[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 242 (Monday, December 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65088-65089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30688]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Development Programs Meeting

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting cancellation.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the cancellation of a public meeting at 
which NHTSA was scheduled to describe and discuss specific research and 
development projects. Further, the notice requests comments regarding a 
proposed schedule change from quarterly meetings to biannual meetings.

BACKGROUND: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration holds 
quarterly public meetings devoted primarily to detailed presentations 
of specific research and development projects. Three meetings each year 
are held in Detroit, Michigan, and a fourth meeting is held in 
Washington, DC, in conjunction with the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration's quarterly meetings on safety performance standards and 
safety assurance programs.

MEETING CANCELLATION: The National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration's public meeting devoted primarily to presentations of 
specific research and development projects as announced in the Federal 
Register (Vol. 60, No. 212, page 55752) for December 19, 1995, has 

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been canceled. The meeting on safety performance standards and safety 
assurance programs, scheduled for December 20, 1995, and announced in 
the same Federal Register notice has not been canceled and will be held 
as scheduled.

ADDRESSES: Requests for further information and comments may be 
directed to the Office of the Associate Administrator for Research and 
Development, NRD-01, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
Room 6206, 400 Seventh St., SW, Washington, DC 20590. The telefax 
number is 202-366-5930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA provides detailed presentations about 
its research and development programs in a series of public meetings. 
The series started in April 1993. The purpose is to make available more 
complete and timely information regarding the agency's research and 
development programs. The twelfth meeting in the series will be held on 
March 12, 1996, in Detroit, Michigan. Thereafter, the meetings on the 
agency's research and development programs only will be held 
biannually, with the meeting sites alternating between Washington, DC, 
and Detroit, Michigan, scheduled to be held in conjunction with the 
agency's quarterly meetings on safety performance standards and safety 
assurance programs. No other changes to the format for the research and 
development programs meetings are planned. Each meeting will be 
announced in the Federal Register along with a request for suggested 
presentation topics and deadlines for submission of topics and 
questions. Before the meeting, the agenda for the meeting listing the 
research and development topics to be presented will be published in 
the Federal Register.
    NHTSA requests comments from interested parties on the proposed 
schedule change from quarterly to biannual meetings. Comments should be 
submitted by 4:15 p.m. on January 17, 1996, to the Office of the 
Associate Administrator for Research and Development, NRD-01, National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Room 6206, 400 Seventh St., SW, 
Washington, DC 20590. The telefax number is 202-366-5930.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita 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: December 12, 1995.
William A. Boehly,
Associate Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 95-30688 Filed 12-13-95; 4:25 pm]
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