[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 78 (Friday, April 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 21500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9983]



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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, June 15, 2000, 
beginning at 9:45 a.m. and ending at approximately 12:00 p.m. at the 
Vehicle Research and Test Center (VRTC) in East Liberty, Ohio. 
Questions relating to the vehicle regulatory program must be submitted 
in writing with a diskette (Wordperfect) by Wednesday, May 24, 2000, to 
the address shown below or by e-mail. If sufficient time is available, 
questions received after May 24, 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 May 24, 2000, and the issues to be 
discussed, will be posted on NHTSA's web site (www.nhtsa.dot.gov) by 
Monday, June 12, 2000, and also will be available at the meeting. The 
agency will hold a second public meeting on June 15, devoted 
exclusively to a presentation of research and development programs. 
This meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. and end at approximately 5:00 p.m.
    This meeting is described more fully in a separate announcement. 
VRTC is gathering a list of names who will be attending the June 15, 
NHTSA Public Meeting, to expedite clearance into the test facility. 
Those of you who are attending the NHTSA Public Meeting should contact 
Susie Weiser at 937-666-4511 by C.O.B. June 13, 2000. The next NHTSA 
Public Meeting will take place on Thursday, September 14, 2000, at the 
Tysons Westpark Hotel, 8401 Westpark Drive, in McLean, VA.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the June 15, 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 NHTSA's Research and Development, Vehicle 
Research and Test Center, P.O. Box 37, East Liberty, Ohio 43319. 
Directions to the VRTC, as well as this Federal Register notice will be 
also available on NHTSA's web site (www.nhtsa.dot.gov).

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 be 
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 June 12, 2000.

    Issued: April 18, 2000.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-9983 Filed 4-20-00; 8:45 am]
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