[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 8834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4476]


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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 on the 
topic of research test procedures for measurement of vehicle rollover 
propensity.

DATES AND TIMES: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
will hold a public meeting devoted primarily to presentations on 
research test procedures for measurement of vehicle rollover propensity 
on Thursday, March 14, 2002, beginning at 1:30 p.m. and ending at 
approximately 5:00 p.m. Questions may be submitted in advance regarding 
the Agency's research and development projects, and they are not 
limited to the topic under discussion at the March 14, 2002, meeting. 
They must be submitted in writing by Tuesday, March 5, 2002, to the 
address given below. If sufficient time is available, questions 
received after the March 5 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 March 5 will be 
available at the meeting and will be mailed to requesters after the 
meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Best Western Gateway 
International Hotel, 9191 Wickham, Romulus, Michigan, telephone number 
(734) 728-2800. Questions for the March 14, 2002, 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, S.W., Washington, DC 20590. The fax number is (202) 
366-5930.

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

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 thirty-first 
meeting in that series, and it will be held on Thursday, March 14, 
2002, at the Best Western Gateway International Hotel, 9191 Wickham, 
Romulus, Michigan.
    Before the meeting, NHTSA will publish a notice with an agenda 
listing the scheduled presentations and presenting organizations. 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/.
    Additionally, if any interested parties would like to make a 
presentation regarding technical issues concerning NHTSA's rollover 
research program, information concerning the proposed topic and speaker 
should be submitted in writing by 5:00 p.m. on March 5, 2002, to the 
Office of the Associate Administrator for Research and Development, 
NRD-01, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Room 6206, 400 
Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590. The fax number is (202) 
366-5930.
    Separately, questions regarding research projects that have been 
submitted in writing not later than 5:00 p.m. on March 5, 2002, will be 
answered. 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, S.W., Washington, DC 20590. The DOT Docket is open to 
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The handouts and answers to the 
questions will also be available on NHTSA's Web site at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-01/presentations/NRDmtgs.html.
    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 5:00 p.m. by March 5, 2002.
    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.

    Issued: February 20, 2002.
H. Keith Brewer,
Acting Associate Administrator for Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 02-4476 Filed 2-25-02; 8:45 am]
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