[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35187-35188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12428]


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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, July 18, 2002, beginning 
at 9:45 a.m. and ending at approximately 12 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency 
Baltimore, on the Inner Harbor, 300 Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland 
21202. Questions relating to the vehicle regulatory program must be 
submitted in writing with a diskette (Microsoft Word) by Thursday, June 
20, 2002, to the address shown below or by e-mail. If sufficient time 
is available, questions received after June 20, may be answered at the 
meeting. The individual, group or company submitting a question(s) does 
not have to be present for the question(s) to be answered. A 
consolidated list of the questions submitted by June 20, 2002, and the 
issues to be discussed will be posted on NHTSA's web site 
(www.nhtsa.dot.gov) by Monday, July 15, 2002, and also will be 
available at the meeting. The agency will hold a second public meeting 
on July 18, 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 on 
Thursday, November 21, 2002, at the Best Western Gateway International 
Hotel, Romulus, Michigan.

ADDRESSES: Questions for the July 18, 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 Hyatt Regency Baltimore, on the Inner 
Harbor, 300 Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. If you need 
specific directions to the Hyatt Regency Baltimore, the telephone 
number is 410-528-1234.

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

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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, July 15, 2002.

    Issued: May 14, 2002.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Safety Performance Standards.
[FR Doc. 02-12428 Filed 5-16-02; 8:45 am]
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