[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 2, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 90]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33455]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 567, 591, 592 and 594

[Docket No. NHTSA-2000-8159; Notice 2]
RIN 2127-AH67


Certification; Importation of Vehicles and Equipment Subject to 
Federal Safety, Bumper and Theft Prevention Standards; Registered 
Importers of Vehicles Not Originally Manufactured to Conform with the 
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Schedule of Fees Authorized by 
49 U.S.C. 30141

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

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document grants a request to extend the comment period on 
an agency proposal, principally to amend the regulations pertaining to 
registered importers of motor vehicles not originally manufactured to 
conform with the Federal motor vehicle safety, bumper, and theft 
prevention standards. The agency also proposed associated amendments to 
allied regulations. The agency is extending the comment period an 
additional four weeks.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before the close of business on 
February 1, 2001 (the comments were originally due on January 4, 2001).

ADDRESSES: You should mention the docket number of this document in 
your comments, and submit your comments in writing to: Docket 
Management, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590. 
Comments may also be submitted to the docket electronically by logging 
onto the Dockets Management System website at http//dms.dot.gov. Click 
on ``Help & Information,'' or ``Help/Info'' to obtain instructions for 
filing the document electronically.
    You may call Docket Management at 202-366-9324. You may visit the 
Docket from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor Vinson, Office of Chief 
Counsel, NHTSA, 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 20590. (202-366-
5263).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 20, 2000, NHTSA published a 
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to amend 49 CFR part 
592, Registered Importers of Vehicles Not Originally Manufactured to 
Conform with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (65 FR 69810). 
The NPRM also proposed conforming amendments to 49 CFR part 567, 
Certification, 49 CFR part 591, Importation of Vehicles and Equipment 
Subject to Federal Safety, Bumper and Theft Prevention Standards, and 
49 CFR part 594, Schedule of Fees Authorized by 49 U.S.C. 30141.
    The NPRM specified a comment closing date of January 4, 2001 (45 
days after the date of publication). However, on December 22, 2000, the 
agency received a written request for an extension of the comment 
closing date from the American Association of Motor Vehicle 
Administrators (AAMVA). AAMVA said that it wishes to provide comments 
on the proposal but that ``the time needed to consult with AAMVA's 
member jurisdictions will not permit the association to submit comments 
by the January 4, 2001 deadline.'' AAMVA requested an extension ``to 
allow the Association additional time to complete its review of the 
notice and the many issues raised for consideration.''
    The agency may grant a person's petition for an extension of a 
comment period if the petition shows good cause for the extension, and 
if the extension is consistent with the public interest (49 CFR 
553.19). The agency concludes that the petitioner has made that showing 
and that an extension is in the public interest. An extension would aid 
AAMVA and other interested persons (such as American Honda Motor Co., 
which made an oral request for an extension) in fully responding to the 
changes proposed. Accordingly, this notice extends the comment closing 
date an additional four weeks, to February 1, 2001.

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 322, 30111, and 30166; delegations of 
authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 49 CFR 501.8.

    Issued on: December 27, 2000.
Kenneth N. Weinstein,
Associate Administrator for Safety Assurance.
[FR Doc. 00-33455 Filed 12-27-00; 4:24 pm]
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