[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 238 (Monday, December 11, 2000)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 77339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31446]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 571

[Docket No. NHTSA-8446]


TREAD Insurance Study

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a request for comments to help the 
agency conduct the study of insurance data mandated by Congress in the 
Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation 
(TREAD) Act (Pub. L. 106-414) signed November 1, 2000.

DATES: Comments must be received no later than January 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to the Docket Management System, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, PL 401, 400 Seventh Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001. Comments should refer to the Docket Number 
(NHTSA-8446) and be submitted in two copies. If you wish to receive 
confirmation of receipt of your written comments, include a self-
addressed, stamped postcard.
    Comments may also be submitted to the docket electronically by 
logging onto the Docket Management System website at http://dms.dot.gov. Click on ``Help & Information'' to obtain instructions for 
filing the comment electronically. In every case, the comment should 
refer to the docket number.
    The Docket Management System is located on the Plaza level of the 
Nassif Building at the Department of Transportation at the above 
address. You can review public dockets there between the hours of 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. You 
can also review comments on-line at the DOT Docket Management System 
web site at http://dms.dot.gov/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jane Dion, Office of Plans and 
Policy, NPP-01, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Room 
5208, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-
6779. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3(d) of the Transportation Recall 
Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) Act (Pub. L. 
106-414) requires NHTSA to conduct a study to determine the feasibility 
and utility of collecting data from insurance companies on a regular 
basis to help the agency in its defects investigation efforts. NHTSA is 
seeking input from the public to assist the agency with the study. 
Comments received will be evaluated and incorporated, as appropriate, 
into the study.

How Do I Prepare and Submit Comments?

    Your comments must be written and in English. To ensure that your 
comments are correctly filed in the Docket, please include the Docket 
number of this document (NHTSA-8446) in your comments.
    Please send two paper copies of your comments to Docket Management 
or submit them electronically. The mailing address is U. S. Department 
of Transportation Docket Management, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW, Washington, DC 20590. If you submit your comments electronically, 
log onto the Docket Management System website at http://dms.dot.gov and 
click on ``Help & Information'' or ``Help/Info'' to obtain 
instructions.

How Can I Be Sure That My Comments Were Received?

    If you wish Docket Management to notify you upon its receipt of 
your comments, enclose a self-addressed, stamped postcard in the 
envelope containing your comments. Upon receiving your comments, Docket 
Management will return the postcard by mail.

How Do I Submit Confidential Business Information?

    If you wish to submit any information under a claim of 
confidentiality, send three copies of your complete submission, 
including the information you claim to be confidential business 
information, to the Office of Chief Counsel, NCC-30, National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, Room 5219, 400 Seventh Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20590. Include a cover letter supplying the information 
specified in our confidential business information regulation (49 CFR 
Part 512).
    In addition, send two copies from which you have deleted the 
claimed confidential business information to Docket Management, Room 
PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590.

Will the Agency Consider Late Comments?

    In our response, we will consider all comments that Docket 
Management receives before the close of business on the comment closing 
date indicated above under DATES. To the extent possible, we will also 
consider comments that Docket Management receives after that date.

How Can I Read the Comments Submitted by Other People?

    You may read the comments by visiting Docket Management in person 
at Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC from 10:00 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
    You may also see the comments on the Internet by taking the 
following steps:
    a. Go to the Docket Management System (DMS) Web page of the 
Department of Transportation (http://dms.dot.gov).
    b. On that page, click on ``search.''
    c. On the next page ((http://dms.dot.gov/search/) type in the four-
digit Docket number shown at the beginning of this document (8446). 
Click on ``search.''
    d. On the next page, which contains Docket summary information for 
the Docket you selected, click on the desired comments. You may also 
download the comments.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30117, 30168; delegation of 
authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

    Issued on: December 5, 2000.
William H. Walsh,
Associate Administrator for Plans and Policy.
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