[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 4695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2275]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

49 CFR Parts 567 and 568

[Docket No. NHTSA-99-5673]
RIN 2127-AE27


Vehicles Built in Two or More Stages

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the date of the final public meeting 
of the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the development of 
recommended amendments to the existing NHTSA regulations (49 CFR part 
567, 568) governing the certification of vehicles built in two or more 
stages to the Federal motor vehicle safety standards (49 CFR part 571). 
The Committee was established under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled on February 21-22, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the offices of the National 
Truck Equipment Association, 1300 19th Street, NW, Fifth Floor, 
Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    For non-legal issues, you may call Charles Hott, Office of 
Crashworthiness Standards, at 202-366-4920.
    For legal issues, you may call Rebecca MacPherson, Office of the 
Chief Counsel, at 202-366-2992.
    You may send mail to both of these officials at the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW, 
Washington, DC, 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 20, 1999, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
(NHTSA) published a notice of intent to establish an advisory committee 
(Committee) for a negotiated rulemaking to develop recommendations for 
regulations governing the certification of vehicles built in two or 
more stages. The notice requested comment on membership, the interests 
affected by the rulemaking, the issues that the Committee should 
address, and the procedures that it should follow. The reader is 
referred to that notice (64 FR 27499) for further information on these 
issues.
    On December 14-15, 1999, interested parties attended a public 
meeting in Washington, DC. Since that time, the Advisory Committee has 
continued to meet, most recently in the Fall of 2000. While most of the 
issues before the Committee have been tentatively resolved, the issue 
of manufacturer exemptions remained. NHTSA agreed to not reconvene the 
Committee until it believed it had developed a solution that would be 
acceptable to all members of the Committee. This meeting of the 
Committee is being held to finally resolve that issue so that NHTSA can 
draft a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The meeting will be open to the 
public so that individuals who are not part of the Committee may attend 
and observe. Any person attending the Committee meetings may address 
the Committee, if time permits, or file statements with the Committee.

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. sections 561 et seq.; delegation of 
authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

    Issued on: January 25, 2002.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
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