[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40394-40395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19768]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket Nos. 97-022; Notice 2, 97-023; Notice 2, 97-032; Notice 2, 97-
034; Notice 2]


Decision that Certain Nonconforming Motor Vehicles are Eligible 
for Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of decision by NHTSA that certain nonconforming motor 
vehicles are eligible for importation.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces decisions by NHTSA that certain motor 
vehicles not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable 
Federal motor vehicle safety standards are eligible for importation 
into the United States because they are substantially similar to 
vehicles originally manufactured for importation into and/or sale in 
the United States and certified by their manufacturers as complying 
with the safety standards, and they are capable of being readily 
altered to conform to the standards.

DATES: These decisions are effective as of the date of their 
publication in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Entwistle, Office of Vehicle 
Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202-366-5306).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Under 49 U.S.C. 30141 (a)(1)(A), a motor vehicle that was not 
originally

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manufactured to conform to all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety 
standards shall be refused admission into the United States unless 
NHTSA has decided that the motor vehicle is substantially similar to a 
motor vehicle originally manufactured for importation into and sale in 
the United States, certified under 49 U.S.C. 30115, and of the same 
model year as the model of the motor vehicle to be compared, and is 
capable of being readily altered to conform to all applicable Federal 
motor vehicle safety standards.
    Petitions for eligibility decisions may be submitted by either 
manufacturers or importers who have registered with NHTSA pursuant to 
49 CFR Part 592. As specified in 49 CFR 593.7, NHTSA publishes notice 
in the Federal Register of each petition that it receives, and affords 
interested persons an opportunity to comment on the petition. At the 
close of the comment period, NHTSA decides, on the basis of the 
petition and any comments that it has received, whether the vehicle is 
eligible for importation. The agency then publishes this decision in 
the Federal Register.
    NHTSA received petitions from registered importers to decide 
whether the vehicles listed in Annex A to this notice are eligible for 
importation into the United States. To afford an opportunity for public 
comment, NHTSA published notice of these petition as specified in Annex 
A. The reader is referred to those notices for a thorough description 
of the petitions. No comments were received in response to these 
notices. Based on its review of the information submitted by the 
petitioners, NHTSA has decided to grant the petitions.

Vehicle Eligibility Number for Subject Vehicles

    The importer of a vehicle admissible under any final decision must 
indicate on the form HS-7 accompanying entry the appropriate vehicle 
eligibility number indicating that the vehicle is eligible for entry. 
Vehicle eligibility numbers assigned to vehicles admissible under this 
decision are specified in Annex A.

Final Decision

    Accordingly, on the basis of the foregoing, NHTS hereby decides 
that each motor vehicle listed in Annex A to this notice, which was not 
originally manufactured to comply with all applicable Federal motor 
vehicle safety standards, is substantially similar to a motor vehicle 
manufactured for importation into and/or sale in the United States, and 
certified under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 30115, as specified in Annex A, and is 
capable of being readily altered to conform to all applicable Federal 
motor vehicle safety standards.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141 (a)(1)(A) and (b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; 
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

    Issued on: July 22, 1997.
Marilynne Jacobs, Director,
Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.

Annex A

Nonconforming Motor Vehicles Decided To Be Eligible for Importation

1. Docket No. 97-022

Nonconforming Vehicle: 1994 Mercedes-Benz S600L
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicle: 1994 Mercedes-Benz 
S600
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 19649 (April 22, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-214

2. Docket No. 97-023

Nonconforming Vehicles: 1995 Saab 900 SE
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1995 Saab 900 SE
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 19166 (April 18, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-213

3. Docket No. 97-032

Nonconforming Vehicle: 1989 Chrysler Shadow (Middle Eastern Market)
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicle: 1989 Dodge Shadow
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 28753 (May 27, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-216

4. Docket No. 97-034

Nonconforming Vehicle: 1988 Jaguar XJ6 Sovereign
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicle: 1988 Jaguar XJ6 
Sovereign
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 28530 (May 23, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-215

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