[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-971]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket NHTSA-99-5087]


Safety Performance Standards Program Meeting

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of NHTSA Rulemaking Status 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 Thursday, March 16, 2000, 
beginning at 9:45 a.m. and ending at approximately 12 p.m, at the Best 
Western International Hotel, Detroit, MI. Questions relating to the 
vehicle regulatory program must be submitted in writing with a diskette 
(Wordperfect) by Thursday, February 17, 2000, to the address shown 
below or by e-mail. If sufficient time is available, questions received 
after February 17, may be answered at the meeting. The individual, 
group or company submitting a questions(s) does not have to be present 
for the questions(s) to be answered. A consolidated list of the 
questions submitted by February 17, 2000, and the issues to be 
discussed, will be posted on NHTSA's web site (www.nhtsa.dot.gov) by 
Monday, March 6, 2000, and also will be available at the meeting.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the March 16, NHTSA Rulemaking Status 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, SW., Washington, DC 
20590, Fax Number 202-366-4329, e-mail [email protected]. The 
meeting will be held at the Best Western International Hotel, 9191 
Wickham Road, Detroit, MI.

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 80 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 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The transcript may also 
accessed electronically at http://dms.dot.gov,at docket NHTSA-99-5087. 
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 March 6, 2000.

    Issued: January 10, 2000.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-971 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am]
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