[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19773]


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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 meeting.

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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 September 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 August 25, 1997, to the address shown below. If sufficient time is 
available, questions received after August 25 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 August 25, 1997, and 
the issues to be discussed, will be transmitted to interested persons 
by September 15, 1997, and will be available at the meeting. Also, the 
agency will hold a second public meeting September 17, devoted 
exclusively to a presentation of research and development programs. The 
meeting is described more fully in a separate announcement. The next 
NHTSA vehicle regulatory program meeting will take place on December 
17, 1997 at the Clarion Inn Hotel, 9191 Wickham Road, in Romulus, MI.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the September 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 Tysons 
Westpark Hotel, 8401 Westpark Drive, in McLean, Virginia.

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. 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 August 25, 1997.

    Issued: July 22, 1997.
L. Robert Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 97-19773 Filed 7-25-97; 8:45 am]
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