[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30188-30189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11694]


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 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Research and Development Programs Meeting

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces and 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 AND TIMES:  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
will hold a public meeting devoted primarily to presentations of 
specific research and development projects on June 15, 2000, beginning 
at 1:30 p.m. and ending at approximately 4:30 p.m. Questions may be 
submitted in advance regarding the agency's research and development 
projects. Questions must be submitted in writing by June 5, 2000, to 
the Office of the Associate Administrator for Research and Development, 
NHTSA, at the mailing address, E-mail address, or fax number given 
below. If sufficient time is available, questions received after June 
5, 2000, will be answered at the meeting during the discussion period. 
The individual, group, or company asking a question does not have to be 
present for the question to be answered. A consolidated list of answers 
to questions submitted by June 5, 2000, will be available at the 
meeting and will be mailed to requesters after the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at NHTSA's Vehicle Research and 
Test Center (VRTC), East Liberty, Ohio 43319. Directions to VRTC, as 
well as this Federal Register notice, will be available on NHTSA's Web 
site, at Announcements/Public Meetings at URL http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/announce/meetings/, or by contacting Susie Weiser at VRTC, East 
Liberty, Ohio, at (937) 666-4511. Questions for the June 15, 2000, 
meeting relating to the agency's research and development programs 
should be submitted to the Office of the Associate Administrator for 
Research and Development, NRD-01, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, Room 6206, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590. 
The fax number is (202) 366-5930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In recent years, since April 1993, NHTSA has 
provided detailed information about its research and development 
programs in presentations at a series of public meetings. The purpose 
is to make available more complete and timely information regarding the 
agency's research and development programs. This is the twenty-sixth 
meeting in that series, and it will be held on June 15, 2000, at the 
Vehicle Research and Test Center, East Liberty, Ohio 43319. To expedite 
clearance into the VRTC facility, persons who plan to attend the public 
meeting should contact Susie Weiser, VRTC, East Liberty, Ohio, at (937) 
666-4511 by close of business June 13, 2000.
    Beginning at 1:30 p.m. and concluding by 4:30 p.m., NHTSA's Office 
of Research and Development will discuss the following topics:
    (1) Overview of Effort to Ready New Test Dummies for Federal Motor 
Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208;
    (2) Preliminary Observations from Side Impact Air Bag Testing;
    (3) Preliminary Test Results from School Bus Restraint Testing; and
    (4) Status and Overview of NHTSA's Antilock Brake System (ABS) 
Program.
    Based upon time and interest, tours may be given of the 
Transportation Research Center of Ohio and VRTC facilities. Attendees 
should indicate interest in this when providing their names for the 
meeting to Susie Weiser, VRTC, East Liberty, Ohio, at (937) 666-4511 by 
close of business June 13, 2000.
    Additionally, if any interested parties would like to make a 
presentation regarding technical issues concerning any of NHTSA's 
research programs,

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information concerning the proposed topic and speaker should be 
submitted in writing to the Associate Administrator for Research and 
Development, NHTSA, at the mailing address or telefax number given 
below by 5 p.m. on June 5, 2000.
    Any questions regarding research projects that have been submitted 
in writing not later than 5 p.m. on June 5, 2000, will be answered at 
the public meeting. The summary minutes of the meeting, copies of 
materials handed out at the meeting, and answers to the questions 
submitted for response at the meeting will be available for public 
inspection in the DOT Docket in Washington, DC, within 3 weeks after 
the meeting. Copies of this material will then be available at ten 
cents a page 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. The summary minutes, handouts, and answers to 
the previously submitted questions will also be available on NHTSA's 
Web site at Announcements/Public Meetings at URL http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/announce/meetings/.
    NHTSA will provide technical aids to participants as necessary, 
during the Research and Development Programs Meeting. Thus, any person 
desiring the assistance of ``auxiliary aids'' (e.g., sign-language 
interpreter, telecommunication devices for deaf persons (TTDs), 
readers, taped texts, braille materials, or large print materials and/
or a magnifying device), please contact Rita Gibbons by telephone on 
(202) 366-4862, by telefax on (202) 366-5930, or by E-mail at 
[email protected] by 5 p.m. June 5, 2000.
    Should it be necessary to cancel the meeting due to inclement 
weather or to any another emergencies, a decision to cancel will be 
made as soon as possible and posted immediately on NHTSA's Web site at 
Announcements/Public Meetings at URL http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/announcements/meetings/. If you do not have access to the Web site, you 
may call the information contact listed below and leave your telephone 
or telefax number. You will be called only if the meeting is postponed 
or canceled.
    The next public meeting to discuss NHTSA's research and development 
projects is scheduled for September 14, 2000, at the Tysons Westpark 
Hotel, 8401 Westpark Drive, McLean, Virginia. The meeting will begin at 
1:30 p.m. and will end at approximately 4:30 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita 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. E-mail: 
[email protected].

    Issued: May 4, 2000.
Raymond P. Owings,
Associate Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 00-11694 Filed 5-9-00; 8:45 am]
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