99-16184. Decision That Certain Nonconforming Motor Vehicles are Eligible for Importation  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 1999)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 34306-34308]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-16184]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    
    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    [Docket No. NHTSA-99-5863]
    
    
    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 document 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.
    
    DATES: These decisions are effective as of June 25, 1999.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Entwistle, Office of Vehicle 
    Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202-366-5306).
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    Background
    
        Under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 30141(a)(1)(A), a motor vehicle that was not 
    originally 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. Sec. 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
    
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    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: June 22, 1999.
    Marilynne Jacobs,
    Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
    
    Annex A--Nonconforming Motor Vehicles Decided To Be Eligible for 
    Importation
    
    1. Docket No. NHTSA-98-4547
        Nonconforming Vehicle: 1996 Chrysler LHS manufactured for sale 
    in Mexico
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicle: 1996 Chrysler LHS
        Notice of Petition published at: 63 FR 56063 (October 20, 1998)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-276
    2. Docket No. NHTSA-98-4575
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1995-1998 Mercedes-Benz E200
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1995-1998 
    Mercedes-Benz E220
        Notice of Petition published at: 63 FR 58091 (October 29, 1998)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-278
    3. Docket No. NHTSA-98-4576
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1998 Mercedes-Benz CL500
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1998 Mercedes-
    Benz CL500
        Notice of Petition published at: 63 FR 58092 (October 29, 1998)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-277
    4. Docket No. NHTSA-98-4578
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1987-1995 Mazda RX-7
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1994-1997 Mazda 
    RX-7
        Notice of Petition published at: 63 FR 58090 (October 29, 1998)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-279
    5. Docket No. NHTSA-98-4800
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1984-1992 BMW K100 Motorcycles
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1984-1992 BMW 
    K100 Motorcycles
        Notice of Petition published at: 63 FR 67984 (December 9, 1998)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-285
    6. Docket No. NHTSA-98-4801
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1990-1991 BMW 320I
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1990-1991 BMW 
    320I
        Notice of Petition published at: 63 FR 67982 (December 9, 1998)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-283
    7. Docket No. NHTSA-98-4802
        Nonconforming Vehicle: 1995 Mercedes-Benz SL320
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicle: 1995 Mercedes-Benz 
    SL320
        Notice of Petition published at: 63 FR 67983 (December 9, 1998)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-282
    8. Docket No. NHTSA-98-4803
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1988-1989 Volkswagen Transporter
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1988-1989 
    Volkswagen Vanagon
        Notice of Petition published at: 63 FR 67981 (December 9, 1998)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-284
    9. Docket No. NHTSA-98-4804
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1991 Honda Accord
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1991 Honda Accord
        Notice of Petition published at: 63 FR 66231 (December 1, 1998)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-280
    10. Docket No. NHTSA-98-4805
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1999 Harley Davidson FX, FL, and XL 
    Motorcycles
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1999 Harley 
    Davidson FX, FL, and XL Motorcycles
        Notice of Petition published at: 63 FR 66230 (December 1, 1998)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-281
    11. Docket No. NHTSA-98-4863
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1995-1998 Volvo 850 Turbo
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1995-1998 Volvo 
    850 Turbo
        Notice of Petition published at: 63 FR 68502 (December 11, 1998)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-286
    12. Docket No. NHTSA-99-5068
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1996-1998 Suzuki GSF 750 Motorcycles
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1996-1998 Suzuki 
    GSF 600 Motorcycles
        Notice of Petition published at: 64 FR 7684 (February 16, 1999)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-287
    13. Docket No. NHTSA-99-5068-1
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1994-1998 Honda VF750 Motorcycles
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1994-1998 Honda 
    VF750 Motorcycles
        Notice of Petition published at: 64 FR 7684 (February 16, 1999)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-290
    14. Docket No. NHTSA-99-5069
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1994-1998 Mercedes-Benz C190
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1994-1998 
    Mercedes-Benz C220
        Notice of Petition published at: 64 FR 7685 (February 16, 1999)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-289
    15. Docket No. NHTSA-99-5070
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1985-1998 Kawasaki ZX600 Motorcycles
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1985-1998 
    Kawasaki ZX600 Motorcycles
        Notice of Petition published at: 64 FR 7687 (February 16, 1999)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-288
    16. Docket No. NHTSA-99-5197
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1993-1996 Lexus GS300
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1993-1996 Lexus 
    GS300
        Notice of Petition published at: 64 FR 13247 (March 17, 1999)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-293
    17. Docket No. NHTSA-99-5208
        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1997-1999 Ferrari Maranello 550
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1997-1999 Ferrari 
    Maranello 550
        Notice of Petition published at: 64 FR 13248 (March 17, 1999)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-292
    18. Docket No. NHTSA-99-5209
    
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        Nonconforming Vehicles: 1992-1993 Bentley Turbo R
        Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1992-1993 Bentley 
    Turbo R
        Notice of Petition published at: 64 FR 13245 (March 17, 1999)
        Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-291
    
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Document Information

Effective Date:
6/25/1999
Published:
06/25/1999
Department:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of decision by NHTSA that certain nonconforming motor vehicles are eligible for importation.
Document Number:
99-16184
Dates:
These decisions are effective as of June 25, 1999.
Pages:
34306-34308 (3 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. NHTSA-99-5863
PDF File:
99-16184.pdf