[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 237 (Monday, December 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31135]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Research and Development Programs Meeting Agenda

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the agenda for a public meeting at which 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will 
describe and discuss specific research and development projects.

DATES AND TIMES: As previously announced, NHTSA will hold a public 
meeting devoted primarily to presentations of specific research and 
development projects on December 11, 1996, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and 
ending at approximately 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Royce Hotel, Detroit Metro 
Airport, 31500 Wick Road, Romulus, Michigan 48174.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice provides the agenda for the 
fifteenth in a series of public meetings to provide detailed 
information about NHTSA's research and development programs. This 
meeting will be held on December 11, 1996. The meeting was announced on 
November 18, 1996 (61 FR 58738). For additional information about the 
meeting consult that announcement.
    Starting at 1:30 p.m. and concluding by 5:00 p.m., NHTSA's Office 
of Research and Development will discuss the following topics:

Air bag assessment research;
Crash causal analysis;
Crashworthiness research update including (1) vehicle aggressivity and 
fleet compatibility, (2) light truck, sport utility, and multipurpose 
passenger vehicle crashworthiness and occupant protection, and (3) 
improved frontal crash protection;
Upgrade seat and occupant restraint systems including ``superseat,'' 
and
Biomechanical research.

    NHTSA has based its decisions about the agenda, in part, on the 
suggestions it received by November 22, 1996, in response to the 
announcement published November 18, 1996.
    As announced on November 18, 1996, in the time remaining at the 
conclusion of the presentations, NHTSA will provide answers to 
questions on its research and development programs, where those 
questions have been submitted in writing by 4:15 p.m. on November 29, 
1996, to William A. Boehly, Associate Administrator for Research and 
Development, NRD-01, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
Washington, DC 20590. Fax number: 202-366-5930.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita I. 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 3, 1996.
William A. Boehly,
Associate Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 96-31135 Filed 12-6-96; 8:45 am]
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