[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 4313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2083]


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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, March 14, 2002, beginning 
at 9:45 a.m. and ending at approximately 12 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 Wednesday, February 20, 2002, to 
the address shown below or by e-mail. If sufficient time is available, 
questions received after February 20, 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 February 20, 2002, and the issues to 
be discussed, will be posted on NHTSA's web site www.nhtsa.dot.gov) by 
Monday, March 11, 2002, and also will be available at the meeting. The 
agency will hold a second public meeting on March 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 p.m. 
This meeting is described more fully in a separate announcement. The 
next NHTSA Public Meeting will take place in the Washington, DC 
metropolitan area on Thursday, July 18, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the March 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 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, March 11, 2002.

    Issued: January 23, 2002.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 02-2083 Filed 1-28-02; 8:45 am]
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