
    (2) Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) Safety--
Overview of Status;
    (3) International Harmonized Research Activities (IHRA) Process 
Overview
    NHTSA has based its decisions about the agenda, in part, on the 
suggestions it received for the public meeting scheduled for September 
16, 1999, which was canceled due to inclement weather. In addition, 
questions submitted for the September 16 meeting will be answered at 
the December 16 meeting.
    Additionally, if any interested parties would like to make a 
presentation regarding technical issues concerning any of NHTSA's 
research programs, information concerning the proposed topic and 
speaker should be submitted in writing by 5:00 p.m. on December 9, 
1999.
    Any questions regarding research projects that have been submitted 
in writing not later than 5:00 p.m. on December 9, 1999, will be 
answered at the public meeting. The summary minutes of the meeting, 
copies of materials handed out at the meeting, and answers to the 
questions submitted for response at the meeting will be available for 
public inspection in the DOT Docket in Washington, DC, within 3 weeks 
after the meeting. Copies of this material will then be available at 
ten cents a page upon request to DOT Docket, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh 
Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590. The DOT Docket is open to the 
public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The summary minutes, handouts, and 
answers to the previously submitted questions will also be available on 
NHTSA's Web site at Announcements/Public Meetings at URL http://
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/announce/meetings/.
    NHTSA will provide technical aids to participants as necessary, 
during the Research and Development Programs Meeting. Thus, any person 
desiring the assistance of ``auxiliary aids'' (e.g., sign-language 
interpreter, telecommunication devices for deaf persons (TTDs), 
readers, taped texts, braille materials, or large print materials and/
or a magnifying device), please contact Rita Gibbons by telephone on 
[phone], by telefax on [phone], or by E-mail at 
[e-mail] by 5:00 p.m. December 9, 1999.
    Should it be necessary to cancel the meeting due to inclement 
weather or to any another emergencies, a decision to cancel will be 
made as soon as possible and posted immediately on NHTSA's Web site at 
Announcements/Public Meetings at URL http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/
announcements/meetings/. If you do not have access to the Web site, you 
may call for information at the contact listed below and leave your 
telephone or telefax number. You will be called only if the meeting is 
postponed or canceled.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Gibbons, Staff Assistant, Office 
of Research and Development, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 
20590. Telephone: [phone]. Fax number: [phone]. E-mail: 
[e-mail].


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    Issued: November 30, 1999.
Raymond P. Owings,
Associate Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 99-31647 Filed 12-6-99; 8:45 am]
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