[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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