[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 28753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13739]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Safety Performance Standards and Research and Development 
Programs Meetings

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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 program. 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 program will be held on June 18, 1997, beginning at 
9:45 a.m. and ending at approximately 12:30 p.m. Questions relating to 
the vehicle regulatory program must be submitted in writing by May 30, 
1997, to the address shown below. If sufficient time is available, 
questions received after May 30 may be answered at the meeting. The 
individual, group or company submitting a question(s) does not have to 
be present for the questions(s) to be answered. A consolidated list of 
the questions submitted by May 30, 1997, and the issues to be 
discussed, will be transmitted to interested persons by June 16, 1997, 
and will be available at the meeting. Also, the agency will hold a 
second public meeting June 19, devoted exclusively to a presentation of 
research and development programs. That meeting is described more fully 
in a separate announcement. The next NHTSA vehicle regulatory program 
meeting will take place on September 18, 1997 at the Tysons Westpark 
Hotel, 8401 Westpark Drive, in McLean, VA.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the June 18, NHTSA Technical Industry Meeting, 
relating to the agency's vehicle regulatory program, 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 Hilton 
Suites Hotel, 8600 Wickham Road, Romulus, Michigan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delia Gage, (202) 366-1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA holds this regular, quarterly meeting 
to answer questions from the public and the regulated industries 
regarding the agency's vehicle regulatory program. Questions on aspects 
of the agency's research and development activities that relate 
directly 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. Cashworthiness
    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 June 16, 1997.

    Issued: May 19, 1997.
L. Robert Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 97-13739 Filed 5-23-97; 8:45 am]
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