[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 112 (Monday, June 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31274-31275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14661]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Research and Development Programs Meeting

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting at which NHTSA will 
describe and discuss specific research and development projects. 
Further, the notice requests suggestions for topics to be presented by 
the agency.

DATES AND TIMES: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
will hold a public meeting devoted primarily to presentations of 
specific research and development projects on Thursday, July 26, 2001, 
beginning at 1:30 p.m. and ending at approximately 5 p.m. The deadline 
for interested parties to suggest agenda topics is 5 p.m. on Monday, 
July 2, 2001. Questions may be submitted in advance regarding the 
agency's research and development projects. They must be submitted in 
writing by Friday, July 6, 2001, to the address given below. If 
sufficient time is available, questions received after the July 6 date 
will be answered at the meeting during the discussion period. The 
individual, group, or company asking a question does not have to be 
present for the question to be answered. A consolidated list of answers 
to questions submitted by July 6 will be available at the meeting and 
will be mailed to requesters after the meeting.

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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Baltimore/Washington 
International (BWI) Airport Marriott, 1743 West Nursery Road, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21240, telephone number (410) 859-8300. Suggestions 
for specific research and development topics as described below and 
questions for the July 26, 2001, meeting relating to the agency's 
research and development programs should be submitted to the Office of 
the Associate Administrator for Research and Development, NRD-01, 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Room 6206, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. The fax number is (202) 366-5930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In recent years, since April 1993, NHTSA has 
provided detailed information about its research and development 
programs in presentations at a series of public meetings. The purpose 
is to make available more complete and timely information regarding the 
agency's research and development programs. This is the twenty-ninth 
meeting in that series, and it will be held on Thursday, July 26, 2001, 
at the BWI Airport Marriott, 1743 West Nursery Road, Baltimore, 
Maryland 21240.
    NHTSA requests suggestions from interested parties on specific 
agenda topics to be presented at this meeting. NHTSA will base its 
decisions about the agenda, in part, on the suggestions it receives by 
5 p.m. on July 2, 2001. Before the meeting, NHTSA will publish a notice 
with an agenda listing the research and development topics to be 
discussed. The agenda can also be obtained by calling or faxing the 
request to the telephone numbers listed in this notice, through the E-
mail address listed in this notice, or from NHTSA's Web site at URL 
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/announce/meetings/.
    NHTSA asks that the suggestions be limited to three topics, in 
priority order, so that the presentations at the July 26, 2001, meeting 
can be most useful to the audience. Specific research and development 
topics are listed below. Many of these topics have been discussed at 
previous meetings. Suggestions for agenda topics are not restricted to 
this listing, and interested parties are invited to suggest other 
research and development topics of specific interest to their 
organizations or items of general interest. Additionally, if any 
interested parties would like to make a presentation regarding 
technical issues concerning any of NHTSA's research programs, 
information concerning the proposed topic and speaker should be 
submitted in writing by 5:00 p.m. on July 2, 2001, to the Office of the 
Associate Administrator for Research and Development, NRD-01, National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Room 6206, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590. The fax number is (202) 366-5930.
    Specific R&D topics are:

Fiscal Year 2001 R&D Research Efforts,
International Harmonized Research Activities (IHRA),
On-line tracking system for NHTSA's research projects, and
Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN).

    Specific Crashworthiness R&D topics are:

Preparation of new dummies for assessment of advanced air bag 
technology,
Improved frontal crash protection (program status, problem 
identification, offset testing),
Vehicle compatibility,
Upgrade side crash protection,
Child restraint/air bag interaction (CRABI) dummy testing,
Head and neck injury research,
Lower extremity injury research, and
Thorax injury research.

    Specific Crash Avoidance R&D topics are:

National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS), Intelligent vehicle 
initiative (the rear-end collision avoidance system operational test),
Drowsy driver monitoring,
Driver workload assessment, and
Lane change/merge collision avoidance system guidelines.

    Specific National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) topics 
are:

Special crash investigation studies and
Crash avoidance data collection.

    Separately, questions regarding research projects that have been 
submitted in writing not later than 5 p.m. on July 6, 2001, will be 
answered. The summary minutes of the meeting, copies of materials 
handed out at the meeting, and answers to the questions submitted for 
response at the meeting will be available for public inspection in the 
DOT Docket in Washington, DC, within 3 weeks after the meeting. Copies 
of this material will then be available at ten cents a page 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 summary minutes, handouts, and answers to the questions 
will also be available on NHTSA's Web site URL http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/announce/meetings/.
    NHTSA will provide technical aids to participants as necessary, 
during the Research and Development Programs Meeting. Thus, any person 
desiring the assistance of ``auxiliary aids'' (e.g., sign-language 
interpreter, telecommunication devices for deaf persons (TTDs), 
readers, taped texts, braille materials, or large print materials and/
or a magnifying device), please contact Rita Gibbons by telephone on 
(202) 366-4862, by telefax on (202) 366-5930, or by E-mail at 
[email protected] by 5 p.m. July 2, 2001.
    Should it be necessary to cancel the meeting due to inclement 
weather or to any other emergencies, a decision to cancel will be made 
as soon as possible and posted immediately on NHTSA's Web site URL 
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/announce/meetings/. If you do not have 
access to the Web site, you may call for information at the contact 
listed below and leave your telephone or telefax number. You will be 
called only if the meeting is postponed or canceled.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita Gibbons, Staff Assistant, Office 
of Research and Development, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20590. Telephone: (202) 366-4862. Fax number: (202) 366-5930. E-mail: 
[email protected].

    Issued: June 4,2001.
H. Keith Brewer,
Acting Associate Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 01-14661 Filed 6-8-01; 8:45 am]
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