[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26909-26910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12170]


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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 public meeting relating to its vehicle 
regulatory program will be held on Thursday, July 26, 2001, beginning 
at 9:45 a.m. and ending at approximately 12 p.m. at the BWI Airport 
Marriott Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Questions relating to the 
vehicle regulatory program must be submitted in writing with a diskette 
(Microsoft Word) by Monday, July 2, 2001, to the address shown below or 
by e-mail. If sufficient time is available, questions received after 
July 2, may be answered at the meeting. The individual, group or 
company submitting a question(s) does not have to be present for the 
question(s) to be answered. A consolidated list of the questions 
submitted by July 2, 2001, and the issues to be discussed, will be 
posted on NHTSA's web site www.nhtsa.dot.gov) by Monday, July 23, 2001, 
and also will be available at the meeting. The agency will hold a 
second public meeting on July 26, devoted exclusively to a presentation 
of research and development programs. This meeting will begin at 1:30 
p.m. and end at approximately 5 p.m. This meeting is described more 
fully in a separate announcement. The next NHTSA Public Meeting will 
take place on Thursday, November 15, 2001, at the Best Western Gateway 
International Hotel, Romulus, Michigan.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the July 26, 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 BWI Airport Marriott Hotel, 1743 West 
Nursery Road, Baltimore, MD 21240. The telephone number for the BWI 
Airport Marriott Hotel is 410-859-8300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delia Lopez, (202) 366-1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA holds regular public meetings 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. 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 a.m. to 5 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 public 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, July 23, 2001.


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    Issued: May 8, 2001.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-12170 Filed 5-14-01; 8:45 am]
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