[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 250 (Friday, December 29, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 67348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31511]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 571

[Docket 95-79, Notice 2]
RIN 2127-AG01


Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard; Steering Control Rearward 
Displacement

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Proposed Rule, extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On November 16, 1995, (60 FR 57565) the agency published a 
proposal to exclude certain vehicles from the application of Federal 
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 204, Steering Control Rearward 
Displacement. The excluded vehicles would be passenger cars and other 
light vehicles that are certified to comply with the frontal barrier 
crash test requirements of the agency's occupant crash protection 
standard by means of an airbag. A 60-day comment period was announced 
for that proposal. Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety requested an 
extension of the period to submit written comments. Advocates urged the 
agency to extend the time to comment, due to significant demands on 
their staff, responding to other NHTSA dockets and participation in 
NHTSA Negotiated Rulemaking meetings in January. The agency agrees that 
the unusual coincidence of numerous agency activities of interest to 
Advocates may result in inadequate time to respond to this notice. 
Additionally the agency recognizes the limited resources available to 
commenters during this holiday season. Therefore, by this notice, the 
agency extends the comment period for another 30 days.

DATES: Written comments must be received by February 15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: All written comments should be mailed to the Docket Section, 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Room 5109, 400 7th 
Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590. Please refer to the docket number of 
the original docket, that is Docket 95-79; Notice 1, when submitting 
written comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Clarke B. Harper, Office of 
Vehicle Safety Standards, NPS-12, NHTSA, 400 7th Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202-366-2264, fax 202-366-4329). By 
electronic mail: [email protected].

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, 30115, 30117, and 30166; 
delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.
Barry Felrice,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 95-31511 Filed 12-28-95; 8:45 am]
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