[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10122]
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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 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
June 13, 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 June 3, 1996, to the address shown below. If sufficient time
is available, questions received after June 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 June 3, 1996, and the
issues to be discussed will be transmitted to interested persons by
June 7, 1996, and will be available at the meeting. Also, the agency
will hold a second public meeting on June 12, 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. After the June
meetings, the next NHTSA Technical Industry Public Meeting will be held
on September 12 at the Best Western Tysons Westpark Hotel, 9401
Westpark Drive, McLean, Virginia. The Research and Development (R&D)
Industry meeting will be held on September 11 at the same location
beginning at 1:30 p.m. The last NHTSA 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 June 13, 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
Royce Hotel--Detroit Metro Airport, 31500 Wick Road, Romulus, Michigan
48174.
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, 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 May 31, 1996.
Barry Felrice,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 96-10122 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am]
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