[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43646-43647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20785]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Safety Performance Standards, Research and Safety Assurance
Programs Meetings
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.
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 safety performance standards, safety assurance and other
programs. 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
safety performance standards, safety assurance and other programs will
be held on September 22, 1995, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and ending at
approximately 12:30 p.m. Questions relating to the above programs must
be submitted in writing by September 13, 1995, to the address shown
below. If sufficient time is available, questions received after the
September 13, date may be answered at the meeting. The individual,
group or company submitting a question(s) does not have to be present
for the question(s) to be answered. A consolidated list of the
questions submitted by September 13, 1995, and the issues to be
discussed will be mailed to interested persons by September 15, 1995,
and will be available at the meeting.
Also, the agency will hold a second public meeting on September 21,
devoted exclusively to a presentation of research and development
programs. This meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. an end at approximately
5:00 p.m. That meeting is described more fully in a separate
announcement.
ADDRESSES: Questions for the September 22, NHTSA Technical Industry
Meeting, relating to the agency's safety performance standards and
safety assurance programs, should be submitted to Barry Felrice,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards, NPS-01,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Room 5401, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. The meeting will be held at the
Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C Street, SW, (Columbia North Room),
Washington, DC 20024.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA will hold this regular, quarterly
meeting to answer questions from the public and the regulated
industries regarding the agency's safety performance standards, safety
assurance and other programs. Questions on aspects of the agency's
research and development activities that relate 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,
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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 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. Crashavoidance
B. Crashworthiness
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 Barbara Carnes on (202) 366-
1810, by COB September 11, 1995.
Barry Felrice,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 95-20785 Filed 8-21-95; 8:45 am]
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