[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63675-63676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27300]


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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, December 14, 2000, 
beginning at 9:45 a.m. and ending at approximately 12:00 p.m. at the 
Best Western Gateway International Hotel in Romulus, Michigan, 
telephone number 734-728-2800. Questions relating to the vehicle 
regulatory program must be submitted in writing with a diskette 
(WordPerfect) by Tuesday, November 14, 2000, to the address shown below 
or by e-mail. If sufficient time is available, questions received after 
November 14, 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 November 14, 2000 and the issues to be discussed, will be 
posted on NHTSA's web site (www.nhtsa.dot.gov) by Monday, December 11, 
2000, and also will be available at the meeting. The agency will hold a 
second public meeting on December 14, 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.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the December 14, 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 Gateway International Hotel, 
Romulus, Michigan 48174, telephone number 734-728-2800.

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 Monday, December 11, 2000.

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Review

    We are in the process of reviewing NHTSA's quarterly meetings. 
Please take a moment and fill out the survey posted on NHTSA's web site 
(www.nhtsa.dot.gov). Our goal is to ensure that these meetings best 
serve the needs of the interested public. The preliminary results and 
your suggestions will be discussed at the December 14, 2000 quarterly 
meeting.

    Issued: October 17, 2000.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 00-27300 Filed 10-23-00; 8:45 am]
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