[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 69357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33285]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Research and Development Programs Meeting Agenda

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the agenda for a public meeting at which 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will 
describe and discuss specific research and development projects.

DATES: As previously announced, NHTSA will hold a public meeting 
devoted primarily to presentations of specific research and development 
projects on December 17, 1998, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and ending at 
approximately 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Clarion Hotel, 9191 Wickham 
Road, Romulus, Michigan.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice provides the agenda for the 
twenty-second in a series of public meetings to provide detailed 
information about NHTSA's research and development programs. This 
meeting will be held on December 17, 1998. The meeting was announced on 
November 17, 1998 (63 FR 63958). For additional information about the 
meeting, consult that announcement.
    Starting at 1:30 p.m. and concluding by 5:00 p.m., NHTSA's Office 
of Research and Development will discuss the following topics:
    Fuel System Integrity Testing;
    Federalization of Family of Dummies--A Status Report;
    Status of Special Crash Investigations of Depowered Air Bags;
    International Harmonized Research Activities: (1) Overview of 
Steering Committee, (2) Status of Side Impact Working Group, and (3) 
Status of Biomechanics Working Group.

NHTSA has based its decisions about the agenda, in part, on the 
suggestions it received in response to the announcement published 
November 17, 1998.
    As announced on November 17, 1998, in the time remaining at the 
conclusion of the presentations, NHTSA will provide answers to 
questions on its research and development programs, where those 
questions have been submitted in writing to Raymond P. Owings, Ph.D., 
Associate Administrator for Research and Development, NRD-01, National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, DC 20590. Fax 
number: 202-366-5930.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita I. Gibbons, Staff Assistant, 
Office of Research and Development, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., 
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-4862. Fax number: 202-366-
5930.

    Issued: December 11, 1998
Raymond P. Owings,
Associate Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 98-33285 Filed 12-15-98; 8:45 am]
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