[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 140 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39357-39358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19501]


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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, DOT.

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.

DATES: The Agency's regular, quarterly public meeting relating to its 
vehicle regulatory program will be held on September 17, 1998, 
beginning at 9:45 a.m. and ending at approximately 12:30 p.m., at the 
Tysons Westpark Hotel, McLean, VA. Questions relating to the vehicle 
regulatory program must be submitted in writing with a diskette 
(Wordperfect) by Tuesday, September 1, 1998, to the address shown below 
or by e-mail. If sufficient time is available, questions received after 
September 1 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 September 1, 1998, and the issues to be discussed,

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will be posted on NHTSA's web site (www.nhtsa.dot.gov) by Thursday, 
September 10, 1998, and will be available at the meeting. The next 
NHTSA vehicle regulatory program meeting will take place on Thursday, 
December 17, 1998 at the Clarion Hotel, Romulus, MI.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the September 17, NHTSA Technical Industry 
Meeting, relating to the agency's vehicle regulatory program, should be 
submitted to Delia Lopez, NPS-01, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, Room 5401, 400 Seventh Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20590, Fax Number 202-366-4329, e-mail [email protected]. The 
meeting will be held at the Tysons Westpark Hotel, 8401 Westpark Drive, 
McLean, VA.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA holds a 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 DOT Docket 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 DOT Docket, Room PL-401, 
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. The DOT Docket is open 
to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Questions to be answered at the 
quarterly meeting should be organized by categories to help us process 
the questions into an agenda form more efficiently. Sample format:

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 Lopez on (202) 366-1810, 
by COB September 1, 1998.

    Issued: July 17, 1998.
L. Robert Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 98-19501 Filed 7-21-98; 8:45 am]
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