[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 6021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2937]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 571

[Docket No. NHTSA 98-4673, Notice 2]
RIN 2127-AG87


Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Lamps, Reflective Devices 
and Associated Equipment

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Extension of comment period for a notice of proposed 
rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This notice grants a request to extend the comment period on 
an agency proposal to reorganize the sections of Standard No. 108, 
Lamps, Reflective Devices and Associated Equipment, relating to 
headlighting (63 FR 63258, November 12, 1998). The comment closing date 
is changed from February 10, 1999 to April 11, 1999.

DATES: Comments on docket NHTSA 98-4673, Notice 1 must be received on 
or before April 11, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to the Docket NHTSA 98-4673, Notice 1 
and be submitted to: Docket Management, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590 (Docket hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 
p.m.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Boyd, Office of Safety 
Performance Safety Standards, NHTSA, telephone (202) 366-6346.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA's proposed rewrite of the headlighting 
sections of FMVSS No. 108 is intended to remove inconsistencies and to 
facilitate easy reference to the standard. A proposed rewrite of the 
signal lamp sections of the standard will follow.
    DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors requested a 60 day 
extension of the comment period because they wanted to provide a 
response coordinated through the newly formed Alliance of Automobile 
Manufacturers (AAM). Formerly, the American Automobile Manufacturers 
Association (AAMA) provided such coordinated responses to notices of 
proposed rulemaking, but it disbanded during the comment period.
    After reviewing the situation, NHTSA agrees with the petitioners 
that additional time is desirable to obtain a coordinated response. The 
amended text is lengthy, but the amendments are intended primarily to 
improve clarity. Accordingly, the agency believes that there is good 
cause for the extension and that the extension is consistent with the 
public interest. Based on the above considerations, the agency has 
decided to extend the comment period until April 11, 1999.

    Issued on: February 2, 1999.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 99-2937 Filed 2-5-99; 8:45 am]
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