[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13624-13625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5293]


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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, April 19, 2001, 
beginning at 9:45 a.m. and ending at approximately 12:00 p.m. at the 
Best Western Gateway

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International Hotel in Romulus, Michigan. Questions relating to the 
vehicle regulatory program must be submitted in writing with a diskette 
(Wordperfect) by Friday, March 23, 2001, to the address shown below or 
by e-mail. If sufficient time is available, questions received after 
March 23, 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 March 23, 2001, and the issues to be discussed, will be 
posted on NHTSA's web site (http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov) by Monday, April 
16, 2001, and also will be available at the meeting. The agency will 
not hold a second research and development public meeting on April 19.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the April 19, 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, 
9191 Wickham Road, Romulus, Michigan. The telephone number for the Best 
Western Gateway International Hotel is 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, April 16, 2001.

    Issued: February 28, 2001.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-5293 Filed 3-5-01; 8:45 am]
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