[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44662-44663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21456]


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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 Wednesday, November 14, 2001, 
beginning at 9:45 a.m. and ending at approximately 12:00 p.m. at the 
Best Western Gateway International Hotel, 9191 Wickham, Romulus, 
Michigan. Questions relating to the vehicle regulatory program must be 
submitted in writing with a diskette (Microsoft Word) by Monday, 
October 22, 2001, to the address shown below or by e-mail. If 
sufficient time is available, questions received after October 22, 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 October 22, 
2001, and the issues to be discussed, will be posted on NHTSA's web 
site (www.nhtsa.dot.gov) by Friday, November 9, 2001, and also will be 
available at the meeting. The agency will hold a second public meeting 
on November 14, devoted exclusively to a presentation of research and 
development programs. This meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. and end at 
approximately 5:00 p.m. This meeting is described more fully in a 
separate announcement. The next NHTSA Public Meeting will take place on 
Thursday, March 14, 2002, at the Best Western Gateway International 
Hotel, 9191 Wickham, Romulus, Michigan.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the November 14, 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, Romulus, Michigan. The telephone number for the Gateway 
International Hotel is 734-728-2800.

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 10:00 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 public meeting should be organized by 
categories to help us process the

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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 Friday, November 9, 2001.

    Issued: August 20, 2001.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-21456 Filed 8-23-01; 8:45 am]
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