[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 8706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5087]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Development Programs Meeting Agenda
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice 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: As previously announced, NHTSA will hold a public
meeting devoted primarily to presentations of specific research and
development projects on March 12, 1996, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and
ending at approximately 5:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Royce Hotel--Detroit Metro
Airport, 31500 Wick Road, Romulus, MI 48174.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice provides the agenda for the
twelfth in a series of public meetings to provide detailed information
about NHTSA's research and development programs. This meeting will be
held on March 12, 1996. The meeting was announced on February 12, 1996
(61 FR 5438). For additional information about the meeting consult that
announcement.
Starting at 1:30 p.m. and concluding by 5:00 p.m., NHTSA's Office
of Research and Development will discuss the following topics:
Crash test dummy component development including agency
plans and status regarding refinements to the Hybrid III dummy,
Preliminary rearend collision avoidance system guidelines
and pedestrian detection devices for school bus safety,
Status and update on agency efforts for upgraded side
impact protection,
Status and plans for 1996 for the National Accident
Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System (NASS CDS), and
Online tracking system for NHTSA research projects--status
and update of efforts to present information on NHTSA's ongoing
research to the public.
NHTSA has based its decisions about the agenda, in part, on the
suggestions it received by February 22, 1996, in response to the
announcement published February 12, 1996.
As announced on February 12, 1996, in the time remaining at the
conclusion of the presentations, NHTSA will provide answers to
questions on its research and development programs, where those
questions have been submitted in writing by 4:15 p.m. on March 4, 1995,
to William A. Boehly, Associate Administrator for Research and
Development, NRD-01, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Washington, DC 20590. Fax number: 202-366-5930.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita I. Gibbons, Staff Assistant,
Office of Research and Development, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington,
DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-4862. Fax number: 202-366-5930.
Issued: February 28, 1996.
William A. Boehly,
Associate Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-5087 Filed 3-4-96; 8:45 am]
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