[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67430-67431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33616]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket Nos. 97-060; Notice 2; 97-061; Notice 2; 97-064; Notice 2; 97-
065; Notice 2; 97-068; Notice 2; 97-069; Notice 2; NHTSA-97-3021]
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 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 petitions 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, NHTSA 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. 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: December 19, 1997.
Marilynne Jacobs,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
Annex A.--Nonconforming Motor Vehicles Decided To Be Eligible for
Importation
1. Docket No. 97-060
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1991-1996 Lexus SC300 and SC400
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1991-1996 Lexus
SC300 and SC400
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 48709 (September 16, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-225
2. Docket No. 97-061
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1979 Jeep CJ-7
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1979 Jeep CJ7
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 48711 (September 16, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-224
3. Docket No. 97-064
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1990-1993 BMW K1 Motorcycles
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1990-1993 BMW K1
Motorcycles
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 51177 (September 30, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-228
4. Docket No. 97-065
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1986--1997 Suzuki GSXR 1100 Motorcycles
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1986--1997 Suzuki
GSXR 1100 Motorcycles
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 51178 (September 30, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-227
5. Docket No. 97-068
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1990-1991 Mercedes Benz 420 SE
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1990-1991 Mercedes
Benz 420 SEL
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 53047 (October 10, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-230
6. Docket No. 97-069
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1987-1995 BMW K75S Motorcycles
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1987-1995 BMW K75S
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Motorcycles
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 53048 (October 10, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-229
7. Docket No. NHTSA 3021
Nonconforming Vehicles: 1994-1997 BMW R1100 Motorcycles
Substantially similar U.S.-certified vehicles: 1994-1997 BMW R1100
Motorcycles
Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR 54896 (October 22, 1997)
Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP-231
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