[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 232 (Wednesday, December 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64040-64041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31743]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Announcing the Fifth Meeting of the Crashworthiness Subcommittee 
of the Motor Vehicle Safety Research Advisory Committee

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

ACTION: Meeting announcement.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the fifth meeting of the Crashworthiness 
Subcommittee of the Motor Vehicle Safety Research Advisory Committee 
(MVSRAC). MVSRAC established this Subcommittee at the April 1992 
meeting to examine research questions regarding crashworthiness of 
vehicles under 10,000 pounds GVW.

DATES AND TIME: The meeting is scheduled for December 15, 1997, from 
10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in room 9230 of the U.S. Department 
of Transportation building, which is located at 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In May 1987, the Motor Vehicle Safety 
Research Advisory Committee was established. The purpose of the 
Committee is to provide an independent source of ideas for safety 
research. MVSRAC will provide information, advice, and recommendations 
to NHTSA on matters relating to motor vehicle safety research, and 
provide a forum for the development, consideration, and communication 
of motor vehicle safety research, as set forth in the MVSRAC Charter.
    The topic of discussion for this meeting of the MVSRAC 
Crashworthiness Subcommittee is the agency's Advanced Air Bag 
Technology

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Research Program. The agenda will include status reports on both the 
agency's research activities and on the activities of the Advanced Air 
Bag Technology Working Group. The Advanced Air Bag Technology Working 
Group was established by the MVSRAC Crashworthiness Subcommittee with 
the goal of presenting technical information and data to the 
Crashworthiness Subcommittee.
    The meeting is open to the public, and participation by the public 
will be moderated by the Subcommittee Chairperson.
    A public reference file (Number 88-01--Crashworthiness 
Subcommittee) has been established to contain the products of the 
Subcommittee and will be open to the public during the hours of 9:30 
a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration's Technical Information Services in Room 5108 at 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, telephone: (202) 366-2768.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Gibbons, Office of Research and 
Development, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 6206, Washington, DC 20590, 
telephone: (202) 366-4862, telefax: (202) 366-5930.

    Issued: November 28, 1997.
Joseph N. Kanianthra,
Acting Chairperson, Crashworthiness Subcommittee, Motor Vehicle Safety 
Research Advisory Committee.
[FR Doc. 97-31743 Filed 12-2-97; 8:45 am]
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