[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13739]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Safety Performance Standards and Research and Development
Programs Meetings
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
ACTION: Notice of NHTSA industry meetings.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting at which NHTSA will
answer questions from the public and the automobile industry regarding
the agency's vehicle regulatory program. In addition, NHTSA will hold a
separate public meeting to describe and discuss specific research and
development projects.
DATES: The Agency's regular, quarterly public meeting relating to its
vehicle regulatory program will be held on June 18, 1997, beginning at
9:45 a.m. and ending at approximately 12:30 p.m. Questions relating to
the vehicle regulatory program must be submitted in writing by May 30,
1997, to the address shown below. If sufficient time is available,
questions received after May 30 may be answered at the meeting. The
individual, group or company submitting a question(s) does not have to
be present for the questions(s) to be answered. A consolidated list of
the questions submitted by May 30, 1997, and the issues to be
discussed, will be transmitted to interested persons by June 16, 1997,
and will be available at the meeting. Also, the agency will hold a
second public meeting June 19, devoted exclusively to a presentation of
research and development programs. That meeting is described more fully
in a separate announcement. The next NHTSA vehicle regulatory program
meeting will take place on September 18, 1997 at the Tysons Westpark
Hotel, 8401 Westpark Drive, in McLean, VA.
ADDRESSES: Questions for the June 18, NHTSA Technical Industry Meeting,
relating to the agency's vehicle regulatory program, should be
submitted to Delia Gage, NPS-01, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Room 5401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590, Fax Number 202-366-4329. The meeting will be held at the Hilton
Suites Hotel, 8600 Wickham Road, Romulus, Michigan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delia Gage, (202) 366-1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA holds this regular, quarterly meeting
to answer questions from the public and the regulated industries
regarding the agency's vehicle regulatory program. Questions on aspects
of the agency's research and development activities that relate
directly to ongoing regulatory actions should be submitted, as in the
past, to the agency's Safety Performance Standards Office. The purpose
of this meeting is to focus on those phases of NHTSA activities which
are technical, interpretative or procedural in nature. Transcripts of
these meetings will be available for public inspection in the NHTSA
Technical Reference Section in Washington, DC, within four weeks after
the meeting. Copies of the transcript will then be available at ten
cents a page, (length has varied from 100 to 150 pages) upon request to
NHTSA Technical Reference Section, Room 5108, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590. The Technical Reference Section is open to the
public from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We would appreciate the questions
you send us to be organized by categories to help us to process the
questions into agenda form more efficiently. Sample format as follows:
I. Rulemaking
A. Crash avoidance
B. Cashworthiness
C. Other Rulemakings
II. Consumer Information
III. Miscellaneous
NHTSA will provide auxiliary aids to participants as necessary. Any
person desiring assistance of ``auxiliary aids'' (e.g., sign-language
interpreter, telecommunications devices for deaf persons (TDDs),
readers, taped texts, Brailled materials, or large print materials and/
or a magnifying device), please contact Delia Gage on (202) 366-1810,
by COB June 16, 1997.
Issued: May 19, 1997.
L. Robert Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 97-13739 Filed 5-23-97; 8:45 am]
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