[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 39 (Friday, February 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10068-10069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5076]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-98-3514]
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 decisions 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.
DATE: These decisions are effective February 27, 1998.
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
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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
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. Sec. 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: February 23, 1998.
Marilynne Jacobs,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
Annex A--Nonconforming Motor Vehicles Decided to be Eligible for
Importation
1. Docket No. NHTSA-97-3067
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1992-1994 Kawasaki EL250 Motorcycles
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1992-1994
Kawasaki EX-250 Motorcycles
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 60558 (November 20, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-233
2. Docket No. NHTSA-97-3137
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1974 Alfa Romeo
GTV
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 63412 (November 28, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-234
3. Docket No. NHTSA-97-3189
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1994-1998 Mercedes-Benz S320
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1994-1998
Mercedes-Benz S320
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 65126 (December 10, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-236
4. Docket No. NHTSA-97-3190
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1994-1997 Mercedes-Benz S500
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1994-1997
Mercedes-Benz S500
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 65124 (December 10, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-235
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