[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 222 (Friday, November 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29363]


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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 
December 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 December 3, 1996, to the address shown below. If 
sufficient time is available, questions received after December 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 December 3, 
1996, and the issues to be discussed will be transmitted to interested 
persons by December 6, 1996, and will be available at the meeting. 
Also, the agency will hold a second public meeting on December 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 next NHTSA Industry Meeting will take place in March. 
More details on the date and its location will be announced at the 
December 12, Industry Meeting.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the December 12, NHTSA Technical Industry 
Meeting, relating to the agency's vehicle regulatory and safety 
assurance programs, should be submitted to Delia Gage, 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, 315000 Wick Road, Romulus, Michigan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Kratzke, (202) 336-4931.

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. Crash avoidance
    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 Delia Gage on (202) 366-1810, 
by COB December 3, 1996.

    Issued November 12, 1996.
L. Robert Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 96-29363 Filed 11-14-96; 8:45 am]
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