[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 155 (Friday, August 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20348]
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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, Transportation.
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, 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
vehicle regulatory, safety assurance and other programs will be held on
September 12, 1996, beginning at 9:45 a.m. and ending at approximately
12:30 p.m. Questions relating to the above programs must be submitted
in writing by September 3, 1996, to the address shown below. If
sufficient time is available, questions received after September 3, 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
3, 1996, and the issues to be discussed will be transmitted to
interested persons by September 6, 1996, and will be available at the
meeting. Also, the agency will hold a second public meeting on
September 11, devoted exclusively to a presentation of research and
development programs. This meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. and end at
approximately 5:00 p.m. That meeting is described more fully in a
separate announcement. The last NHTSA Technical Industry Meeting of
this year will be held on December 12, 1996 from 9:45 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. at the Royce Hotel, 31500 Wick Road, Romulus, MI. The Research and
Development Industry meeting will be held December 11, 1996 from 1:30
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the same location.
ADDRESSES: Questions for the September 12, NHTSA Technical Industry
Meeting, relating to the agency's vehicle regulatory 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, Fax number (202) 366-4329. The meeting will
be held at the Best Western Tysons Westpark Hotel, 8401 Westpark Drive,
McLean, Virginia.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
NHTSA will hold this regular, quarterly meeting to answer questions
from the public and the regulated industries regarding the agency's
vehicle regulatory, 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, 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. 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 August 30, 1996.
Barry Felrice,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 96-20348 Filed 8-8-96; 8:45 am]
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